God

For they have pursued him Thou hast smitten, And recount of the pain of Thy pierced ones.

Give punishment for their iniquity, And they enter not into Thy righteousness.

And I am afflicted and pained, Thy salvation, O God, doth set me on high.

I praise the name of God with a song, And I magnify Him with thanksgiving,

And it is better to Jehovah than an ox, A bullock--horned--hoofed.

The humble have seen--they rejoice, Ye who seek God--and your heart liveth.

For Jehovah hearkeneth unto the needy, And His bound ones He hath not despised.

The heavens and earth do praise Him, Seas, and every moving thing in them.

For God doth save Zion, And doth build the cities of Judah, And they have dwelt there, and possess it.

And the seed of His servants inherit it, And those loving His name dwell in it!

To the Overseer, by David. --`To cause to remember.' O God, to deliver me, O Jehovah, for my help, haste.

Let all those seeking Thee joy and be glad in Thee, And let those loving Thy salvation Say continually, `God is magnified.'

And I am poor and needy, O God, haste to me, My help and my deliverer art Thou, O Jehovah, tarry Thou not!

In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age.

In Thy righteousness Thou dost deliver me, And dost cause me to escape, Incline unto me Thine ear, and save me.

Be to me for a rock--a habitation, To go in continually, Thou hast given command to save me, For my rock and my bulwark art Thou.

O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent.

For Thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah, My trust from my youth.

By Thee I have been supported from the womb, From my mother's bowels Thou dost cut me out, In Thee is my praise continually.

As a wonder I have been to many, And Thou art my strong refuge.

Filled is my mouth with Thy praise, All the day with Thy beauty.

Saying, `God hath forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.'

O God, be not far from me, O my God, for my help make haste.

And I continually do wait with hope, And have added unto all Thy praise.

My mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I have not known the numbers.