To the chief Musician, to Yedutun, A Psalm of David.

For the conductor, [to be played] upon the yeduthun, a psalm of David.

My soul waits in silence only for God: from him comes my salvation.

Only to G d does my soul hope, for my salvation has always been from Him.

He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress: I shall not be greatly moved.

Only He is my Rock and my salvation. He is my Stronghold — I shall not slip greatly [i.e., without rising].

How long will you seek to overwhelm a man? You will be all of you demolished like a leaning wall, or a tottering fence.

How long will you devise destruction for a man? You would all murder, like an inclined wall, like a tottering fence.

They even devise to thrust him down from his majesty: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. (Sela.)

Only [for fear of] his rising [(to power and exacting retribution of them)] do they counsel overthrowing [him], speaking lies — blessing with their mouths and cursing in their innards, always.

My soul waits in silence only for God; for my expectation is from him.

But my heart trusts to G d, for my salvation [has always come] from Him.

He alone is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.

Only He is my Rock and my Salvation. He is my Stronghold — I shall not slip.

In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

My salvation and my honor lie with G d. He is the Rock of my strength. My shelter is in G d.

Trust in him at all times; you people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. (Sela.)

Trust in Him at all times. [My] people, spill your hearts out before Him [in prayer]; for He is our shelter eternally.

Men of low degree are mere breath, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than air.

But [trust in] man is vain. [Trust] in man is deceitful. If they were put in the scales, they and their vanities would balance.

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

Do not trust to violence, and do not [trust] vainly to theft. If [their] wealth flourishes, pay it no heed.

God has spoken once: twice have I heard this; that power belongs to God.

G d has made one pronouncement [(the second commandment of the Decalogue)], from which [("I visit the iniquity of the fathers, etc.")] I have derived these two things: that strength is with G d [to pay a man according to his deeds (both reward and punishment)]

But love is also Thine, when Thou renderest to every man according to his work.

and [that] with You, O L rd, is lovingkindness; for You pay [i.e., punish] a man as his deed [(his transgression, i.e., You punish part of it and not all of it [viz. Ezra 9:13])].