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Then I will teach the wicked your ways, and sinners will return to you.

Rescue me from the guilt of shedding blood, God, God of my salvation! Then my tongue will sing about your righteousness

Adonai, open my lips; then my mouth will praise you.

For you don't want sacrifices, or I would give them; you don't take pleasure in burnt offerings.

My sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; God, you won't spurn a broken, chastened heart.

In your good pleasure, make Tziyon prosper; rebuild the walls of Yerushalayim.

Then you will delight in righteous sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then they will offer bulls on your altar.

For the leader. A maskil of David, when Do'eg from Edom came and told Sha'ul, "David has arrived at the house of Achimelekh": Why do you boast of your evil, you tyrant, when God's mercy is present every day?

This is why God will strike you down, seize you, pluck you from your tent and uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

"This fellow would not make God his refuge, but trusted in his own great wealth, relying on his evil plots."

But I am like a leafy olive tree in the house of God; I put my trust in the grace of God forever and ever.

I will praise you forever for what you have done, and I will put my hope in your name; for this is what is good in the presence of your faithful.

For the leader. On machalat. A maskil of David: A brutish fool tells himself, "There isn't any God."Such people are depraved, all their deeds are vile, not one of them does what is good.

God looks out from heaven upon the human race to see if even one is wise, if even one seeks God.

Won't these evildoers ever learn? They devour my people as if they were eating bread, and they never call on God!

They will be gripped with terror, even though now they are not afraid; for God will scatter the bones of him who is besieging you. You are putting them to shame, because God has rejected them.

If only salvation for Isra'el would come out of Tziyon! When God restores his people's fortunes, what joy for Ya'akov! what gladness for Isra'el!

For the leader. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David, when the Zifim came and told Sha'ul, "David is hiding with us": God, deliver me by your name; in your power, vindicate me.

God, hear my prayer; listen to the words from my mouth.

For foreigners are rising against me, violent men are seeking my life; they give no thought to God. (Selah)

But God is helping me; Adonai is my support.

Then I will generously sacrifice to you; I will praise your name, ADONAI, because it is good,

because he rescued me from all trouble, and my eyes look with triumph at my enemies.

For the leader. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David: Listen, God, to my prayer! Don't hide yourself from my plea!

Confuse, Adonai, confound their speech! For I see violence and fighting in the city.