A Psalm by David. Ascribe to Yahweh, you sons of the mighty,     ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength. Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name.     Worship Yahweh in holy array. Yahweh’s voice is on the waters.     The God of glory thunders, even Yahweh on many waters. Yahweh’s voice is powerful.     Yahweh’s voice is full of majesty. Yahweh’s voice breaks the cedars.     Yes, Yahweh breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. He makes them also to skip like a calf;     Lebanon and Sirion like a young, wild ox. Yahweh’s voice strikes with flashes of lightning.     Yahweh’s voice shakes the wilderness.     Yahweh shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. Yahweh’s voice makes the deer calve,     and strips the forests bare.     In his …

By David. To you, Yahweh, I call.     My rock, don’t be deaf to me,     lest, if you are silent to me,     I would become like those who go down into the pit. Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you,     when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place. Don’t draw me away with the wicked,     with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors,     but mischief is in their hearts. Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings.     Give them according to the operation of their hands.     Bring back on them what they deserve. Because they don’t respect the works of Yahweh,     nor the operation of …

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble.     May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,     send you help from the sanctuary,     grant you support from Zion,     remember all your offerings,     and accept your burned sacrifice. Selah. May he grant you your heart’s desire,     and fulfill all your counsel. We will triumph in your salvation.     In the name of our God, we will set up our banners.     May Yahweh grant all your requests. Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed.     He will answer him from his holy heaven,     with the saving strength of his right hand. Some trust in chariots, and some in horses,     but …

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The heavens declare the glory of God.     The expanse shows his handiwork. Day after day they pour out speech,     and night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech nor language,     where their voice is not heard. Their voice has gone out through all the earth,     their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,     which is as a bridegroom coming out of his room,     like a strong man rejoicing to run his course. His going out is from the end of the heavens,     his circuit to its ends.     There is nothing hidden from its heat. Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the …

For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said, I love you, Yahweh, my strength. Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer;     my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;     my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised;     and I am saved from my enemies. The cords of death surrounded me.     The floods of ungodliness made me afraid. The cords of Sheol were around me.     The snares of death came on me. …

A Poem by David. Preserve me, God, for I take refuge in you. My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord.     Apart from you I have no good thing.” As for the saints who are in the earth,     they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight. Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god.     Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer,     nor take their names on my lips. Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup.     You made my lot secure. The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places.     Yes, I have a good inheritance. I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel.     Yes, my heart instructs me …

A Psalm by David. Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary?     Who shall live on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right,     and speaks truth in his heart; he who doesn’t slander with his tongue,     nor does evil to his friend,     nor casts slurs against his fellow man; in whose eyes a vile man is despised,     but who honors those who fear Yahweh;     he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn’t change; he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury,     nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. How long, Yahweh?     Will you forget me forever?     How long will you hide your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul,     having sorrow in my heart every day?     How long shall my enemy triumph over me? Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God.     Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;     lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him;”     lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall. But I trust in your loving kindness.     My heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing to Yahweh,     because he has been good to me.

Why do you stand far off, Yahweh?     Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak.     They are caught in the schemes that they devise. For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings.     He blesses the greedy and condemns Yahweh. The wicked, in the pride of his face,     has no room in his thoughts for God. His ways are prosperous at all times.     He is arrogant, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.     He says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken.     For generations I shall have no trouble.” His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression.     Under his tongue …

For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart.     I will tell of all your marvelous works. I will be glad and rejoice in you.     I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. When my enemies turn back,     they stumble and perish in your presence. For you have maintained my just cause.     You sit on the throne judging righteously. You have rebuked the nations.     You have destroyed the wicked.     You have blotted out their name forever and ever. The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin.     The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished. But Yahweh reigns forever.     He …