David

Mikhtam. By David: Protect me, God, for you are my refuge.

A prayer of David: Hear a just cause, ADONAI, heed my cry; listen to my prayer from honest lips.

For the leader. By David the servant of ADONAI, who addressed the words of this song to ADONAI on the day when ADONAI delivered him from the power of all his enemies, including from the power of Sha'ul. He said: "I love you, ADONAI, my strength!

Great salvation he gives to his king; he displays grace to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever."

For the leader. A psalm of David: The heavens declare the glory of God, the dome of the sky speaks the work of his hands.

For the leader. A psalm of David: May ADONAI answer you in times of distress, may the name of the God of Ya'akov protect you.

For the leader. A psalm of David: ADONAI, the king finds joy in your strength; what great joy he displays in your victory!

For the leader. Set to "Sunrise."A psalm of David: My God! My God! Why have you abandoned me? Why so far from helping me, so far from my anguished cries?

A psalm of David: ADONAI is my shepherd; I lack nothing.

By David. A psalm: The earth is ADONAI's, with all that is in it, the world and those who live there;

By David: I lift my inner being to you, ADONAI;

By David: Vindicate me, ADONAI, for I have lived a blameless life; unwaveringly I trust in ADONAI.

By David: ADONAI is my light and salvation; whom do I need to fear? ADONAI is the stronghold of my life; of whom should I be afraid?

By David: ADONAI, I am calling to you; my Rock, don't be deaf to my cry. For if you answer me with silence, I will be like those who fall in a pit.

A psalm of David: Give ADONAI his due, you who are godly; give ADONAI his due of glory and strength;

A psalm. A song for the dedication of the house. By David: I will exalt you, ADONAI, because you drew me up; you didn't let my enemies rejoice over me.

For the leader. A psalm of David: In you, ADONAI, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your justice, save me!

By David. A maskil: How blessed are those whose offense is forgiven, those whose sin is covered!

By David, when he pretended to be insane before Avimelekh, who then drove him away; so he left: I will bless ADONAI at all times; his praise will always be in my mouth.

By David: ADONAI, oppose those who oppose me; fight against those who fight against me.

For the leader. By David, the servant of ADONAI: Crime speaks to the wicked. I perceive this in my heart; before his eyes there is no fear of God.

By David: Don't be upset by evildoers or envious of those who do wrong,

A psalm of David, serving as a reminder: ADONAI, don't rebuke me when you are angry or discipline me when you are enraged,

For the leader. Set in the style of Y'dutun. A psalm of David: I said, "I will watch how I behave, so that I won't sin with my tongue; I will put a muzzle on my mouth whenever the wicked confront me."

For the leader. A psalm of David: I waited patiently for ADONAI, till he turned toward me and heard my cry.