I am not afraid of myriads of people, That round about they have set against me.

For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart is mischiefs, An open grave is their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall from their own counsels, In the abundance of their transgressions Drive them away, Because they have rebelled against Thee.

And rejoice do all trusting in Thee, To the age they sing, and Thou coverest them over, And those loving Thy name exult in Thee.

Ashamed and troubled greatly are all mine enemies, They turn back -- ashamed in a moment!

In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.

They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.

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

Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they are men! Selah.

Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

To the Overseer. -- By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, 'They moved to Thy mountain for the bird?

For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, 'God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.

The whole have turned aside, Together they have been filthy: There is not a doer of good, not even one.

Have all working iniquity not known? Those consuming my people have eaten bread, Jehovah they have not called.

There they have feared a fear, For God is in the generation of the righteous.

Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:

Our steps now have compassed him;' Their eyes they set to turn aside in the land.

From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion is in life, And with Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied with sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

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

He delivereth me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I.

They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me.

I pursue mine enemies, and overtake them, And turn back not till they are consumed.

I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,

They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them.

At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,

The fear of Jehovah is clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah are true, They have been righteous -- together.

They are more desirable than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, Even liquid honey of the comb.

They -- they have bowed and have fallen, And we have risen and station ourselves upright.

For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

In Thee did our fathers trust -- they trusted, And Thou dost deliver them.

Unto Thee they cried, and were delivered, In Thee they trusted, and were not ashamed.

All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip -- shake the head,

They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.

I count all my bones -- they look expectingly, They look upon me,

They apportion my garments to themselves, And for my clothing they cause a lot to fall.

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 come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is borne, that He hath made!

Also -- when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou art with me, Thy rod and Thy staff -- they comfort me.

Remember Thy mercies, O Jehovah, And Thy kindnesses, for from the age are they.

See my enemies, for they have been many, And with violent hatred they have hated me.

When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.

To Thee said my heart 'They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.'

Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.

For they attend not to the doing of Jehovah, And unto the work of His hands. He throweth them down, And doth not build them up.

Bring me out from the net that they hid for me, For Thou art my strength.

For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear is round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,

For this doth every saintly one pray to Thee, As the time to find. Surely at an overflowing of many waters, Unto him they come not.

They looked expectingly unto Him, And they became bright, And their faces are not ashamed.

They cried, and Jehovah heard, And from all their distresses delivered them.

They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned backward and confounded, Those devising my evil.

They are as chaff before wind, And a messenger of Jehovah driving away.

For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.

Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.

They pay me evil for good, bereaving my soul,

And -- in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;

For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,

And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, 'Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.'

Judge me according to Thy righteousness, O Jehovah my God, And they do not rejoice over me.

They do not say in their heart, 'Aha, our desire.' They do not say, 'We swallowed him up.'

They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are rejoicing at my evil. They put on shame and confusion, Who are magnifying themselves against me.

They sing and rejoice, who are desiring my righteousness, And they say continually, 'Jehovah is magnified, Who is desiring the peace of His servant.'

They are filled from the fatness of Thy house, And the stream of Thy delights Thou dost cause them to drink.

There have workers of iniquity fallen, They have been overthrown, And have not been able to arise!

For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.

For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land.

And the humble do possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace.

A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.

They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And in days of famine they are satisfied.

But the wicked perish, and the enemies of Jehovah, As the preciousness of lambs, Have been consumed, In smoke they have been consumed.

From Jehovah are the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth.

For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.

The righteous possess the land, And they dwell for ever on it.

And Jehovah doth help them and deliver them, He delivereth them from the wicked, And saveth them, Because they trusted in Him!

My heart is panting, my power hath forsaken me, And the light of mine eyes, Even they are not with me.

And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.

When I said, 'Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot against me they magnified themselves.

And mine enemies are lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied.

Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, in vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.

For compassed me have evils innumerable, Overtaken me have mine iniquities, And I have not been able to see; They have been more than the hairs of my head, And my heart hath forsaken me.

They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are seeking my soul to destroy it, They are turned backward, And are ashamed, who are desiring my evil.

They are desolate because of their shame, Who are saying to me, 'Aha, aha.'

All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:

Send forth Thy light and Thy truth, They -- they lead me, they bring me in, Unto Thy holy hill, and unto Thy tabernacles.

For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.

They are brought with joy and gladness, They come into the palace of the king.

Roar -- troubled are its waters, Mountains they shake in its pride. Selah.

For, lo, the kings met, they passed by together,

They have seen -- so they have marvelled, They have been troubled, they were hastened away.

Their heart is: Their houses are to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.

And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form is for consumption. Sheol is a dwelling for him.

For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)

It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!

Then Thou desirest sacrifices of righteousness, Burnt-offering, and whole burnt-offering, Then they offer bullocks on thine altar!

To the Overseer. -- 'On a disease.' -- An instruction, by David. A fool said in his heart, 'There is no God.' They have done corruptly, Yea, they have done abominable iniquity, There is none doing good.

Every one went back, together they became filthy, There is none doing good -- not even one.