Give ear to my words, O Lord,

Hear my cry.

Give heed to the voice of my supplication,

My King and my God,

For to You will I pray, O Lord.

In the morning You shall hear my voice;

In the morning I will stand before You,

And I will watch.

For You are not a God who wills lawlessness,

Nor shall the evildoer dwell with You.

The lawless shall not stand before Your eyes;

You hate all the workers of lawlessness;

You shall destroy all who speak falsehood;

The Lord abhors the man of violence and deceit.

But as for me, in the fullness of Your mercy I will come into Your house;

In fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple.

Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies;

Make straight Your way before me.

For there is no truth in their mouth;

Their heart is vain;

Their throat is an open grave;

They deal deceptively with their tongues.

Judge them, O God.

Let them fall by their false accusations;

Cast them out in the multitude of their ungodliness;

For they provoked You, O Lord.

But let all who hope in You be glad;

They will greatly rejoice forever,

For You will dwell in them;

And all who love Your name will boast in You.

For You will bless the righteous;

O Lord, You crowned us with the shield of Your goodwill.

O Lord, You became a refuge to us in generation and generation;

Before the mountains were made,

And before the earth and the world were formed,

And from everlasting to everlasting, You are.

Do not let man be turned back to humiliation,

And You said, "Return, you sons of men."

For a thousand years in Your sight

Are like yesterday, which passed,

And like a watch in the night.

Years shall be objects of contempt to them;

In the morning let man pass by like grass;

In the morning let him blossom, and pass by;

In the evening let him fall off, be dried up and withered.

For we fainted in Your wrath,

And in Your wrath we were troubled.

You set our transgressions before You,

Our time in the light of Your face.

For all our days failed,

And in Your wrath we fainted;

Our years were spent in thought like a spider.

As for the days of our years, their span is seventy years,

But if we stay strong, perhaps eighty;

And most of them are labor and pain;

For meekness came upon us, and we shall be chastened.

Who knows the power of Your wrath,

And who knows Your anger because of Your fear?

So make known Your right hand to us, that we may number our days,

And our heart may be bound with wisdom.

Return, O Lord; how long?

And be entreated concerning Your servants.

We were filled with Your mercy in the morning,

And in all our days we greatly rejoiced and were glad;

Gladden us in return for the days You humbled us,

For the years we saw evil things.

And behold Your servants and Your works,

And guide their sons;

And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us,

And prosper for us the works of our hands.

O Lord, I will sing to You of mercy and judgment;

I will sing and understand in a blameless way;

When will You come to me?

I walked in the innocence of my heart in the midst of my house.

I have not set any lawless thing before my eyes;

I hated those who commit transgressions;

A crooked heart shall not cleave to me;

As for the evil man who turned away from me,

I did not know him.

He who secretly slanders his neighbor,

This one I chased away;

The one with an arrogant eye and insatiable heart,

With this one I did not eat.

My eyes were on the faithful of the earth, so they might dwell with me;

He who walks in a blameless way, this one ministered to me.

He who acts arrogantly did not dwell in the midst of my house;

He who speaks unjustly did not prosper before my eyes.

In the morning I slew all the sinners of the earth,

So as to destroy from the city of the Lord all the workers of lawlessness.

O Lord, why do those who afflict me multiply?

Many are those who rise up against me.

Many are those who say to my soul,

"There is no salvation for him in his God." (Pause)

But You, O Lord, are my protector,

My glory and the One who lifts up my head.

I cried to the Lord with my voice,

And He heard me from His holy hill. (Pause)

I lay down and slept;

I awoke, for the Lord will help me.

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people

Who set themselves against me all around.

Arise, O Lord, and save me, O my God,

For You struck all those who were foolishly at enmity with me;

You broke the teeth of sinners.

Salvation is of the Lord,

And Your blessing is upon Your people.

O God, my God, I rise early to be with You;

My soul thirsts for You.

How often my flesh thirsts for You

In a desolate, impassable, and waterless land.

So in the holy place I appear before You,

To see Your power and Your glory.

Because Your mercy is better than life,

My lips shall praise You.

Thus I will bless You in my life;

I will lift up my hands in Your name.

May my soul be filled, as if with marrow and fatness,

And my mouth shall sing praise to You with lips filled with rejoicing.

If I remembered You on my bed,

I meditated on You at daybreak;

For You are my helper,

And in the shelter of Your wings I will greatly rejoice.

My soul follows close behind You;

Your right hand takes hold of me.

But they seek for my soul in vain;

They shall go into the lowest parts of the earth.

They shall be given over to the edge of the sword;

They shall be a portion for foxes.

But the king shall be glad in God;

All who swear by Him shall be praised,

For the mouth that speaks unrighteous things is stopped.

Bless the Lord, O my soul,

And everything within me, bless His holy name.

Bless the Lord, O my soul,

And forget not all His rewards:

Who is merciful to all your transgressions,

Who heals all your diseases,

Who redeems your life from corruption,

Who crowns you with mercy and compassion,

Who satisfies your desire with good things;

And your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

The Lord shows mercies

And judgment to all who are wronged.

He made known His ways to Moses,

The things He willed to the sons of Israel.

The Lord is compassionate and merciful,

Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.

He will not become angry to the end,

Nor will He be wrathful forever;

He did not deal with us according to our sins,

Nor reward us according to our transgressions;

For according to the height of heaven from earth,

So the Lord reigns in mercy over those who fear Him;

As far as the east is from the west,

So He removes our transgressions from us.

As a father has compassion on his children,

So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him,

For He knows how He formed us;

He remembers we are dust.

As for man, his days are like grass,

As a flower of the field, so he flourishes;

For the wind passes through it, and it shall not remain;

And it shall no longer know its place.

But the mercy of the Lord is from age to age upon those who fear Him,

And His righteousness upon children's children,

To such as keep His covenant

And remember His commandments, to do them.

The Lord prepared His throne in heaven,

And His Kingdom rules over all.

Bless the Lord, all you His angels,

Mighty in strength, who do His word,

So as to hear the voice of His words.

Bless the Lord, all you His hosts,

His ministers who do His will;

Bless the Lord, all His works,

In all places of His dominion;

Bless the Lord, O my soul.

Give ear to my words, O Lord,

Hear my cry.

Give heed to the voice of my supplication,

My King and my God,

For to You will I pray, O Lord.

In the morning You shall hear my voice;

In the morning I will stand before You,

And I will watch.

For You are not a God who wills lawlessness,

Nor shall the evildoer dwell with You.

The lawless shall not stand before Your eyes;

You hate all the workers of lawlessness;

You shall destroy all who speak falsehood;

The Lord abhors the man of violence and deceit.

But as for me, in the fullness of Your mercy I will come into Your house;

In fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple.

Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies;

Make straight Your way before me.

For there is no truth in their mouth;

Their heart is vain;

Their throat is an open grave;

They deal deceptively with their tongues.

Judge them, O God.

Let them fall by their false accusations;

Cast them out in the multitude of their ungodliness;

For they provoked You, O Lord.

But let all who hope in You be glad;

They will greatly rejoice forever,

For You will dwell in them;

And all who love Your name will boast in You.

For You will bless the righteous;

O Lord, You crowned us with the shield of Your goodwill.

O God, make haste to help me.

May those who seek my soul be dishonored and shamed;

May those who plot evils against me be turned back and disgraced;

May those be turned back immediately

Who shame me, saying, "Well done! Well done!"

May all who seek You greatly rejoice and be glad in You,

And let those who love Your salvation always say,

"Let God be magnified."

But I am poor and needy;

O God, help me.

You are my helper and deliverer, O Lord; do not delay.

O Lord, hear my prayer; Give ear to my supplication in Your truth;

Answer me in Your righteousness;

Do not enter into judgment with Your servant,

For no one living shall become righteous in Your sight.

For the enemy persecuted my soul;

He humbled my life to the ground;

He caused me to dwell in dark places as one long dead,

And my spirit was in anguish within me;

My heart was troubled within me.

I remembered the days of old,

And I meditated on all Your works;

I meditated on the works of Your hands.

I spread out my hands to You;

My soul thirsts for You like a waterless land. (Pause)

Hear me speedily, O Lord;

My spirit faints within me;

Turn not Your face from me,

Lest I become like those who go down into the pit.

Cause me to hear Your mercy in the morning,

For I hope in You;

Make me know, O Lord, the way wherein I should walk,

For I lift up my soul to You.

Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord,

For to You I flee for refuge.

Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God;

Your good Spirit shall guide me in the land of uprightness.

For Your name's sake, O Lord, give me life;

In Your righteousness You shall bring my soul out of affliction.

In Your mercy You shall destroy my enemies;

You shall utterly destroy all who afflict my soul,

For I am Your servant.

O Lord, I have cried to You; hear me; Give heed to the voice of my supplication when I cry to You.

Let my prayer be set forth before You as incense,

The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth,

A door of enclosure about my lips.

Incline not my heart to evil words,

To make excuses in sins

With men who work lawlessness;

And I will not join with their choice ones.

The righteous man shall correct me

With mercy, and he shall reprove me;

But let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head,

For my prayer shall be intense in the presence of their pleasures.

Their judges are swallowed up by the rock;

They shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.

As a clod of ground is dashed to pieces on the earth,

So our bones were scattered beside the grave.

For my eyes, O Lord, O Lord, are toward You;

In You I hope; take not my soul away.

Keep me from the snares they set for me,

And from the stumbling blocks of those who work lawlessness.

Sinners shall fall into their own net;

I am alone, until I escape.

Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord;

O Lord, hear my voice;

Let Your ears be attentive

To the voice of my supplication.

If You, O Lord, should mark transgression,

O Lord, who would stand?

For there is forgiveness with You.

Because of Your law, O Lord, I waited for You;

My soul waited for Your word.

My soul hopes in the Lord,

From the morning watch until night;

From the morning watch until night,

Let Israel hope in the Lord.

For with the Lord there is mercy,

And with Him is abundant redemption;

And He shall redeem Israel

From all his transgressions.

O Lord, My heart is not exalted, Neither are my eyes raised up;

Neither am I carried along in great things,

Nor in things too marvelous for me.

If I were not humble-minded,

But exalted my soul,

Like a child weaned from his mother,

So You would reward my soul.

Let Israel hope in the Lord

From this present time and unto the ages.

Listen, O Lord of my righteousness;

Attend to my supplication;

Give ear to my prayer that is not with deceitful lips.

From Your face let my judgment come;

Let my eyes behold uprightness.

You tested my heart, when You visited me in the night;

You tried me in the fire, and found nothing unjust in me.

That my mouth might not speak of the works of men,

I held to hard ways because of the words of Your lips.

Restore my steps in Your paths,

That my footsteps may not slip.

I cried out, because You listened to me, O God;

Incline Your ear to me, and hear my words.

Magnify Your mercies,

O You who save those who hope in You

From those who rise up against Your right hand.

Keep me as the apple of Your eye;

In the shelter of Your wings, You will shelter me

From the face of the ungodly who trouble me.

My enemies surrounded my soul;

Their fat enclosed them;

Their mouth spoke arrogantly.

Casting me out, they now surround me;

They set their eyes to bend down to the earth.

They seized me like a lion ready to tear its prey,

Like a young lion lurking in secret places.

Arise, O Lord, outrun them and trip up their heels;

Rescue my soul from the ungodly,

And Your sword from the enemies of Your hand.

O Lord, destroy them from the earth;

Scatter them in their life.

Their belly is filled with Your hidden things;

They are satisfied with their sons,

And they leave their possessions to their children.

As for me, in righteousness I shall behold Your face;

I shall be satisfied when Your glory is revealed.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy;

And according to the abundance of Your compassion, blot out my transgression.

Wash me thoroughly from my lawlessness

And cleanse me from my sin.

For I know my lawlessness,

And my sin is always before me.

Against You only have I sinned

And done evil in Your sight;

That You may be justified in Your words,

And overcome when You are judged.

For behold, I was conceived in transgressions,

And in sins my mother bore me.

Behold, You love truth;

You showed me the unknown and secret things of Your wisdom.

You shall sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed;

You shall wash me, and I will be made whiter than snow.

You shall make me hear joy and gladness;

My bones that were humbled shall greatly rejoice.

Turn Your face from my sins,

And blot out all my transgressions.

Create in me a clean heart, O God,

And renew a right spirit within me.

Do not cast me away from Your presence,

And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,

And uphold me with Your guiding Spirit.

I will teach transgressors Your ways,

And the ungodly shall turn back to You.

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation,

And my tongue shall greatly rejoice in Your righteousness.

O Lord, You shall open my lips,

And my mouth will declare Your praise.

For if You desired sacrifice, I would give it;

You will not be pleased with whole burnt offerings.

A sacrifice to God is a broken spirit,

A broken and humbled heart God will not despise.

Do good, O Lord, in Your good pleasure to Zion,

And let the walls of Jerusalem be built;

Then You will be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness,

With offerings and whole burnt offerings;

Then shall they offer young bulls on Your altar.