(1) The Song of Asaph. (2) Almighty, do not be silent, do not be silent! Do not remain in peace, Almighty! (3) For behold, your enemies are making a noise, and those who hate you have lifted up their heads. (4) They have conspired against thy people, and they are conferring against those whom thou hast preserved. (5) They said, "Let us go and destroy them from among the nations, so that the name of Israel may no longer be mentioned." (6) For they take counsel with one accord, and make an alliance against you,204 (7) the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and Gagrim,205 (8) Gbal, Amun, and Amalek, the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre. 9 Ashur also joined them: they became a muscle to the sons of Lot, forever. (10) Do to them what you did to Midian, to Sisra, to Yavin by the river Kishon, (11) who were destroyed in Ain Dor and became dung to the earth. (12) Treat their princes as you did Oreb and Zeev, as you did Zebach and Zalmaunah, and all their nobles. (13) Because they say, "Let us take possession of the villages of the Almighty!" (14) My Almighty! Make them like thistles, a straw in the wind. (15) As fire burns up forests, as flames scorch mountains, (16) so drive them out with your storm, and with your whirlwind bring them into confusion. (17) Cover their faces with dishonor, so that they may seek your name, O God! (18) May they be ashamed, be dismayed forever, be put to shame, and perish! (19) So that they may know that you, your name is God, are the only one over all the earth.

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(1) To the leader [of the musicians]. On gitit. The Song of the Sons of Korach. (2) How dear are your mansions, O God of hosts! (3) My soul is enchanted and faint in the courts of God, my heart and my flesh will sing to the Almighty [God] who lives. (4) For even the bird finds a house, and the swallow finds a nest where to lay his young, at thy altars,206 O God of hosts, my king, my Almighty! (5) Glory to those who dwell in your house: they will praise you unceasingly, forever. (6) Glory to the man whose stronghold is in you, who thinks in his heart about his ways[207]. (7) As they pass through the valley of weeping, they discover springs in it and surround the guide with blessings. (8) They go from strength to strength, appearing before the Almighty in Zion. (9) God, Almighty of armies, hear my prayer, hearken, O Almighty Jacob, forever! (10) See our stronghold[208], O Almighty! Look at the face of Thy anointed. (11) For one day in your courts is better than a thousand years. I prefer to be at the threshold of the House of my Almighty than to live in the tents of evil. (12) For God the Almighty is the sun and the shield, and God will give charm and glory. He will not deprive those who walk in blamelessness of good. (13) God of hosts! Glory to the man who trusts in You!

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(1) To the leader [of the musicians]. The song of the sons of Korach. (2) God! If Thou wouldst desire Thy land, Thou wouldst restore the captivity of Jacob. (3) He would have forgiven the sin of your people, and covered all their transgressions, for ever. (4) I would have taken away all your wrath, I would have turned away the ferocity of your wrath. (5) Bring us back, O Almighty [God] of our salvation, stop your wrath against us. (6) Will you be angry with us forever, will you bear your wrath from generation to generation? (7) For you will revive us again, and your people will rejoice in you. (8) Show us, O God, your mercy, grant us your salvation. (9) I will listen to what the Almighty will say. When God speaks peace to His people and to His godly, they will not return to folly. (10) His salvation is near for those who fear him, so that glory may dwell in our country. (11) Mercy and truth will meet, truth and peace will come into contact. (12) (When) truth grows out of the earth, righteousness will be seen from heaven. (13) God will also give good, and our land will yield its harvest. (14) Righteousness will walk before him, and he will put his feet in the way.

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(1) David's Prayer. Incline Thy ear, O God, [and] answer me, for I am poor and needy. (2) Take care of my soul, for I am pious[210]. Save Thy servant, who trusts in Thee, Thou my Almighty. (3) Have mercy on me, O Lord, for to Thee I have been crying all day long. (4) Rejoice the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul, (5) for you, Lord, are kind and forbearing, and very merciful to all who call upon you. (6) Hearken, O God, to my prayers, and listen to the voice of my prayers. (7) In the day of my calamity, I cry out to you, for you will answer me. (8) There is no god like Thee, O Lord, and there are no deeds like Thine.211 (9) All the nations that you have created will come and bow down before you, Lord, and will praise your name, (10) for you are great and do miracles—you, the Almighty, alone. (11) Show me, O God, your way, I will walk in your truth, make my heart one,212 in fear of your name. (12) I will thank you, Lord, my Almighty, with all my heart, I will praise your name forever. (13) For great is your mercy towards me: you have delivered my soul from the grave of hell. (14) Almighty, the malefactors have risen up against me, the society of the oppressors has coveted my soul: they do not present you before them.213 (15) But you, Lord, Almighty and merciful, long-suffering and multiplying goodness and truth, (16) turn your attention to me and have mercy on me. Give Thy strength to Thy servant, save the son of Thy servant. (17) Do me a sign for good, so that those who hate me may see me and be ashamed,214 for you, God, have helped me and comforted me.

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(1) The song of the sons of Korach, (2) based on the mountains of the saints[215]. God loves the gates of Zion more than all the villages of Yaakov. (3) Glorious things are proclaimed of thee, O city of the Almighty, for ever! (4) I will mention Egypt and Babylon among those who know me; behold, Pleshet, and Tyre, and Cush [will say]: "So-and-so was born there"[216]. (5) And of Zion it will be said, "So-and-so was born in it, and the Most High himself strengthened it." (6) God will record in the census of the nations, forever, "This one was born there." (7) Both those who sing and those who play (will say), "All my springs are in you."