31 O Lord , how my adversaries have increased ! Many are rising up against me. 2 Many are saying of my soul , "There is no deliverance for him in God ." Selah . 3 But You, O Lord , are a shield about me, My glory , and the One who lifts my head .
4 I was crying to the Lord with my voice , And He answered me from His holy mountain . Selah . 5 I lay down and slept ; I awoke , for the Lord sustains me. 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people Who have set themselves against me round about . 7 Arise , O Lord ; save me, O my God ! For You have smitten all my enemies on the cheek ; You have shattered the teeth of the wicked . 8 Salvation belongs to the Lord ; Your blessing be upon Your people ! Selah .
41 Answer me when I call , O God of my righteousness ! You have relieved me in my distress ; Be gracious to me and hear my prayer . 2 O sons of men , how long will my honor become a reproach ? How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception ? Selah . 3 But know that the Lord has set apart the godly man for Himself; The Lord hears when I call to Him. 4 Tremble , and do not sin ; Meditate in your heart upon your bed , and be still . Selah . 5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness , And trust in the Lord .
6 Many are saying , " Who will show us any good ?" Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, O Lord ! 7 You have put gladness in my heart , More than when their grain and new wine abound . 8 In peace I will both lie down and sleep , For You alone , O Lord , make me to dwell in safety .
121 Help , Lord , for the godly man ceases to be, For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men . 2 They speak falsehood to one another ; With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak . 3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips , The tongue that speaks great things ; 4 Who have said , "With our tongue we will prevail ; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?" 5 "Because of the devastation of the afflicted , because of the groaning of the needy , Now I will arise ," says the Lord ; "I will set him in the safety for which he longs ." 6 The words of the Lord are pure words ; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth , refined seven times . 7 You, O Lord , will keep them; You will preserve him from this generation forever . 8 The wicked strut about on every side When vileness is exalted among the sons of men .
131 How long , O Lord ? Will You forget me forever ? How long will You hide Your face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul , Having sorrow in my heart all the day ? How long will my enemy be exalted over me? 3 Consider and answer me, O Lord my God ; Enlighten my eyes , or I will sleep the sleep of death , 4 And my enemy will say , "I have overcome him," And my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken . 5 But I have trusted in Your lovingkindness ; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation . 6 I will sing to the Lord , Because He has dealt bountifully with me.
281 To You, O Lord , I call ; My rock , do not be deaf to me, For if You are silent to me, I will become like those who go down to the pit . 2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You for help , When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary . 3 Do not drag me away with the wicked And with those who work iniquity , Who speak peace with their neighbors , While evil is in their hearts . 4 Requite them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices ; Requite them according to the deeds of their hands ; Repay them their recompense . 5 Because they do not regard the works of the Lord Nor the deeds of His hands , He will tear them down and not build them up.
6 Blessed be the Lord , Because He has heard the voice of my supplication . 7 The Lord is my strength and my shield ; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped ; Therefore my heart exults , And with my song I shall thank Him. 8 The Lord is their strength , And He is a saving defense to His anointed . 9 Save Your people and bless Your inheritance ; Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever e .
551 Give ear to my prayer , O God ; And do not hide Yourself from my supplication . 2 Give heed to me and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and am surely distracted , 3 Because of the voice of the enemy , Because e of the pressure of the wicked ; For they bring down trouble upon me And in anger they bear a grudge against me. 4 My heart is in anguish within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me. 5 Fear and trembling come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me. 6 I said , "Oh e , that I had wings like a dove ! I would fly away and be at rest . 7 "Behold , I would wander far away, I would lodge in the wilderness . Selah . 8 "I would hasten to my place of refuge From the stormy wind and tempest ."
9 Confuse , O Lord , divide their tongues , For I have seen violence and strife in the city . 10 Day and night they go around her upon her walls , And iniquity and mischief are in her midst . 11 Destruction is in her midst ; Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets . 12 For it is not an enemy who reproaches me, Then I could bear it; Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me, Then I could hide myself from him. 13 But it is you, a man my equal , My companion and my familiar friend ; 14 We who had sweet fellowship together Walked in the house of God in the throng . 15 Let death come deceitfully upon them; Let them go down alive to Sheol , For evil is in their dwelling , in their midst .
16 As for me, I shall call upon God , And the Lord will save me. 17 Evening and morning and at noon , I will complain and murmur , And He will hear my voice . 18 He will redeem my soul in peace from the battle which is against me, For they are many who strive with me. 19 God will hear and answer them- Even the one who sits enthroned from of old - Selah . With whom there is no change , And who do not fear God . 20 He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; He has violated his covenant . 21 His speech was smoother than butter , But his heart was war ; His words were softer than oil , Yet they were drawn swords . 22 Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never e allow the righteous to be shaken . 23 But You, O God , will bring them down to the pit of destruction ; Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days . But I will trust in You.
