³ For the Lord is the great God,^(H)
the great King^(I) above all gods.^(J)
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth,^(K)
and the mountain peaks belong to him.
⁵ The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.^(L)

⁶ Come, let us bow down^(M) in worship,^(N)
let us kneel^(O) before the Lord our Maker;^(P)
7 for he is our God
and we are the people of his pasture,^(Q)
the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,
⁸ “Do not harden your hearts^(R) as you did at Meribah,^[a](S)
as you did that day at Massah^[b] in the wilderness,^(T)
9 where your ancestors tested^(U) me;
they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
¹⁰ For forty years^(V) I was angry with that generation;
I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,^(W)
and they have not known my ways.’^(X)
11 So I declared on oath^(Y) in my anger,
‘They shall never enter my rest.’”^(Z)

⁵ You, God, know my folly;^(J)
my guilt is not hidden from you.^(K)

⁶ Lord, the Lord Almighty,
may those who hope in you
not be disgraced because of me;
God of Israel,
may those who seek you
not be put to shame because of me.
⁷ For I endure scorn^(L) for your sake,^(M)
and shame covers my face.^(N)
8 I am a foreigner to my own family,
a stranger to my own mother’s children;^(O)
9 for zeal for your house consumes me,^(P)
and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.^(Q)
10 When I weep and fast,^(R)
I must endure scorn;
¹¹ when I put on sackcloth,^(S)
people make sport of me.
¹² Those who sit at the gate^(T) mock me,
and I am the song of the drunkards.^(U)

¹³ But I pray to you, Lord,
in the time of your favor;^(V)
in your great love,^(W) O God,
answer me with your sure salvation.
¹⁴ Rescue me from the mire,
do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
from the deep waters.^(X)
15 Do not let the floodwaters^(Y) engulf me
or the depths swallow me up^(Z)
or the pit close its mouth over me.^(AA)

¹⁶ Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;^(AB)
in your great mercy turn to me.
¹⁷ Do not hide your face^(AC) from your servant;
answer me quickly,^(AD) for I am in trouble.^(AE)
18 Come near and rescue me;
deliver^(AF) me because of my foes.

¹⁹ You know how I am scorned,^(AG) disgraced and shamed;
all my enemies are before you.
²⁰ Scorn has broken my heart
and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
for comforters,^(AH) but I found none.^(AI)
21 They put gall in my food
and gave me vinegar^(AJ) for my thirst.^(AK)

²² May the table set before them become a snare;
may it become retribution and^[b] a trap.^(AL)
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and their backs be bent forever.^(AM)
24 Pour out your wrath^(AN) on them;
let your fierce anger overtake them.
²⁵ May their place be deserted;^(AO)
let there be no one to dwell in their tents.^(AP)
26 For they persecute those you wound
and talk about the pain of those you hurt.^(AQ)
27 Charge them with crime upon crime;^(AR)
do not let them share in your salvation.^(AS)
28 May they be blotted out of the book of life^(AT)
and not be listed with the righteous.^(AU)

²⁹ But as for me, afflicted and in pain—
may your salvation, God, protect me.^(AV)

³⁰ I will praise God’s name in song^(AW)
and glorify him^(AX) with thanksgiving.
³¹ This will please the Lord more than an ox,
more than a bull with its horns and hooves.^(AY)
32 The poor will see and be glad^(AZ)—
you who seek God, may your hearts live!^(BA)
33 The Lord hears the needy^(BB)
and does not despise his captive people.

³⁴ Let heaven and earth praise him,
the seas and all that move in them,^(BC)
35 for God will save Zion^(BD)
and rebuild the cities of Judah.^(BE)
Then people will settle there and possess it;
³⁶ the children of his servants will inherit it,^(BF)
and those who love his name will dwell there.^(BG)

² But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;^(B)
I had nearly lost my foothold.^(C)
3 For I envied^(D) the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.^(E)

⁴ They have no struggles;
their bodies are healthy and strong.^[a]
5 They are free^(F) from common human burdens;
they are not plagued by human ills.
⁶ Therefore pride^(G) is their necklace;^(H)
they clothe themselves with violence.^(I)
7 From their callous hearts^(J) comes iniquity^[b];
their evil imaginations have no limits.
⁸ They scoff, and speak with malice;^(K)
with arrogance^(L) they threaten oppression.^(M)
9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
and their tongues take possession of the earth.
¹⁰ Therefore their people turn to them
and drink up waters in abundance.^[c]
11 They say, “How would God know?
Does the Most High know anything?”

¹² This is what the wicked are like—
always free of care,^(N) they go on amassing wealth.^(O)

¹³ Surely in vain^(P) I have kept my heart pure
and have washed my hands in innocence.^(Q)
14 All day long I have been afflicted,^(R)
and every morning brings new punishments.

¹⁵ If I had spoken out like that,
I would have betrayed your children.
¹⁶ When I tried to understand^(S) all this,
it troubled me deeply
¹⁷ till I entered the sanctuary^(T) of God;
then I understood their final destiny.^(U)

¹⁸ Surely you place them on slippery ground;^(V)
you cast them down to ruin.^(W)
19 How suddenly^(X) are they destroyed,
completely swept away^(Y) by terrors!
²⁰ They are like a dream^(Z) when one awakes;^(AA)
when you arise, Lord,
you will despise them as fantasies.^(AB)

²¹ When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,
²² I was senseless^(AC) and ignorant;
I was a brute beast^(AD) before you.

²³ Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.^(AE)
24 You guide^(AF) me with your counsel,^(AG)
and afterward you will take me into glory.
²⁵ Whom have I in heaven but you?^(AH)
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.^(AI)
26 My flesh and my heart^(AJ) may fail,^(AK)
but God is the strength^(AL) of my heart
and my portion^(AM) forever.

²⁷ Those who are far from you will perish;^(AN)
you destroy all who are unfaithful^(AO) to you.
²⁸ But as for me, it is good to be near God.^(AP)
I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge;^(AQ)
I will tell of all your deeds.^(AR)