word;
when they speak, it is to conceal traps;-a
they think, “Who will see them?”
7bLet the wrongdoings they have concealed,c
each one inside him, his secret thoughts,
be wholly exposed.
8God shall shoot them with arrows;
they shall be struck down suddenly.
9Their tongue shall be their downfall;
all who see them shall recoil in horror;
10all men shall stand in awe;
they shall proclaim the work of God
and His deed which they perceived.
11The righteous shall rejoice in the LORD,
and take refuge in Him;
all the upright shall exult.
65 For the leader. A psalm of David. A song.
2Praise befits You in Zion, O God;
vows are paid to You;
3all mankinda comes to You,
You who hear prayer.
4When all manner of sins overwhelm me,
it is You who forgive our iniquities.
5Happy is the man You choose and bring near
to dwell in Your courts;
may we be sated with the blessings of Your house,
Your holy temple.
6Answer us with victory through awesome deeds,
O God, our deliverer,
in whom all the ends of the earth
and the distant seas
put their trust;
7who by His power fixed the mountains firmly,
who is girded with might,
8who stills the ranging seas,
the raging waves,
and tumultuous peoples.
9Those who live at the ends of the earth are awed by Your signs;
You make the lands of sunrise and sunset shout for joy.
10You take care of the earth and irrigate it;
You enrich it greatly,
with the channel of God full of water;
You provide grain for men;
for so do You prepare it.
11Saturating its furrows,
leveling its ridges,
You soften it with showers,
You bless its growth.
12You crown the year with Your bounty;
fatness is distilled in Your paths;
13the pasturelands distill it;
the hills are girded with joy.
14The meadows are clothed with flocks,
the valleys mantled with grain;
they raise a shout, they break into song.
66 For the leader. A song. A psalm.
2Raise a shout for God, all the earth;
sing the glory of His name,
make glorious His praise.
3Say to God,
“How awesome are Your deeds,
Your enemies cower before Your great strength;
4all the earth bows to You,
and sings hymns to You;
all sing hymns to Your name.”
Selah.
5Come and see the works of God,
who is held in awe by men for His acts.
6He turned the sea into dry land;
they crossed the river on foot;
we therefore rejoice in Him.
7He rules forever in His might;
His eyes scan the nations;
let the rebellious not assert themselves.
Selah.
😯 peoples, bless our God,
celebrate His praises;
9who has granted us life,
and has not let our feet slip.
10You have tried us, O God,
refining us, as one refines silver.
11You have caught us in a net,
a-caught us in trammels.-a
12You have let men ride over us;
we have endured fire and water,
and You have brought us through to prosperity.
13I enter Your house with burnt offerings,
I pay my vows to You,
14[vows] that my lips pronounced,
that my mouth uttered in my distress.
15I offer up fatlings to You,
with the odor of burning rams;
I sacrifice bulls and he-goats.
Selah.
16Come and hear, all God-fearing men,
as I tell what He did for me.
17I called aloud to Him,
glorification on my tongue.
18Had I an evil thought in my mind,
the LORD would not have listened.
19But God did listen;
He paid heed to my prayer.
20Blessed is God who has not turned away my prayer,
or His faithful care from me.
67For the leader; with instrumental music. A psalm. A song.
2May God be gracious to us and bless us;
may He show us favor, Selah.
3that Your way be known on earth.
Your deliverance among all nations.
4Peoples will praise You, O God;
all peoples will praise You.
5Nations will exult and shout for joy,
for You rule the peoples with equity,
You guide the nations of the earth. Selah.
6The peoples will praise You, O God;
all peoples will praise You.
7May the earth yield its produce;
may God, our God, bless us.
8May God bless us,
and be revered to the ends of the earth.
68 aFor the leader. Of David. A psalm. A song.
2God will arise,
His enemies shall be scattered,
His foes shall flee before Him.
3Disperse them as smoke is dispersed;
as wax melts at fire,
so the wicked shall perish before God.
4But the righteous shall rejoice;
they shall exult in the presence of God;
they shall be exceedingly joyful.
5Sing to God, chant hymns to His name;
extol Him who rides the clouds;
the LORD is His name.
Exult in His presence—
6the father of orphans, the champion of widows,
God, in His holy habitation.
7God restores the lonely to their homes,
sets free the imprisoned, safe and sound,
while the rebellious must live in a parched land.
😯 God, when You went at the head of Your army,
when You marched through the desert, Selah.
9the earth trembled, the sky rained because of God,
yon Sinai, because of God, the God of Israel.
10You released a bountiful rain, O God;
when Your own land languished, You sustained it.
11Your tribe dwells there;
O God, in Your goodness You provide for the needy.
12The LORD gives a command;
the women who bring the news are a great host:
13“The kings and their armies are in headlong flight;
housewives are sharing in the spoils;
14even for those of you who lie among the sheepfolds
there are wings of a dove sheathed in silver,
its pinions in fine gold.”
15When Shaddai scattered the kings,
it seemed like a snowstorm in Zalmon.
16O majestic mountain, Mount Bashan;
O jagged mountain, Mount Bashan;
17why so hostile, O jagged mountains,
toward the mountain God desired as His dwelling?
The LORD shall abide there forever.
18God’s chariots are myriads upon myriads,
thousands upon thousands;
the LORD is among them as in Sinai in holiness.
19You went up to the heights, having taken captives,
having received tribute of men,
even of those who rebel
against the LORD God’s abiding there.
20Blessed is the LORD.
Day by day He supports us,
God, our deliverance. Selah.
21God is for us a God of deliverance;
GOD the Lord provides an escape from death.
22God will smash the heads of His enemies,
the hairy crown of him who walks about in his guilt.
23The LORD said, “I will retrieve from Bashan,
I will retrieve from the depths of the sea;
24that your feet may wade through blood;
that the tongue of your dogs may have its portion of your
enemies.”
25Men see Your processions, O God,
the processions of my God, my king,
into the sanctuary.
26First come singers, then musicians,
amidst maidens playing timbrels.
27In assemblies bless God,
the LORD, O you who are from the fountain of Israel.
28There is little Benjamin who rules them,
the princes of Judah who command them,
the princes of Zebulun and Naphtali.
29Your God has ordained strength for you,
the strength, O God,
which You displayed for us
30from Your temple above Jerusalem.
The kings bring You tribute.
31Blast the beast of the marsh,
the herd of bulls among the peoples, the calves,
till they come cringing with pieces of silver.
Scatter the peoples who delight in wars!
32Tribute-bearers shall come from Egypt;
Cush shall hasten its gifts to God.
33O kingdoms of the earth,
sing to God;
chant hymns to the LORD, Selah.
34to Him who rides the ancient highest heavens,
who thunders forth with His mighty voice.
35Ascribe might to God,
whose majesty is over Israel,
whose might is in the skies.
36You are awesome, O God, in Your holy places;
it is the God of Israel who gives might and power to the
people.
Blessed is God.
69For the leader. On shoshannim.a Of David.
2Deliver me, O God,
for the waters have reached my neck;
3I am sinking into the slimy deep
and find no foothold;
I have come into the watery depths;
the flood sweeps me away.
4I am weary with calling;
my throat is dry;
my eyes fail
while I wait for God.
5More numerous than the hairs of my head
are those who hate me without reason;
many are those who would destroy me,
my treacherous enemies.
Must I restore what I have not stolen?
6God, You know my folly;
my guilty deeds are not hidden from You.
7Let those who look to You,
O LORD, God of hosts,
not be disappointed on my account;
let those who seek You,
O God of Israel,
not be shamed because of me.
8It is for Your sake that I have been reviled,
that shame covers my face;
9I am a stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my kin.
10My zeal for Your house has been my undoing;
the reproaches of those who revile You have fallen upon me.
11When I wept and fasted,
I was reviled for it.
12I made sackcloth my garment;
I became a byword among them.
13Those who sit in the gate talk about me;
I am the taunt of drunkards.
14As for me, may my prayer come to You, O LORD,
at a favorable moment;
O God, in Your abundant faithfulness,
answer me with Your sure deliverance.
15Rescue me from the mire;
let me not sink;
let me be rescued from my enemies,
and from the watery depths.
16Let the floodwaters not sweep me away;
let the deep not swallow me;
let the mouth of the Pit not close over me.
17Answer me, O LORD,
according to Your great steadfastness;
in accordance with Your abundant mercy
turn to me;
18do not hide Your face from Your servant,
for I am in distress;
answer me quickly.
19Come near to me and redeem me;
free me from my enemies.
20You know my reproach,
my shame, my disgrace;
You are aware of all my foes.
21Reproach breaks my heart,
I am in despair;a
I hope for consolation, but there is none,
for comforters, but find none.
22They give me gall for food,
vinegar to quench my thirst.
23May their table be a trap for them,
a snare for their allies.
24May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see;
may their loins collapse continually.
25Pour out Your wrath on them;
may Your blazing anger overtake them;
26may their encampments be desolate;
may their tents stand empty.
27For they persecute those You have struck;
they talk about the pain of those You have felled.
28Add that to their guilt;
let them have no share of Your beneficence;
29may they be erased from the book of life,
and not be inscribed with the righteous.
30But I am lowly and in pain;
Your help, O God, keeps me safe.
31I will extol God’s name with song,
and exalt Him with praise.
32That will please the LORD more than oxen,
than bulls with horns and hooves.
33The lowly will see and rejoice;
you who are mindful of God, take heart!
34For the LORD listens to the needy,
and does not spurn His captives.
35Heaven and earth shall extol Him,
the seas, and all that moves in them.
36For God will deliver Zion
and rebuild the cities of Judah;
they shall live there and inherit it;
37the offspring of