Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all the day.
Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
In the day of my trouble I call upon you, for you answer me.
There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.
All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.
For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
Turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your maidservant.
A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. A Song. On the holy mount stands the city he founded;
the Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
And of Zion it shall be said, “This one and that one were born in her”; for the Most High himself will establish her.
The Lord records as he registers the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah
A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before you.
I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength,
like one set loose among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand.
You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep.
Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
But I, O Lord, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”
Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,
a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him?
You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.
The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.
The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face,
who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted.
For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted.
For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, and said: “I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
The enemy shall not outwit him; the wicked shall not humble him.
I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’
And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes,
I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah
You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust.
All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and you have not made him stand in battle.
You have made his splendor to cease and cast his throne to the ground.
You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah
Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
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