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Therefore the wicked will not stand [unpunished] in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

"Let's break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us."


For You, O Lord, bless the righteous man [the one who is in right standing with You];
You surround him with favor as with a shield.

Or else he will tear me apart like a lion, ripping to pieces, with none [to] deliver.


Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous [those in right standing with You];
For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.

The upright are crushed and made low, and the feeble are overcome by his strong ones.

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.


Let my verdict of vindication come from Your presence;
May Your eyes look with equity and behold things that are just.

{He is like} a lion; he longs to tear apart, and like a strong lion crouching in hiding places.

I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

I will beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I will cast them out as the clay in the streets. {TYNDALE: And I will beat them as small as the dust of the earth, and will stamp them as the dirt of the street, and will spread them abroad.}

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

I am poured out like water, and all My bones are spread apart; My heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of My bowels.

O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.

But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

By reason of all mine adversaries, have I become a reproach. Even to my neighbours, altogether, and a dread to mine acquaintance, - They who have seen me abroad, have fled from me:

The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.

But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together. They gathered together against me attackers whom I did not know. They tore me apart and would not stop.


The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever.

I saw the unjust one making afraid, and spreading abroad as a green native tree.

And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: Thou didst afflict the peoples; But them thou didst spread abroad.


Their inward thought is that their houses will continue forever,
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They have named their lands after their own names [ignoring God].

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear [you] apart, and there [will be] none to deliver.

Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?


But God will break you down forever;
He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you: strong in his wealth.

Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men?


Let them flow away like water that runs off;
When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.

The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.

They run and prepare themselves apart from my fault: awake to help me, and behold.

Slay them not, lest my people forget it: but scatter them abroad with thy power, and put them down, O LORD our defense.

{To the chanter, upon the rose of witness, Michtam of David, for to teach: when he fought against Mesopotamia, and Syria of Zoba: and when Joab turned back, and slew twelve thousand Edomites in the valley of Salt} O God, thou hast cast us out and scattered us abroad; thou that hast been so sore displeased at us, comfort us again.

So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

But let the upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them be full of joy.


May they be blotted out of the book of life [and their lives come to an end]
And may they not be recorded with the righteous (those in right standing with God).

In his days may the upright do well, living in peace as long as there is a moon in heaven.

By him will all the horns of the sinners be cut off; but the horns of the upright will be lifted up.

The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.


So David shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart;
And guided them with his skillful hands.

set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.

Thou hast subdued Egypt, like one that is wounded; thou scatterest thine enemies abroad with thy mighty arm.

For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, lo, thine enemies shall perish, and all the workers of wickedness shall be scattered abroad.

But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.


Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones [those whose moral and spiritual integrity places them in right standing with God],
And praise and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.

Morning by morning, will I uproot, All the lawless ones of the land, That I may cut off, out of the city of Yahweh - All the workers of iniquity.


For He has shattered the gates of bronze
And cut the bars of iron apart.


They went up toward the heavens [on the crest of the wave], they went down again to the depths [of the watery trough];
Their courage melted away in their misery.