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1 Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?

2 The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ:

3 “Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us.”

4 He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them.

5 Then will he speak to them in his anger and trouble them with his fury.

6 Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.

7 The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you.

8 Ask of me and I will give to you: the Gentiles for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession.

9 You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.

10 And now, O kings, understand. Receive instruction, you who judge the earth.

11 Serve the Lord in fear, and exult in him with trembling.

12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just.

13 Though his wrath can flare up in a short time, blessed are all those who trust in him.

1 A Psalm of David. When he fled from the face of his son, Absalom.

2 Lord, why have those who trouble me been multiplied? Many rise up against me.

3 Many say to my soul, “There is no salvation for him in his God.”

4 But you, Lord, are my supporter, my glory, and the one who raises up my head.

5 I have cried out to the Lord with my voice, and he has heard me from his holy mountain.

6 I have slept, and I have been stupefied. But I awakened because the Lord has taken me up.

7 I will not fear the thousands of people surrounding me. Rise up, Lord. Save me, my God.

8 For you have struck all those who oppose me without cause. You have broken the teeth of sinners.

9 Salvation is of the Lord, and your blessing is upon your people.

1 In parts according to verses. A Psalm of David.

2 When I called upon him, the God of my justice heeded me. In tribulation, you have enlarged me. Have mercy on me, and heed my prayer.

3 Sons of men, how long will you be dull in heart, so that whatever you love is in vain, and whatever you seek is false?

4 And know this: the Lord has made wondrous his holy one. The Lord will heed me when I cry out to him.

5 Be angry, and do not be willing to sin. The things that you say in your hearts: be sorry for them on your beds.

6 Offer the sacrifice of justice, and hope in the Lord. Many say, “Who reveals to us what is good?”

7 The light of your countenance, Lord, has been sealed upon us. You have given joy to my heart.

8 By the fruit of their grain, wine, and oil, they have been multiplied.

9 In peace itself, I will sleep and I will rest.

10 For you, O Lord, have established me singularly in hope.

1 Unto the end. For her who pursues the inheritance. A Psalm of David.

2 O Lord, listen closely to my words. Understand my outcry.

3 Attend to the voice of my prayer, my King and my God.

4 For to you, I will pray. In the morning, Lord, you will hear my voice.

5 In the morning, I will stand before you, and I will see. For you are not a God who wills iniquity.

6 And the malicious will not dwell close to you, nor will the unjust endure before your eyes.

7 You hate all who work iniquity. You will destroy all who speak a lie. The bloody and deceitful man, the Lord will abominate.

8 But I am in the multitude of your mercy. I will enter your house. I will show adoration toward your holy temple, in your fear.

9 Lord, lead me in your justice. Because of my enemies, direct my way in your sight.

10 For there is no truth in their mouth: their heart is vain.

11 Their throat is an open sepulcher. They have acted deceitfully with their tongues. Judge them, O God. Let them fall by their own intentions: according to the multitude of their impiety, expel them. For they have provoked you, O Lord.

12 But let all those who hope in you rejoice. They will exult in eternity, and you will dwell in them. And all those who love your name will glory in you.

13 For you will bless the just. You have crowned us, O Lord, as if with a shield of your good will.

1 In parts according to verses. A Psalm of David. For the octave.

2 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your anger.

3 Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak. Heal me, Lord, for my bones have become disturbed,

4 and my soul has been very troubled. But as for you, Lord, when?

5 Turn to me, Lord, and rescue my soul. Save me because of your mercy.

6 For there is no one in death who would be mindful of you. And who will confess to you in Hell?

7 I have labored in my groaning. Every night, with my tears, I will wash my bed and drench my blanket.

8 My eye has been troubled by rage. I have grown old among all my enemies.

9 Scatter before me, all you who work iniquity, for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.

10 The Lord has heard my supplication. The Lord has accepted my prayer.

11 Let all my enemies be ashamed and together be greatly troubled. May they be converted and become ashamed very quickly.

1 A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Cush, the son of Jemini.

2 O Lord, my God, in you I have hoped. Save me from all those who persecute me, and free me:

3 lest at any time, like a lion, he might seize my soul, while there is no one to redeem me, nor any who can save.

4 O Lord, my God, if there is iniquity in my hands, if I have done this:

5 if I have repaid those who rendered evils to me, may I deservedly fall away empty before my enemies:

6 let the enemy pursue my soul, and take hold of it, and trample my life into the earth, and drag down my glory into the dust.

7 Rise up, Lord, in your anger. And be exalted to the borders of my enemies. And rise up, O Lord my God, according to the precept that you commanded,

8 and a congregation of people will surround you. And, because of this, return on high.

9 The Lord judges the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice and according to my innocence within me.

10 The wickedness of sinners will be consumed, and you will direct the just: the examiner of hearts and temperaments is God.

11 Just is my help from the Lord, who saves the upright of heart.

12 God is a just judge, strong and patient. How could he be angry throughout every day?

13 Unless you will be converted, he will brandish his sword. He has extended his bow and made it ready.

14 And with it, he has prepared instruments of death. He has produced his arrows for those on fire.

15 Behold him who has given birth to injustice: he has conceived sorrow and has begotten iniquity.

16 He has opened a pit and enlarged it. And he has fallen into the hole that he made.

17 His sorrow will be turned upon his own head, and his iniquity will descend upon his highest point.

18 I will confess to the Lord according to his justice, and I will sing a psalm to the name of the Lord Most High.

1 Unto the end. For the oil and wine presses. A Psalm of David.

2 O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is your name throughout all the earth! For your magnificence is elevated above the heavens.

3 Out of the mouths of babes and infants, you have perfected praise, because of your enemies, so that you may destroy the enemy and the revenger.

4 For I will behold your heavens, the works of your fingers: the moon and the stars, which you have founded.

5 What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man, that you visit him?

6 You reduced him to a little less than the Angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor,

7 and you have set him over the works of your hands.

8 You have subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and in addition: the beasts of the field,

9 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, which pass through the paths of the sea.

10 O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is your name throughout all the earth!

1 Unto the end. For the secrets of the Son. A Psalm of David.

2 I will confess to you, Lord, with my whole heart. I will recount all your wonders.

3 I will rejoice and exult in you. I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High.

4 For my enemy will be turned back. They will be weakened and perish before your face.

5 For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause. You have sat upon the throne that judges justice.

6 You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished. You have deleted their name in eternity and for all generations.

7 The spears of the enemy have failed in the end, and their cities, you have destroyed. Their memory has perished with a loud noise.

8 But the Lord remains in eternity. He has prepared his throne in judgment.

9 And he will judge the whole world in equity. He will judge the people in justice.

10 And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.

11 And may they hope in you, who know your name. For you have not abandoned those seeking you, Lord.

12 Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles.

13 Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them. He has not forgotten the cry of the poor.

14 Have mercy on me, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies.

15 You lift me up from the gates of death, so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.

16 I will exult in your salvation. The Gentiles have become trapped in the ruin that they made. Their foot has been caught in the same snare that they themselves had hidden.

17 The Lord will be recognized when making judgments. The sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands.

18 The sinners will be turned into Hell: all the Gentiles who have forgotten God.

19 For the poor will not be forgotten in the end. The patience of the poor will not perish in the end.

20 Rise up, Lord: do not let man be strengthened. Let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.

21 O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them, so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men.

22 So then, why, O Lord, have you withdrawn far away? Why have you overlooked us in opportunity, in tribulation?

23 While the impious is arrogant, the poor is enflamed. They are held by the counsels that they devise.

24 For the sinner is praised by the desires of his soul, and the iniquitous is blessed.

25 The sinner has provoked the Lord; according to the multitude of his wrath, he will not seek him.

26 God is not before his sight. His ways are stained at all times. Your judgments are removed from his face. He will be master of all his enemies.

27 For he has said in his heart, “I will not be disturbed: from generation to generation without evil.”

28 His mouth is full of curses, and bitterness, and deceit. Under his tongue are hardship and sorrow.

29 He sits in ambush, with resources in hidden places, so that he may execute the innocent.

30 His eyes catch sight of the poor. He lies in ambush, in hiding like a lion in his den. He lies in ambush, so that he may seize the poor, to seize the poor as he draws him in.

31 With his snare, he will bring him down. He will crouch down and pounce, when he has power over the poor.

32 For he has said in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has turned away his face, lest he see to the end.”

33 O Lord God, rise up. Let your hand be exalted. Do not forget the poor.

34 How has the impious one provoked God? For he has said in his heart, “He will not inquire.”

35 You do see, for you examine hardship and sorrow, so that you may deliver them into your hands. The poor one has been abandoned to you. You will be a helper to the orphan.

36 Break the arm of the sinner and the malicious. His sin will be sought, and it will not be found.

37 The Lord shall reign in eternity, even forever and ever. You will perish the Gentiles from his land.

38 The Lord has heeded the desire of the poor. Your ear has listened to the preparation of their heart,

39 so as to judge for the orphan and the humble, so that man may no longer presume to magnify himself upon the earth.

1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David.

2 I trust in the Lord. How can you say to my soul, “Sojourn to the mountain, like a sparrow.”

3 For behold, the sinners have bent their bow. They have prepared their arrows in the quiver, so as to shoot arrows in the dark at the upright of heart.

4 For they have destroyed the things that you have completed. But what has the just one done?

5 The Lord is in his holy temple. The Lord’s throne is in heaven. His eyes look upon the poor. His eyelids question the sons of men.

6 The Lord questions the just and the impious. Yet he who loves iniquity, hates his own soul.

7 He will rain down snares upon sinners. Fire and brimstone and windstorms will be the portion of their cup.

8 For the Lord is just, and he has chosen justice. His countenance has beheld equity.

1 Unto the end. For the octave. A Psalm of David.

2 Save me, O Lord, because holiness has passed away, because truths have been diminished, before the sons of men.

3 They have been speaking emptiness, each one to his neighbor; they have been speaking with deceitful lips and a duplicitous heart.

4 May the Lord scatter all deceitful lips, along with the tongue that speaks malice.

5 They have said: “We will magnify our tongue; our lips belong to us. What is Lord to us?”

6 Because of the misery of the destitute and the groaning of the poor, now I will arise, says the Lord. I will place him in safety. I will act faithfully toward him.

7 The eloquence of the Lord is pure eloquence, silver tested by fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times.

8 You, O Lord, will preserve us, and you will guard us from this generation into eternity.

9 The impious wander aimlessly. According to your loftiness, you have multiplied the sons of men.