Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way,
For His wrath may soon be kindled.
How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!

Many are saying of my soul,
“There is no deliverance for him in God.” Selah.

But know that the Lord has set apart the godly man for Himself;
The Lord hears when I call to Him.

For it is You who blesses the righteous man, O Lord,
You surround him with favor as with a shield.

If I have rewarded evil to my friend,
Or have plundered him who without cause was my adversary,

Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it;
And let him trample my life down to the ground
And lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

What is man that You take thought of him,
And the son of man that You care for him?

Yet You have made him a little lower than God,
And You crown him with glory and majesty!

You make him to rule over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,

The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him.
All his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair;
He lurks to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”

You, O Lord, will keep them;
You will preserve him from this generation forever.

And my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
And my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.

Arise, O Lord, confront him, bring him low;
Deliver my soul from the wicked with Your sword,

In my distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice out of His temple,
And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and coals of fire.

I was also blameless with Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.

As for God, His way is blameless;
The word of the Lord is tried;
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed;
He will answer him from His holy heaven
With the saving strength of His right hand.

You have given him his heart’s desire,
And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

For You meet him with the blessings of good things;
You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

He asked life of You,
You gave it to him,
Length of days forever and ever.

His glory is great through Your salvation,
Splendor and majesty You place upon him.

For You make him most blessed forever;
You make him joyful with gladness in Your presence.

“Commit yourself to the Lord; let Him deliver him;
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”

You who fear the Lord, praise Him;
All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
And stand in awe of Him, all you descendants of Israel.

For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.

From You comes my praise in the great assembly;
I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him.

The afflicted will eat and be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will praise the Lord.
Let your heart live forever!

All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,
All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

Posterity will serve Him;
It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation.

This is the generation of those who seek Him,
Who seek Your face—even Jacob. Selah.

Who is the man who fears the Lord?
He will instruct him in the way he should choose.

The secret of the Lord is for those who fear Him,
And He will make them know His covenant.

The Lord is my strength and my shield;
My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart exults,
And with my song I shall thank Him.

Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found;
Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him.

Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
But he who trusts in the Lord, lovingkindness shall surround him.

Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre;
Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.

Sing to Him a new song;
Play skillfully with a shout of joy.

Let all the earth fear the Lord;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him,
On those who hope for His lovingkindness,

For our heart rejoices in Him,
Because we trust in His holy name.

They looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces will never be ashamed.

This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
And saved him out of all his troubles.

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him,
And rescues them.

O taste and see that the Lord is good;
How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

O fear the Lord, you His saints;
For to those who fear Him there is no want.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
But the Lord delivers him out of them all.

The Lord redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned.

Let destruction come upon him unawares,
And let the net which he hid catch himself;
Into that very destruction let him fall.

All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like You,
Who delivers the afflicted from him who is too strong for him,
And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”

Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha, our desire!”
Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

For it flatters him in his own eyes
Concerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it.

Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him, and He will do it.

Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

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

The Lord laughs at him,
For He sees his day is coming.

For those blessed by Him will inherit the land,
But those cursed by Him will be cut off.

The wicked spies upon the righteous
And seeks to kill him.

The Lord will not leave him in his hand
Or let him be condemned when he is judged.

Then he passed away, and lo, he was no more;
I sought for him, but he could not be found.

The Lord helps them and delivers them;
He delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
Because they take refuge in Him.

“With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;
You consume as a moth what is precious to him;
Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How blessed is he who considers the helpless;
The Lord will deliver him in a day of trouble.

The Lord will protect him and keep him alive,
And he shall be called blessed upon the earth;
And do not give him over to the desire of his enemies.

The Lord will sustain him upon his sickbed;
In his illness, You restore him to health.

“A wicked thing is poured out upon him,
That when he lies down, he will not rise up again.”

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.

Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,
Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.

Then the King will desire your beauty.
Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him.

No man can by any means redeem his brother
Or give to God a ransom for him—

For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
His glory will not descend after him.

May our God come and not keep silence;
Fire devours before Him,
And it is very tempestuous around Him.

“When you see a thief, you are pleased with him,
And you associate with adulterers.

“He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who orders his way aright
I shall show the salvation of God.”

The righteous will see and fear,
And will laugh at him, saying,

There they were in great fear where no fear had been;
For God scattered the bones of him who encamped against you;
You put them to shame, because God had rejected them.

For it is not an enemy who reproaches me,
Then I could bear it;
Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me,
Then I could hide myself from him.

He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him;
He has violated his covenant.

He will send from heaven and save me;
He reproaches him who tramples upon me. Selah.
God will send forth His lovingkindness and His truth.

He will abide before God forever;
Appoint lovingkindness and truth that they may preserve him.

For the choir director; according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
My soul waits in silence for God only;
From Him is my salvation.

How long will you assail a man,
That you may murder him, all of you,
Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

They have counseled only to thrust him down from his high position;
They delight in falsehood;
They bless with their mouth,
But inwardly they curse. Selah.

My soul, wait in silence for God only,
For my hope is from Him.

Trust in Him at all times, O people;
Pour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah.

But the king will rejoice in God;
Everyone who swears by Him will glory,
For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.

To shoot from concealment at the blameless;
Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.

So they will make him stumble;
Their own tongue is against them;
All who see them will shake the head.

The righteous man will be glad in the Lord and will take refuge in Him;
And all the upright in heart will glory.

He turned the sea into dry land;
They passed through the river on foot;
There let us rejoice in Him!

I cried to Him with my mouth,
And He was extolled with my tongue.

God blesses us,
That all the ends of the earth may fear Him.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.
Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered,
And let those who hate Him flee before Him.

Sing to God, sing praises to His name;
Lift up a song for Him who rides through the deserts,
Whose name is the Lord, and exult before Him.

Surely God will shatter the head of His enemies,
The hairy crown of him who goes on in his guilty deeds.