Of David. A psalm.The earth is GOD’s and all that it holds,the world and its inhabitants. For [God] founded it upon the ocean,set it on the nether-streams. Who may ascend GOD’s mountain?Who may stand in that holy place?— Anyone who has clean hands and a pure heart,who has not taken a false oath by My lifeor sworn deceitfully. They shall carry away a blessing from GOD,a just reward from God, their deliverer. Such is the circle of those who turn to You, Jacob, who seek Your presence. Selah. O gates, lift up your heads!Up high, you everlasting doors,so the King of glory may come in! Who is the King of glory?—GOD, mighty and valiant, GOD, valiant in battle. O gates, lift up your heads!Lift them up, you everlasting doors,so the King of glory may come in! Who is the King of glory?—GOD of Hostsis truly the King of glory! Selah.

A song. A psalm of the Korahites. GOD is great and much acclaimedin the city of our God,the holy mountain— fair-crested, joy of all the earth,Mount Zion, summit of Zaphon, city of the great ruler. Through its citadels, God has become known as a haven. See, the kings joined forces;they advanced together. At the mere sight of it they were stunned,they were terrified, they panicked; they were seized there with a trembling,like a woman in the throes of labor, as the Tarshish fleet was wreckedin an easterly gale. The likes of what we heard we have now witnessedin the city of GOD of hosts,in the city of our God—may God preserve it forever! Selah. In Your temple, God,we meditate upon Your faithful care. The praise of You, God, like Your name,reaches to the ends of the earth;Your right hand is filled with beneficence. Let Mount Zion rejoice!Let the towns of Judah exult,because of Your judgments. Walk around Zion,circle it;count its towers, take note of its ramparts;go through its citadels,that you may recount it to a future age. For God truly is our God forever,who will lead us evermore.

A psalm of Asaph.God stands in the divine assembly;among the divine beings He pronounces judgment. How long will you judge perversely,showing favor to the wicked? Selah. Judge the wretched and the orphan,vindicate the lowly and the poor, rescue the wretched and the needy;save them from the hand of the wicked. They neither know nor understand,they go about in darkness;all the foundations of the earth totter. I had taken you for divine beings,sons of the Most High, all of you; but you shall die as men do,fall like any prince. Arise, O God, judge the earth,for all the nations are Your possession.

God of retribution, ETERNAL One,God of retribution, appear! Rise up, judge of the earth,give the arrogant their deserts! How long shall the wicked, O ETERNAL One,how long shall the wicked exult, shall they utter insolent speech,shall all evildoers vaunt themselves? They crush Your people, O ETERNAL One,they afflict Your very own; they kill the widow and the stranger;they murder the fatherless, thinking, “Yah does not see it,the God of Jacob does not pay heed.” Take heed, you most brutish people;fools, when will you get wisdom? Shall the One who implants the ear not hear,the One who forms the eye not see? Shall the One who disciplines nations not punish,the One who instructs humankind in knowledge? GOD knows human designs to be futile. Happy are those whom You discipline, O Yah,whom You instruct in Your teaching, whom You give tranquility in times of misfortune,until a pit be dug for the wicked. For GOD will not forsake this people;God’s very own will not be abandoned. Judgment shall again accord with justiceand all the upright shall rally to it. Who will take my part against evildoers?Who will stand up for me against wrongdoers? Were not GOD my help,I should soon dwell in silence. When I think my foot has given way,Your faithfulness, O ETERNAL One, supports me. When I am filled with cares,Your assurance soothes my soul. Shall the seat of injustice be Your partner,that frames mischief by statute? They band together to do away with the righteous;they condemn the innocent to death. But GOD is my haven;my God is my sheltering rock. Their evil will be made to recoil upon them,through their own wickedness they will be annihilated; the ETERNAL our God will annihilate them.

For the leader; on the gittith. Of Asaph. Sing joyously to God, our strength;raise a shout for the God of Jacob. Take up the song,sound the hand-drum,the melodious lyre and harp. Blow the horn on the new moon,on the full moon for our feast day. For it is a law for Israel,a ruling of the God of Jacob— imposed as a decree upon Josephwhen he went forth from the land of Egypt;I heard a language that I knew not. “I relieved his shoulder of the burden,his hands were freed from the basket. In distress you called and I rescued you;I answered you from the secret place of thunder I tested you at the Waters of Meribah. Selah. Hear, My people, and I will admonish you;Israel, if you would but listen to Me! You shall have no foreign god,you shall not bow to an alien god. I the ETERNAL am your Godwho brought you out of the land of Egypt;open your mouth wide and I will fill it. But My people would not listen to Me,Israel would not obey Me. So I let them go after their willful heartthat they might follow their own devices. If only My people would listen to Me,if Israel would follow My paths, then would I subdue their enemies at once,strike their foes again and again.” Those who hate GOD shall cower;their doom shall be eternal. [God] fed Israel the finest wheat;“I sated you with honey from the rock.”

GOD is sovereign,
and robed in grandeur;
GOD is robed,
and girded with strength.
The world stands firm;
it cannot be shaken.
Your throne stands firm from of old;
from eternity You have existed.
The ocean sounds, O ETERNAL One,
the ocean sounds its thunder,
the ocean sounds its pounding.
Above the thunder of the mighty waters,
more majestic than the breakers of the sea
is GOD, majestic on high.
Your decrees are indeed enduring;
holiness befits Your house,
O ETERNAL One, for all times.

A psalm. A song; for the sabbath day. It is good to praise GOD,to sing hymns to Your name, O Most High, To proclaim Your steadfast love at daybreak,Your faithfulness each night With a ten-stringed harp,with voice and lyre together. You have gladdened me by Your deeds, O ETERNAL One;I shout for joy at Your handiwork. How great are Your works, O ETERNAL One,how very subtle Your designs! A brute cannot know,a fool cannot understand this: though the wicked sprout like grass,though all evildoers blossom,it is only that they may be destroyed forever. But You are exalted, O ETERNAL One, for all time. Surely, Your enemies, O ETERNAL One,surely, Your enemies perish;all evildoers are scattered. You raise my horn high like that of a wild ox;I am soaked in freshening oil. I shall see the defeat of my watchful foes,hear of the downfall of the wicked who beset me. The righteous bloom like a date-palm;they thrive like a cedar in Lebanon; planted in the house of GOD,they flourish in the courts of our God. In old age they still produce fruit;they are full of sap and freshness— attesting that GOD is upright,my rock, in whom there is no wrong.