O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat;

And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.

I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

With my voice - unto Yahweh, do I cry, and he hath answered me out of his holy mountain. Selah.

But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

The boastful do not stand before your eyes. You hate all evildoers.

And my soul hath been troubled greatly, And Thou, O Jehovah, till when?

Mine eye wasteth away through grief; it hath grown old because of all mine oppressors.

Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.

The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.

O Yahweh my God, If I have done this, If there hath been perversity in my hands:

God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.

If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

O enemy! destructions are ended for ever. Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished.

But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.

Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah

While the ungodly hath the overhand, the poor must suffer persecution; let them be taken in the crafty wiliness that they have imagined!

Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.

He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

He is bruised -- he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.

He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

Break thou the power of the ungodly and malicious; search out the wickedness which he hath done, that he may perish.

When the foundations are destroyed, The righteous -- what hath he done?

Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,

For righteous is Jehovah, Righteousness He hath loved, The upright doth His countenance see!'

To the Overseer, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men:

I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one -- seeking God.

He hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour.

Despised in his eyes is a rejected one, And those fearing Jehovah he doth honour. He hath sworn to suffer evil, and changeth not;

His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age!

I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

Therefore hath my heart been glad, And my honour doth rejoice, Also my flesh dwelleth confidently:

To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith: -- I love Thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

And shake and tremble doth the earth, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake -- because He hath wrath.

Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it.

He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hate me, for they were too strong for me.

The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

As for GOD, blameless is his way, The speech of Yahweh hath been proved, A shield, he is to all who seek refuge in him.

For who is God, but the LORD? Or, who hath any strength, but our God? {TYNDALE: Who is a God save the LORD, and who mighty save our God?}

Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

The God who hath avenged me, and hath subjected the peoples to me;

Who hath delivered me from mine enemies: yea, thou hast lifted me up above them that rose up against me; from the man of violence hast thou delivered me.

There is no speech, and there are no words. Their voice hath not been heard.

Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

Now I have known That Jehovah hath saved His anointed, He answereth him from His holy heavens, With the saving might of His right hand.

Yahweh, hath saved the king. Answer us, then, on the day when we call.

Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him -- length of days, Age-during -- and for ever.

Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

And the fat ones of earth have eaten, And they bow themselves, Before Him bow do all going down to dust, And he who hath not revived his soul.

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

Thou spreadest before me a table, in face of mine adversaries, Thou hast anointed, with oil, my head, My cup, hath run over.

For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

Lead me forth in thy truth, and learn me. For thou art the God of my salvation; in thee hath been my hope all the day long.

The distresses of my heart, hath he relieved, - and, out of my straits, brought me forth.

Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

Let perfectness and righteous dealing wait upon me, for my hope hath been in thee.

{A Psalm of David} Be thou my Judge, O LORD, for I walk innocently. My trust hath been also in the LORD; therefore shall I not fall.

For, thy lovingkindness, hath been before mine eyes, and I have walked to and fro in thy faithfulness;

I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked.

My foot hath stood in uprightness, In assemblies I bless Jehovah!

My heart hath talked of thee, seek ye my face. Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him.

The voice of Jehovah is on the waters, The God of glory hath thundered, Jehovah is on many waters.

The voice of Yahweh, is breaking cedars, Now hath Yahweh, broken down, the cedars of Lebanon!

And hath made them leap like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion, like the bull-calf of wild-oxen;

The voice of Yahweh, causeth the gazelles to bring forth, and hath stript forests; and, in his own temple, every one there, is saying, Glory!

Jehovah on the deluge hath sat, And Jehovah sitteth king -- to the age,

I hate them that regard lying vanities; But I trust in Jehovah.

For my life hath been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. Feeble because of mine iniquity hath been my strength, And my bones have become old.

But my hope hath been in thee, O LORD; I have said, "Thou art my God."

Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

When by day and by night Thy hand is heavy upon me, My moisture hath been changed Into the droughts of summer. Selah.

Many sorrows hath the wicked; but he that confideth in Jehovah, loving-kindness shall encompass him.

For He hath said, and it is, He hath commanded, and it standeth.

Yahweh, hath frustrated the counsel of nations, hath brought to nothing the devices of peoples.

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

From the heavens hath Jehovah looked, He hath seen all the sons of men.

Out of his settled place of abode, hath he fixed his gaze on all the inhabitants of the earth:

Our soul hath waited for Jehovah: He is our help and our shield.

I enquired of Yahweh, and he hath answered me, And, out of all my terrors, hath he rescued me.

The messenger of Yahweh encampeth around them who revere him, Thus hath he delivered them.

They made outcry, and Yahweh heard, And, out of all their straits, hath he rescued them.

He is keeping all his bones, One of them hath not been broken.

Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.