God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.

Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; thou hast thrown them all down under me, that rose up against me. {TYNDALE: And thou compassedest me about with might to battle, and madest them that rose against me to stoop under me.}

Therefore I will praise You, Yahweh, among the nations;
I will sing about Your name.

It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the heaven, and runneth about unto the end of it again; and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round about.

For many dogs are come about me, the counsel of the wicked layeth siege against me.

All the prosperous people will eat and bow down in submission. All those who are about to go down to the grave will bow down in submission, along with the one who can no longer keep himself alive.

Their descendants will serve Him;
the next generation will be told about the Lord.

They will come and tell a people yet to be born
about His righteousness—
what He has done.

Because your loyal love [is] before my eyes, and I walk about in your faithfulness.

I do not sit with deceitful people, nor will I go about with hypocrites.

I will wash my hands in innocence,
And I will go about Your altar, O Lord,

raising my voice in thanksgiving
and telling about Your wonderful works.

And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.

I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.

For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear is round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,

When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away by my groaning all day long.

Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

I will instruct and teach you about how you should live. I will advise you as I look you in the eye.

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.

My soul will glorify the LORD; the humble will hear about it and rejoice.

The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

Malicious witnesses come forward;
they question me about things I do not know.

I went about grieving as if for my friend or brother;
I was bowed down with grief,
like one mourning a mother.

My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long. For the Chief Musician. By David, the servant of Yahweh.

An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: "There is no fear of God before his eyes."

The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

Be quiet before Yahweh and wait for him. Do not fret about one who succeeds [in] his way, about a man making plots.

Yet a little, therefore, and the lawless one shall not be, Yea thou shalt look about, over his place - and he shall have vanished!

I am bent over and greatly bowed down;
I go about mourning all day long.

My heart moved about rapidly, my strength forsook me, and the light of mine eyes also they not with me.

Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to do me harm brag all day long about their wicked planning.

For I am about to fall,
and my pain is constantly with me.

Yes, I confess my wrongdoing, and I am concerned about my sins.

My heart within me became incensed; as I thought about it, the fire burned. Then I spoke out:

Surely a man walks about as a [mere] {shadow}; surely in vain they bustle about. He heaps up [possessions] but does not know who [will] gather them [in].

Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the LORD, and turned not unto the proud, and to such as go about with lies.

O Lord, my God, you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. No one can thwart you! I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount!

Then I said, “See, I have come;
it is written about me in the volume of the scroll.

I have told the great assembly about your justice. Look! I spare no words! O Lord, you know this is true.

I did not hide Your righteousness in my heart;
I spoke about Your faithfulness and salvation;
I did not conceal Your constant love and truth
from the great assembly.

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don't delay, my God. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

My enemies speak evil about me, "When will he die and his name perish?"

The one who comes to visit me speaks lies; in his heart he thinks slanderous things about me and goes around spreading them.

All who hate me whisper together about me;
Against me they devise my hurt [imagining the worst for me], saying,

I say to God, my rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why must I walk about mourning because of [the] oppression of [the] enemy?"

For thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou cast me off? why go I about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

God, we heard it with our ears; our ancestors told us about what you did in their day a long time ago.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

We heard about God's mighty deeds, now we have seen them, in the city of the Lord, the invincible Warrior, in the city of our God. God makes it permanently secure. (Selah)

We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the midst of your temple.

Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

Take note of her ramparts; investigate her citadels; that you may speak about them to the next generation.

My mouth will speak wisely, and I will understand what I think about.

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

those who trust their wealth and boast about the abundance of their riches?

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

Now have the heavens declared his righteousness, Because, God, is, about to judge. Selah.

As for the wicked, God says, "How dare you recite my statutes or speak about my covenant with your lips!

Then I will teach transgressors about your ways, and sinners will turn to you.

Deliver me from the guilt of shedding blood, God, God of my salvation. Then my tongue will sing about your righteousness.

Then you will be pleased with right sacrifices, with burnt offerings, and with whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar. To the Director: A Davidic instruction about Doeg, the Edomite, when he went to Saul and told him, "David went to the house of Abimelech."

Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The loyal love of God [endures] {continually}.

The righteous will see it and fear,
And will [scoffingly] laugh, saying,

"Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others."

Attend unto me, and answer me: I wander about in my plaint, and I moan aloud,

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle against me: for there were many about me.

For thou deliveredst my soul from death: are not my feet from falling, to go about before God in the light of the living?

They shall melt away as water shall go about to them: he will bend his arrow, they shall be as cut off.

They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

They shall wander about for meat, and stay all night if they be not satisfied.

But I will sing of your power and in the morning I will shout for joy about your gracious love. For you have been a fortress for me; and a refuge when I am distressed.

My Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, God of Gracious Love, are my fortress. To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Lily of The Covenant," for teaching about his battle with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, when Joab returned and attacked 12,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley.

when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.

They encourage each other in an evil plan;
they talk about hiding traps and say,
“Who will see them?”

Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,

Then everyone will fear
and will tell about God’s work,
for they will understand what He has done.

Who by his strength setteth fast the mountains, Being girded about with might;

Sing praise about the glory of his name. Make his praise glorious.

Ruling by his strength forever; his eyes will look about upon the nations: they turning away shall not lift up for themselves. Silence.

As smoke is driven about, Let them be driven about, - As wax is melted before a fire, Let the lawless perish before God.

Also God will crush the head of his enemies, the crown of him going about in his faults.

I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard things which are said about you have come on me.

They who sit in the [city’s] gate talk about me and mock me,
And I am the song of the drunkards.

For they have persecuted him whom You have struck,
And they tell of the pain of those whom You have pierced and wounded.

I have leaned on You from birth;
You took me from my mother’s womb.
My praise is always about You.

For my enemies talk about me,
and those who spy on me plot together,

My mouth will tell about Your righteousness
and Your salvation all day long,
though I cannot sum them up.

I will come and tell about the mighty acts of the sovereign Lord. I will proclaim your justice -- yours alone.

Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me, until I tell the next generation about your strength, and those coming after me about your power.

My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me. By Solomon.

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

They choose to speak against heaven; while they talk about things on earth.

When I thought about [how] to understand this, it [was] troubling in my eyes

But as for me, God’s presence is my good.
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
so I can tell about all You do.

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A psalm of Asaph. A song.We give thanks to You, God;
we give thanks to You, for Your name is near.
People tell about Your wonderful works.

For, God himself, is about to judge, One, he will cast down, Another, he will lift up;