God

In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted, and you rescued them.

They cried to you and escaped; they trusted in you and were not disappointed.

"He committed himself to ADONAI, so let him rescue him! Let him set him free if he takes such delight in him!"

But you are the one who took me from the womb, you made me trust when I was on my mother's breasts.

Since my birth I've been thrown on you; you are my God from my mother's womb.

my mouth is as dry as a fragment of a pot, my tongue sticks to my palate; you lay me down in the dust of death.

But you, ADONAI, don't stay far away! My strength, come quickly to help me!

Save me from the lion's mouth! You have answered me from the wild bulls' horns.

I will proclaim your name to my kinsmen; right there in the assembly I will praise you:

"You who fear ADONAI, praise him! All descendants of Ya'akov, glorify him! All descendants of Isra'el, stand in awe of him!

For he has not despised or abhorred the poverty of the poor; he did not hide his face from him but listened to his cry."

Because of you I give praise in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows in the sight of those who fear him.

The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek ADONAI will praise him; Your hearts will enjoy life forever.

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to ADONAI; all the clans of the nations will worship in your presence.

For the kingdom belongs to ADONAI, and he rules the nations.

All who prosper on the earth will eat and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him, including him who can't keep himself alive,

A descendant will serve him; the next generation will be told of Adonai.

They will come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he is the one who did it.

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

He has me lie down in grassy pastures, he leads me by quiet water,

he restores my inner person. He guides me in right paths for the sake of his own name.

Even if I pass through death-dark ravines, I will fear no disaster; for you are with me; your rod and staff reassure me

You prepare a table for me, even as my enemies watch; you anoint my head with oil from an overflowing cup.

Goodness and grace will pursue me every day of my life; and I will live in the house of ADONAI for years and years to come.

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