I pray only to you. Don't disappoint me. Disappoint my cruel enemies until they lie silent in their graves.
The dead are silent and cannot praise the LORD,
(A psalm by David for the music leader.) I come to you, LORD, for protection. Don't let me be ashamed. Do as you have promised and rescue me.
Keep your eyes on the LORD! You will shine like the sun and never blush with shame.
Disappoint and confuse all who are glad to see me in trouble, but disgrace and embarrass my proud enemies who say to me, "You are nothing!"
Let all who want to kill me be disappointed and disgraced. Chase away and confuse all who plan to harm me.
You brought me more happiness than a rich harvest of grain and grapes.
My enemies will be ashamed and terrified, as they quickly run away in complete disgrace.
All day long I will announce your power to save. I will tell how you disgraced and disappointed those who wanted to hurt me.
LORD God All-Powerful, how much longer will the prayers of your people make you angry?
We were like a grapevine you brought out of Egypt. You chased other nations away and planted us here.
If you had not helped me, LORD, I would soon have gone to the land of silence.
But you, LORD, are a mighty soldier, standing at my side. Those troublemakers will fall down and fail-- terribly embarrassed, forever ashamed.
Many of those who lie dead in the ground will rise from death. Some of them will be given eternal life, and others will receive nothing but eternal shame and disgrace.
You protect your loyal people, but everyone who is evil will die in darkness. We cannot win a victory by our own strength.