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Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.

But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.

But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.

Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.

Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.

They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.

There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.

Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!

You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.

Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.

For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song. We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.

For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song. We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.

I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.

But I will proclaim Him forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.

You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?

…when God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah

…when God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah

Make and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God; let all the neighboring lands bring tribute to Him who is to be feared.

Make and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God; let all the neighboring lands bring tribute to Him who is to be feared.

Make and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God; let all the neighboring lands bring tribute to Him who is to be feared.

For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me.

For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me.

For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me.

For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me.

In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.

You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.

Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah

Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.

A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.

A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.

…that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.

We will not hide them from their children but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might and the wonders He has performed.

For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,

For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,

…that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children

…that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children

Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.

They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.

But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.

God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.

But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.

Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.

Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.

He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they could not drink.

He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.

He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.

He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning.

He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning.

He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.

He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.

He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.

He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.

He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.

He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage.

He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame.

…from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.

A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.

They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.

They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.

We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.

We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.

Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,

May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.

Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth

…before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.

Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.

Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—

Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!

There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.

But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,

“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah

Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah

Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,

Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,

Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!

They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.

Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?

I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.

I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.

I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.

Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.

Righteousness will go before Him to prepare the way for His steps.

Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I call to You all day long.