1  ^vTo you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

2  ^wO my God, in you I trust;

let me not be put to shame;

let not my enemies exult over me.

3  Indeed, ^xnone who ^ywait for you shall be ^zput to shame;

they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.

4  ^aMake me to know your ways, O Lord;

teach me your paths.

5  Lead me ^bin your truth and teach me,

for you are the God of my salvation;

for you I wait all the day long.

6  Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love,

for they have been from of old.

7  ^cRemember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions;

^daccording to your steadfast love remember me,

^efor the sake of your goodness, O Lord!

8  Good and upright is the Lord;

therefore he instructs sinners in the way.

9  He leads the humble in what is right,

and teaches the humble his way.

10  All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness,

for those who ^fkeep his covenant and his testimonies.

11  ^gFor your name’s sake, O Lord,

^hpardon my guilt, for it is great.

12  Who is the man who fears the Lord?

Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.

13  His soul shall abide in well-being,

and ⁱhis offspring shall inherit the land.

14  The ^jfriendship² of the Lord is for those who fear him,

and he makes known to them his covenant.

15  My eyes are ever toward the Lord,

for ^khe will pluck my feet out of the net.

16  ^lTurn to me and be gracious to me,

^mfor I am lonely and afflicted.

17  The troubles of my heart are enlarged;

bring me out of my distresses.

18  Consider my affliction and my trouble,

and forgive all my sins.

19  Consider how many are my foes,

and with what violent hatred they hate me.

20  Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me!

Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.

21  May integrity and uprightness preserve me,

for I wait for you.

22  ⁿRedeem Israel, O God,

out of all his troubles.

1  ^pWith my voice I cry out to the Lord;

with my voice I ^qplead for mercy to the Lord.

2  I ^rpour out my complaint before him;

I tell my trouble before him.

3  When ^smy spirit faints within me,

you know my way!

In the path where I walk

they have hidden a trap for me.

4  Look to the right and see:

there is none who takes notice of me;

^tno refuge remains to me;

no one cares for my soul.

5  I cry to you, O Lord;

I say, “You are my refuge,

^umy portion in the land of the living.”

6  ^vAttend to my cry,

for I am brought very low!

^wDeliver me from my persecutors,

for they are too strong for me!

7  ^xBring me out of prison,

that I may give thanks to your name!

The righteous will surround me,

for you will deal bountifully with me.

1  Hear a just cause, O Lord; ^vattend to my cry!

Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!

2  From your presence let my ^wvindication come!

Let your eyes behold the right!

3  You have tried my heart, you have ^xvisited me by night,

you have tested me, and you will find nothing;

I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

4  With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips

I have avoided the ways of the violent.

5  ^yMy steps have held fast to your paths;

my feet have not ^zslipped.

6  ^aI call upon you, for you will answer me, O God;

incline your ear to me; hear my words.

7  ^bWondrously show¹ your steadfast love,

O Savior of those who seek refuge

from their adversaries at your right hand.

8  Keep me as ^cthe apple of your eye;

^dhide me in the shadow of your wings,

9  from the wicked who do me violence,

my deadly enemies who surround me.

10  They close their hearts to pity;

with their mouths they speak arrogantly.

11  They have now surrounded our steps;

they set their eyes to cast us to the ground.

12  He is ^elike a lion eager to tear,

as a young lion lurking in ambush.

13  Arise, O Lord! Confront him, subdue him!

Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,

14  from men by your hand, O Lord,

from men of the world whose portion is in this life.²

You fill their womb with treasure;³

they are satisfied with children,

and they leave their abundance to their infants.

15  As for me, I shall ^fbehold your face in righteousness;

when I ^gawake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.

1  Out of the ^fdepths I cry to you, O Lord!

2  O Lord, hear my voice!

Let your ears be ^gattentive

to the voice of my pleas for mercy!

3  If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,

O Lord, ^hwho could stand?

4  But with you there is ⁱforgiveness,

^jthat you may be feared.

5  I ^kwait for the Lord, my soul waits,

and ^lin his word I hope;

6  ^mmy soul waits for the Lord

more than watchmen for the morning,

more than watchmen for the morning.

7  ⁿO Israel, hope in the Lord!

For with the Lord there is ^osteadfast love,

and with him is plentiful redemption.

8  And he will ^predeem Israel

from all his iniquities.

1  Give ear to my words, O Lord;

consider my groaning.

2  Give attention to the sound of my cry,

^jmy King and my God,

for to you do I pray.

3  O Lord, ^kin the morning you hear my voice;

in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you¹ and watch.

4  For you are ^lnot a God who delights in wickedness;

evil may not dwell with you.

5  The boastful shall not stand before your eyes;

you hate all evildoers.

6  You destroy those who speak lies;

the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

7  But I, through the ^mabundance of your steadfast love,

will enter your house.

I will bow down ⁿtoward your holy temple

in the fear of you.

8  ^oLead me, O Lord, in your righteousness

because of my enemies;

^pmake your way straight before me.

9  For there is no truth in their mouth;

their inmost self is destruction;

^qtheir throat is an ^ropen grave;

they flatter with their tongue.

10  Make them bear their guilt, O God;

let them fall by their own counsels;

because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out,

for they have rebelled against you.

11  But let all who take refuge in you ^srejoice;

let them ever sing for joy,

and spread your protection over them,

that those who love your name may ^texult in you.

12  For you bless the righteous, O Lord;

you ^ucover him with favor as with a shield.

1  Praise the Lord!

Oh ^mgive thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

for his steadfast love endures forever!

2  Who can utter the mighty deeds of the Lord,

or declare all his praise?

3  ⁿBlessed are they who observe justice,

who do righteousness at all times!

4  Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people;

help me when you save them,¹

5  that I may look upon the prosperity of ^oyour chosen ones,

that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,

that I may glory with your inheritance.

6  Both ^pwe and our fathers have sinned;

we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.

7  Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,

did not consider your wondrous works;

they did not remember the ^qabundance of your steadfast love,

but ^rrebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

8  Yet ^she saved them ^tfor his name’s sake,

that he might ^umake known his mighty power.

9  ^vHe rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry,

and he ^wled them through the deep as through a desert.

10  So he saved them from the hand of the foe

and redeemed them from the power of the enemy.

11  And the waters covered their adversaries;

not one of them was left.

12  Then they believed his words;

^xthey sang his praise.

13  But they soon forgot his works;

they did not wait for his ^ycounsel.

14  ^zBut they had a wanton craving in the wilderness,

and put God to the test in the desert;

15  he gave them what they asked,

but sent a wasting disease among them.

16  ^aWhen men in the camp were jealous of Moses

and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,

17  the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,

and covered the company of Abiram.

18  Fire also broke out in their company;

the flame burned up the wicked.

19  ^bThey ^cmade a calf in Horeb

and worshiped a ^dmetal image.

20  They ^eexchanged the glory of God²

for the ^fimage of an ox that eats grass.

21  They ^gforgot God, their Savior,

who had done great things in Egypt,

22  wondrous works in the land of Ham,

and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

23  ^hTherefore he said he would destroy them—

had not Moses, his chosen one,

ⁱstood in the breach before him,

to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

24  Then they despised the pleasant land,

^jhaving no faith in his promise.

25  They ^kmurmured in their tents,

and did not obey the voice of the Lord.

26  Therefore he raised his hand and ^lswore to them

^mthat he would make them fall in the wilderness,

27  and would make their offspring fall among the nations,

ⁿscattering them among the lands.

28  ^oThen they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor,

and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;

29  they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,

and a plague broke out among them.

30  Then Phinehas stood up and intervened,

and the plague was stayed.

31  And ^pthat was ^qcounted to him as righteousness

from generation to generation forever.

32  ^rThey angered him at the waters of Meribah,

and it went ill with Moses on their account,

33  for they made his spirit bitter,³

and he spoke rashly with his lips.

34  ^sThey did not destroy the peoples,

^tas the Lord commanded them,

35  ^ubut they mixed with the nations

and learned to do as they did.

36  They served their idols,

which became a ^vsnare to them.

37  ^wThey sacrificed their sons

and their daughters ^xto the demons;

38  they poured out innocent blood,

the blood of their sons and daughters,

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,

and the land was ^ypolluted with blood.

39  Thus they became unclean by their acts,

and played the ^zwhore in their deeds.

40  Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,

and he abhorred his heritage;

41  he gave them into the hand of the nations,

so that ^athose who hated them ruled over them.

42  Their enemies ^boppressed them,

and they were brought into subjection under their power.

43  Many times he ^cdelivered them,

but they were rebellious in their purposes

and were brought low through their iniquity.

44  Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,

when he heard their ^dcry.

45  For their sake he ^eremembered his covenant,

and ^frelented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

46  He caused them to be ^gpitied

by all those who held them captive.

47  ^hSave us, O Lord our God,

and ⁱgather us from among the nations,

that we may give thanks to your holy name

and glory in your praise.

48  ^jBlessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting!

And let all the people say, “Amen!”

Praise the Lord!

1  I will sing of the ^csteadfast love of the Lord forever;

with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

2  For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever;

^din the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”

3  You have said, ^e“I have made a covenant with my chosen one;

I have ^fsworn to David my servant:

4  ‘I will establish your offspring ^gforever,

and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah

5  Let the ^hheavens praise your wonders, O Lord,

your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!

6  For ⁱwho in the skies can be compared to the Lord?

Who among the heavenly beings² is like the Lord,

7  a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones,

and awesome above all who are around him?

8  O Lord God of hosts,

who is mighty as you are, O Lord,

with your faithfulness all around you?

9  ^jYou rule the raging of the sea;

when its waves rise, you still them.

10  You crushed ^kRahab like a carcass;

you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

11  ^lThe heavens are yours; ^mthe earth also is yours;

the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.

12  The north and the south, you have created them;

Tabor and Hermon ⁿjoyously praise your name.

13  You have a mighty ^oarm;

strong is your hand, high your right hand.

14  ^pRighteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;

steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.

15  Blessed are the people who know the festal ^qshout,

who walk, O Lord, in the ^rlight of your face,

16  who exult in your name all the day

and in your righteousness are exalted.

17  For you are the glory of their strength;

by your favor our horn is exalted.

18  For our shield belongs to the Lord,

our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19  Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,³ and said:

“I have granted help to one who is mighty;

I have exalted one chosen from the people.

20  ^sI have found David, my servant;

with my holy oil I have ^tanointed him,

21  so that my hand shall be established with him;

my arm also shall strengthen him.

22  The enemy shall not outwit him;

^uthe wicked shall not humble him.

23  I will crush his foes before him

and strike down those who hate him.

24  My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him,

and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

25  ^vI will set his hand on the sea

and his right hand on the rivers.

26  He shall cry to me, ‘You are my ^wFather,

my God, and the ^xRock of my salvation.’

27  And I will make him the ^yfirstborn,

the highest of the kings of the earth.

28  ^zMy steadfast love I will keep for him forever,

and my ^acovenant will stand firm⁴ for him.

29  I will establish his offspring forever

and his throne as the days of the heavens.

30  ^bIf his children forsake my law

and do not walk according to my rules,⁵

31  if they violate my statutes

and do not keep my commandments,

32  then I will punish their transgression with the rod

and their iniquity with stripes,

33  but ^cI will not remove from him my steadfast love

or be false to my faithfulness.

34  I will not violate my covenant

or ^dalter the word that went forth from my lips.

35  Once for all I have sworn ^eby my holiness;

I will not ^flie to David.

36  His offspring shall endure forever,

his throne ^gas long as the sun before me.

37  Like the moon it shall be established forever,

a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah

38  But now you have cast off and rejected;

you are full of wrath against your anointed.

39  You have renounced the covenant with your servant;

you have defiled his crown in the dust.

40  You have ^hbreached all his walls;

you have laid his strongholds in ruins.

41  All who pass by plunder him;

he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

42  You have exalted the right hand of his foes;

you have ⁱmade all his enemies rejoice.

43  You have also turned back the edge of his sword,

and you have not made him stand in battle.

44  You have made his splendor to cease

and cast his throne to the ground.

45  You have cut short the days of his youth;

you have covered him with shame. Selah

46  ^jHow long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?

How long will your wrath burn like fire?

47  ^kRemember how short my time is!

For what vanity you have created all the children of man!

48  What man can live and never see death?

Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

49  Lord, where is your ^lsteadfast love of old,

which by your faithfulness you swore to David?

50  ^mRemember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,

and how I bear in my heart the insults⁶ of all the many nations,

51  with which your enemies mock, O Lord,

with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.

52  ⁿBlessed be the Lord forever!

^oAmen and Amen.