God

You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.

Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.

For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.

In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah

But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.

You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.

All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.

Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.

But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.

If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?

Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.

Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?

Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.

You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips, since God has blessed you forever.

Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.

The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.

and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.

Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.