4:2 You men, how long will you try to turn my honor into shame?
How long will you love what is worthless
and search for what is deceptive? (Selah)
25:5 Guide me into your truth and teach me.
For you are the God who delivers me;
on you I rely all day long.
30:9 “What profit is there in taking my life,
in my descending into the Pit?
Can the dust of the grave praise you?
Can it declare your loyalty?
42:10 My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone,
as they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
46:2 For this reason we do not fear when the earth shakes,
and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea,
55:15 May death destroy them!
May they go down alive into Sheol!
For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.
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)
59:4 Though I have done nothing wrong, they are anxious to attack.
Spring into action and help me! Take notice of me!
66:12 You allowed men to ride over our heads;
we passed through fire and water,
but you brought us out into a wide open place.
For the music director; by David, a psalm, a song.
68:1 God springs into action!
His enemies scatter;
his adversaries run from him.
69:2 I sink into the deep mire
where there is no solid ground;
I am in deep water,
and the current overpowers me.
78:61 He allowed the symbol of his strong presence to be captured;
he gave the symbol of his splendor into the hand of the enemy.
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.
95:11 So I made a vow in my anger,
‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’”
107:26 They reached up to the sky,
then dropped into the depths.
The sailors’ strength left them because the danger was so great.
110:3 Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle.
On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you.
140:10 May he rain down fiery coals upon them!
May he throw them into the fire!
From bottomless pits they will not escape.
143:3 Certainly my enemies chase me.
They smash me into the ground.
They force me to live in dark regions,
like those who have been dead for ages.
143:7 Answer me quickly, Lord!
My strength is fading.
Do not reject me,
or I will join those descending into the grave.
143:10 Teach me to do what pleases you,
for you are my God.
May your kind presence
lead me into a level land.