God

They will sing about ADONAI's ways, "Great is the glory of ADONAI!"

For though ADONAI is high, he cares for the lowly; while the proud he perceives from afar.

You keep me alive when surrounded by danger; you put out your hand when my enemies rage; with your right hand you save me.

ADONAI will fulfill his purpose for me. Your grace, ADONAI, continues forever. Don't abandon the work of your hands!

For the leader. A psalm of David: ADONAI, you have probed me, and you know me.

You know when I sit and when I stand up, you discern my inclinations from afar,

that before I speak even a word, ADONAI, you know all about it already.

You have hemmed me in both behind and in front and laid your hand on me.

Where can I go to escape your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?

If I climb up to heaven, you are there; if I lie down in Sh'ol, you are there.

even there your hand would lead me, your right hand would hold me fast.

even darkness like this is not too dark for you; rather, night is as clear as day, darkness and light are the same.

For you fashioned my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother's womb.

I thank you because I am awesomely made, wonderfully; your works are wonders -I know this very well.

My bones were not hidden from you when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes could see me as an embryo, but in your book all my days were already written; my days had been shaped before any of them existed.

God, how I prize your thoughts! How many of them there are!

If I count them, there are more than grains of sand; if I finish the count, I am still with you.

God, if only you would kill off the wicked! Men of blood, get away from me!

They invoke your name for their crafty schemes; yes, your enemies misuse it.

ADONAI, how I hate those who hate you! I feel such disgust with those who defy you!

Examine me, God, and know my heart; test me, and know my thoughts.

For the leader. A psalm of David: Rescue me, ADONAI, from evil people, protect me from violent people.

Keep me, ADONAI, from the hands of the wicked, protect me from violent people who are trying to trip me up.

I said to ADONAI, "You are my God; listen, ADONAI, to my plea for mercy."