1  ^hSing aloud to God our strength;

ⁱshout for joy to the God of Jacob!

2  Raise a song; sound ^jthe tambourine,

^kthe sweet lyre with ^kthe harp.

3  Blow the trumpet at ^lthe new moon,

at the full moon, on our feast day.

4  For it is a statute for Israel,

a rule² of the God of Jacob.

5  He made it ^ma decree in ⁿJoseph

when he ^owent out over³ the land of Egypt.

^pI hear a language ^qI had not known:

6  “I ^rrelieved your⁴ shoulder of ^sthe burden;

your hands were freed from the basket.

7  In distress you ^tcalled, and I delivered you;

I ^uanswered you in the secret place of thunder;

I ^vtested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

8  ^wHear, O my people, while I admonish you!

O Israel, if you would but listen to me!

9  There shall be no ^xstrange god among you;

you shall not bow down to a ^yforeign god.

10  ^zI am the Lord your God,

who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

^aOpen your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11  “But my people did not listen to my voice;

Israel ^bwould not submit to me.

12  So I ^cgave them over to their ^dstubborn hearts,

to follow their own ^ecounsels.

13  ^fOh, that my people would listen to me,

that Israel would ^gwalk in my ways!

14  I would soon subdue their enemies

and ^hturn my hand against their foes.

15  Those who hate the Lord would ⁱcringe toward him,

and their fate would last forever.

16  But he would feed you⁵ with ^jthe finest of the wheat,

and with ^khoney from the rock I would satisfy you.”

1  O Lord, ^cGod of my salvation,

I ^dcry out day and night before you.

2  Let my prayer come before you;

^eincline your ear to my cry!

3  For my soul is full of troubles,

and ^fmy life draws near to ^gSheol.

4  I am counted among those who ^hgo down to the pit;

I am a man who has no strength,

5  like one set loose among the dead,

like the slain that lie in the grave,

like those whom ⁱyou remember no more,

for they are ^jcut off from your hand.

6  You have put me in ^kthe depths of the pit,

in the ^lregions dark and ^mdeep.

7  Your wrath ⁿlies heavy upon me,

and you overwhelm me with ^oall your waves. Selah

8  You have caused ^pmy companions to shun me;

you have made me ^qa horror² to them.

I am ^rshut in so that I cannot escape;

9  ^smy eye grows dim through sorrow.

Every day I call upon you, O Lord;

I ^tspread out my hands to you.

10  Do you work wonders for the dead?

^uDo the departed rise up to praise you? Selah

11  Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,

or your faithfulness in Abaddon?

12  Are your ^vwonders known in ^wthe darkness,

or your righteousness in the land of ^xforgetfulness?

13  But I, O Lord, cry ^yto you;

^zin the morning my prayer comes before you.

14  O Lord, why ^ado you cast my soul away?

Why ^bdo you hide your face from me?

15  Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,

I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.³

16  Your wrath has swept over me;

your ^cdreadful assaults destroy me.

17  They ^dsurround me like a flood ^eall day long;

they ^fclose in on me together.

18  You have caused ^gmy beloved and my friend to shun me;

my companions have become darkness.⁴

1  ^fIt is good to give thanks to the Lord,

to sing praises to your name, ^gO Most High;

2  to declare your ^hsteadfast love in ⁱthe morning,

and your ^hfaithfulness by ⁱnight,

3  to the music of ^jthe lute and ^jthe harp,

to the melody of ^jthe lyre.

4  For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your ^kwork;

at ^lthe works of your hands I sing for joy.

5  How ^mgreat are your works, O Lord!

Your ⁿthoughts are very ^odeep!

6  The stupid man cannot know;

the fool cannot understand this:

7  that though ^pthe wicked sprout like grass

and all ^qevildoers flourish,

they are doomed to destruction forever;

8  but you, O Lord, are ^ron high forever.

9  For behold, your enemies, O Lord,

for behold, your enemies shall perish;

all evildoers shall be ^sscattered.

10  But you have exalted my ^thorn like that of ^uthe wild ox;

you have ^vpoured over me¹ fresh oil.

11  My ^weyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;

my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

12  ^xThe righteous flourish like the palm tree

and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

13  They are planted in the house of the Lord;

they flourish in ^ythe courts of our God.

14  They still bear fruit in old age;

they are ever full of sap and green,

15  ^zto declare that the Lord is upright;

he is my ^arock, and there is ^bno unrighteousness in him.

1  ^cThe Lord reigns; he is ^drobed in majesty;

the Lord is ^erobed; he has ^fput on strength as his belt.

^gYes, the world is established; ^hit shall never be moved.

2  ⁱYour throne is established from of old;

^jyou are from everlasting.

3  ^kThe floods have lifted up, O Lord,

the floods have lifted up their voice;

the floods lift up their roaring.

4  Mightier than the thunders of many waters,

mightier than the waves of the sea,

^lthe Lord ^mon high is mighty!

5  Your ⁿdecrees are very trustworthy;

^oholiness befits your house,

O Lord, forevermore.