O Lord my God, if I have done this: If there is iniquity in my hands,

If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me, Or have plundered my enemy without cause,

If he does not turn back, He will sharpen His sword; He bends His bow and makes it ready.

If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do?

The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.

Rejoicing in Answered Prayer

A Psalm of David.

To You I will cry, O Lord my Rock: Do not be silent to me, Lest, if You are silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.

Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works Which You have done; And Your thoughts toward us Cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.

And if he comes to see me, he speaks lies; His heart gathers iniquity to itself; When he goes out, he tells it.

If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched out our hands to a foreign god,

“If I were hungry, I would not tell you; For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.

God looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.

Let them flow away as waters which run continually; When he bends his bow, Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces.

They wander up and down for food, And howl if they are not satisfied.

Surely men of low degree are a vapor, Men of high degree are a lie; If they are weighed on the scales, They are altogether lighter than vapor.

Do not trust in oppression, Nor vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them.

If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear.

If I had said, “I will speak thus,” Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children.

“Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you! O Israel, if you will listen to Me!

“If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments,

If they break My statutes And do not keep My commandments,

The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

If I say, “My foot slips,” Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.

For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice:

The Lord the Defense of His People

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,” Let Israel now say—

“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, When men rose up against us,