For the music director; according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David.
12:1 Deliver, Lord!
For the godly have disappeared;
people of integrity have vanished.
17:4 As for the actions of people –
just as you have commanded,
I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men.
22:10 I have been dependent on you since birth;
from the time I came out of my mother’s womb you have been my God.
35:25 Do not let them say to themselves, “Aha! We have what we wanted!”
Do not let them say, “We have devoured him!”
38:20 They repay me evil for the good I have done;
though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.
44:19 Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs;
you have covered us with darkness.
57:6 They have prepared a net to trap me;
I am discouraged.
They have dug a pit for me.
They will fall into it! (Selah)
A psalm of Asaph.
79:1 O God, foreigners have invaded your chosen land;
they have polluted your holy temple
and turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins.
88:15 I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth.
I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.
89:3 The Lord said,
“I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant:
89:19 Then you spoke through a vision to your faithful followers and said:
“I have energized a warrior;
I have raised up a young man from the people.
90:15 Make us happy in proportion to the days you have afflicted us,
in proportion to the years we have experienced trouble!
92:4 For you, O Lord, have made me happy by your work.
I will sing for joy because of what you have done.
102:13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion.
For it is time to have mercy on her,
for the appointed time has come.