2:7 The king says, “I will announce the Lord’s decree. He said to me:
‘You are my son! This very day I have become your father!
9:14 Then I will tell about all your praiseworthy acts;
in the gates of Daughter Zion I will rejoice because of your deliverance.”
18:29 Indeed, with your help I can charge against an army;
by my God’s power I can jump over a wall.
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.
22:25 You are the reason I offer praise in the great assembly;
I will fulfill my promises before the Lord’s loyal followers.
23:4 Even when I must walk through the darkest valley,
I fear no danger,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff reassure me.
By David.
27:1 The Lord delivers and vindicates me!
I fear no one!
The Lord protects my life!
I am afraid of no one!
28:2 Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help,
when I lift my hands toward your holy temple!
31:7 I will be happy and rejoice in your faithfulness,
because you notice my pain
and you are aware of how distressed I am.
35:13 When they were sick, I wore sackcloth,
and refrained from eating food.
(If I am lying, may my prayers go unanswered!)
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.
40:9 I have told the great assembly about your justice.
Look! I spare no words!
O Lord, you know this is true.
42:9 I will pray to God, my high ridge:
“Why do you ignore me?
Why must I walk around mourning
because my enemies oppress me?”
49:4 I will learn a song that imparts wisdom;
I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp.
52:8 But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God;
I continually trust in God’s loyal love.
52:9 I will continually thank you when you execute judgment;
I will rely on you, for your loyal followers know you are good.
54:6 With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you!
I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good!
56:9 My enemies will turn back when I cry out to you for help;
I know that God is on my side.
56:13 when you deliver my life from death.
You keep my feet from stumbling,
so that I might serve God as I enjoy life.
57:4 I am surrounded by lions;
I lie down among those who want to devour me;
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
whose tongues are a sharp sword.
66:15 I will offer up to you fattened animals as burnt sacrifices,
along with the smell of sacrificial rams.
I will offer cattle and goats. (Selah)
69:2 I sink into the deep mire
where there is no solid ground;
I am in deep water,
and the current overpowers me.
81:5 He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph,
when he attacked the land of Egypt.
I heard a voice I did not recognize.
81:10 I am the Lord, your God,
the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’
88:9 My eyes grow weak because of oppression.
I call out to you, O Lord, all day long;
I spread out my hands in prayer to you.
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.
A well-written song by Ethan the Ezrachite.
89:1 I will sing continually about the Lord’s faithful deeds;
to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness.
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.
91:14 The Lord says,
“Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him;
I will protect him because he is loyal to me.
92:11 I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me;
I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me.
95:10 For forty years I was continually disgusted with that generation,
and I said, ‘These people desire to go astray;
they do not obey my commands.’
95:11 So I made a vow in my anger,
‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’”
101:2 I will walk in the way of integrity.
When will you come to me?
I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace.
101:5 I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret.
I will not tolerate anyone who has a cocky demeanor and an arrogant attitude.
A song, a psalm of David.
108:1 I am determined, O God!
I will sing and praise you with my whole heart.
By David.
138:1 I will give you thanks with all my heart;
before the heavenly assembly I will sing praises to you.
139:8 If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there.
If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.
A psalm of David.
141:1 O Lord, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me!
Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!
A well-written song by David, when he was in the cave; a prayer.
142:1 To the Lord I cry out;
to the Lord I plead for mercy.
142:5 I cry out to you, O Lord;
I say, “You are my shelter,
my security in the land of the living.”
142:6 Listen to my cry for help,
for I am in serious trouble!
Rescue me from those who chase me,
for they are stronger than I am.
144:9 O God, I will sing a new song to you!
Accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, I will sing praises to you,