¹ God, don't keep silent. Don't keep silent, and don't be still, God.

² For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.

³ They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.

⁴ "Come," they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more."

⁵ For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.

⁶ The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;

⁷ Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

⁸ Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.

⁹ Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

¹⁰ who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.

¹¹ Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;

¹² who said, "Let us take possession of God's pasturelands."

¹³ My God, make them like tumbleweed; like chaff before the wind.

¹⁴ As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,

¹⁵ so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.

¹⁶ Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Yahweh.

¹⁷ Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;

¹⁸ that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth. For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

¹ How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies!

² My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

³ Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God.

⁴ Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.

⁵ Blessed are those whose strength is in you; who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.

⁶ Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.

⁷ They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.

⁸ Yahweh, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.

⁹ Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.

¹⁰ For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

¹¹ For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

¹² Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

¹ Yahweh, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob.

² You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin. Selah.

³ You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger.

⁴ Turn us, God of our salvation, and cause your indignation toward us to cease.

⁵ Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to all generations?

⁶ Won't you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?

⁷ Show us your loving kindness, Yahweh. Grant us your salvation.

⁸ I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.

⁹ Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

¹⁰ Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

¹¹ Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.

¹² Yes, Yahweh will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase.

¹³ Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps. A Prayer by David.

¹ Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

² Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.

³ Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.

⁴ Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

⁵ For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

⁶ Hear, Yahweh, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions.

⁷ In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me.

⁸ There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.

⁹ All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.

¹⁰ For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.

¹¹ Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.

¹² I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forevermore.

¹³ For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

¹⁴ God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don't hold regard for you before them.

¹⁵ But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

¹⁶ Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid.

¹⁷ Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and comforted me. A Psalm by the sons of Korah; a Song.