Psalms

For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.

1My soul rests in God alone.My salvation is from him.

2He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress.I will never be greatly shaken.

3How long will you assault a man?Would all of you throw him down, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

4They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place.They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

5My soul, wait in silence for God alone,for my expectation is from him.

6He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress.I will not be shaken.

7My salvation and my honor is with God.The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

8Trust in him at all times, you people.Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.

9Surely men of low degree are just a breath,and men of high degree are a lie.In the balances they will go up.They are together lighter than a breath.

10Don’t trust in oppression.Don’t become vain in robbery.If riches increase,don’t set your heart on them.

11God has spoken once;twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.

12Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness,for you reward every man according to his work.

1A psalm of David when he was in the desert of Edom.

2O God, my God, to thee do I watch at break of day. For thee my soul hath thirsted; for thee my flesh, O how many ways!

3In a desert land, and where there is no way, and no water: so in the sanctuary have I come before thee, to see thy power and thy glory.

4For thy mercy is better than lives: thee my lips shall praise.

5Thus will I bless thee all my life long: and in thy name I will lift up my hands.

6Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness: and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.

7If I have remembered thee upon my bed, I will meditate on thee in the morning:

8Because thou hast been my helper. And I will rejoice under the covert of thy wings:

9My soul hath stuck close to thee: thy right hand hath received me.

10But they have sought my soul in vain, they shall go into the lower parts of the earth:

11They shall be delivered into the hands of the sword, they shall be the portions of foxes.

12But the king shall rejoice in God, all they shall be praised that swear by him: because the mouth is stopped of them that speak wicked things.