1  God is our ^crefuge and strength,

a very ^dpresent² help in ^etrouble.

2  Therefore we will not fear ^fthough the earth gives way,

though the mountains be moved into ^gthe heart of the sea,

3  though ^hits waters roar and foam,

though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah

4  There is ⁱa river whose streams make glad ^jthe city of God,

the holy ^khabitation of the Most High.

5  ^lGod is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;

God will help her when morning dawns.

6  ^mThe nations rage, the kingdoms totter;

he ⁿutters his voice, the earth ^omelts.

7  ^pThe Lord of hosts is with us;

the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

8  ^qCome, behold the works of the Lord,

how he has brought desolations on the earth.

9  ^rHe makes wars cease to the end of the earth;

he ^sbreaks the bow and shatters the spear;

^the burns the chariots with fire.

10  ^u“Be still, and know that I am God.

^vI will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth!”

11  ^pThe Lord of hosts is with us;

the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

1  ^xClap your hands, all peoples!

^yShout to God with loud songs of joy!

2  For the Lord, the Most High, ^zis to be feared,

^aa great king over all the earth.

3  He ^bsubdued peoples under us,

and nations under our feet.

4  He chose our ^cheritage for us,

^dthe pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah

5  God ^ehas gone up with a shout,

the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

6  Sing praises to God, sing praises!

Sing praises to our King, sing praises!

7  For God is ^fthe King of all the earth;

sing praises ^gwith a psalm!³

8  God ^hreigns over the nations;

God sits on his holy throne.

9  ⁱThe princes of the peoples gather

as the people of the God of Abraham.

For ^jthe shields of the earth belong to God;

he is highly exalted!

1  ^lGreat is the Lord and greatly to be praised

in ^mthe city of our God!

His ⁿholy mountain, 2 ^obeautiful in elevation,

is ^pthe joy of all the earth,

Mount Zion, in the far north,

^qthe city of the great King.

3  Within her citadels God

has made himself known as a fortress.

4  For behold, ^rthe kings assembled;

they came on together.

5  As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;

they were in panic; they took to flight.

6  ^sTrembling took hold of them there,

anguish ^tas of a woman in labor.

7  By ^uthe east wind you ^vshattered

the ships of ^wTarshish.

8  As we have heard, so have we seen

in the city of the Lord of hosts,

in ^mthe city of our God,

which God will ^xestablish forever. Selah

9  We have thought on your ^ysteadfast love, O God,

in the midst of your temple.

10  As your ^zname, O God,

so your praise reaches to ^athe ends of the earth.

Your right hand is filled with righteousness.

11  Let Mount ^bZion be glad!

Let ^bthe daughters of Judah rejoice

because of your judgments!

12  Walk about Zion, go around her,

number her towers,

13  consider well her ^cramparts,

go through her citadels,

^dthat you may tell the next generation

14  that this is God,

our God forever and ever.

He will ^eguide us forever.⁴

1  ^bShout for joy to God, all the earth;

2  sing the glory of his name;

^cgive to him glorious praise!

3  Say to God, ^d“How awesome are your deeds!

So great is your power that your enemies ^ecome cringing to you.

4  ^fAll the earth worships you

and sings praises to you;

they sing praises to your name.” Selah

5  ^gCome and see what God has done:

^dhe is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.

6  He ^hturned the sea into dry land;

they ⁱpassed through the river on foot.

There did we rejoice in him,

7  who rules by his might forever,

whose ^jeyes keep watch on the nations—

let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

8  Bless our God, O peoples;

let the sound of his praise be heard,

9  who has kept our soul among the living

and ^khas not let our feet slip.

10  For you, O God, have ^ltested us;

you have tried us as silver is tried.

11  You brought us into ^mthe net;

you laid a crushing burden on our backs;

12  you let men ⁿride over our heads;

we went through fire and through ^owater;

yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.

13  I will come into your house with burnt offerings;

I will ^pperform my vows to you,

14  that which my lips uttered

and my mouth promised ^qwhen I was in trouble.

15  I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals,

with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;

I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah

16  ^rCome and hear, all you who fear God,

and I will tell what he has done for my soul.

17  I cried to him with my mouth,

and high praise was on¹ my tongue.²

18  If I had ^scherished iniquity in my heart,

^tthe Lord would not have listened.

19  But truly ^uGod has listened;

he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

20  Blessed be God,

because he has not rejected my prayer

or removed his steadfast love from me!

1  We give thanks to you, O God;

we give thanks, for your name is ⁿnear.

We¹ recount your wondrous deeds.

2  “At ^othe set time that I appoint

I will judge ^pwith equity.

3  When the earth ^qtotters, and all its inhabitants,

it is I who keep steady its ^rpillars. Selah

4  I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’

and to the wicked, ^s‘Do not lift up your horn;

5  do not lift up your horn on high,

or speak with haughty neck.’”

6  For not from the east or from the west

and not from the wilderness comes ^tlifting up,

7  but it is ^uGod who executes judgment,

^vputting down one and lifting up another.

8  ^wFor in the hand of the Lord there is ^xa cup

with foaming wine, ^ywell mixed,

and he pours out from it,

and all the wicked of the earth

shall ^zdrain it down to the dregs.

9  But I will declare it forever;

I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

10  ^aAll the horns of the wicked I will cut off,

^bbut the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

1  In Judah God is ^eknown;

his name is great in Israel.

2  His ^fabode has been established in ^gSalem,

his ^hdwelling place in Zion.

3  There he ⁱbroke the flashing arrows,

the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah

4  Glorious are you, more majestic

^jthan the mountains full of ^kprey.

5  ^lThe stouthearted were stripped of their spoil;

^mthey sank into sleep;

all the men of war

were unable to use their hands.

6  At your rebuke, O God of Jacob,

both ⁿrider and horse lay stunned.

7  ^oBut you, you are to be feared!

Who can ^pstand before you

when once your anger is roused?

8  From the heavens you uttered judgment;

^qthe earth feared and was still,

9  when God ^rarose to establish judgment,

to save all the humble of the earth. Selah

10  Surely ^sthe wrath of man shall praise you;

the remnant¹ of wrath you will put on like a belt.

11  ^tMake your vows to the Lord your God and perform them;

let all around him ^ubring gifts

to him who ^vis to be feared,

12  who ^wcuts off the spirit of princes,

who ^xis to be feared by the kings of the earth.

1  On ^mthe holy mount ⁿstands the city he founded;

2  the Lord ^oloves the gates of Zion

more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.

3  ^pGlorious things of you are spoken,

O ^qcity of God. Selah

4  Among those who ^rknow me I mention ^sRahab and Babylon;

behold, Philistia and Tyre, with ^tCush¹—

“This one was born there,” they say.

5  And of Zion it shall be said,

“This one and that one were born in her”;

for the Most High himself will ^uestablish her.

6  The Lord records as he ^vregisters the peoples,

“This one was born there.” Selah

7  ^wSingers and ^xdancers alike say,

“All my ^ysprings are in you.”