Kiss the son before he becomes angry, and you die where you stand. Indeed, his wrath can flare up quickly. How blessed are those who take refuge in him. A Davidic Psalm, when he fled from his son Absalom.

Boastful ones will not stand before you; you hate all those who practice wickedness.

You will destroy those who speak lies. The LORD abhors the person of bloodshed and deceit.

Let all those who take refuge in you rejoice! Let them shout for joy forever, and may you protect them. Let those who love your name exult in you.

LORD, my God, I seek refuge in you. Deliver me from those who persecute me! Rescue me!

if I have rewarded those who did me good with evil, if I have plundered my enemy without justification,

Those who know your name will trust you, for you have not forsaken those who seek you, LORD.

Be gracious to me, LORD, take note of my affliction, because of those who hate me. You snatch me away from the gates of death,

The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked and those who love violence, he hates.

those who say, "By our tongues we will prevail; our lips belong to us. Who is master over us?"

"Because the poor are being oppressed, because the needy are sighing, I will now arise," says the LORD, "I will establish in safety those who yearn for it."

Will those who do evil ever learn? They devour my people like they devour bread, and never call on the LORD.

There they are seized with terror, because God is with those who are righteous.

The one who despises those who are utterly wicked, but who honors the one who fears the LORD, who keeps his word even when it hurts and does not change,

who does not loan his money with interest, and who does not take a bribe against those who are innocent. The one who does these things will stand firm forever. A special Davidic Psalm.

Those who hurry after another god will have many sorrows; I will not present their drink offerings of blood, nor will my lips speak their names.

Show forth your gracious love, save those who take refuge in you from those who rebel against your sovereign power.

He delivered me from my strong enemies, from those who hated me because they were stronger than I.

Indeed, you deliver the oppressed, but you bring down those who exalt themselves in their own eyes.

As for God, his way is upright; the word of God is pure; he is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

You clothed me with strength for war; you will subdue under me those who rise up against me.

You have made my enemies turn their back to me, and I will destroy those who hate me.

who delivers me from my enemies. Truly you will exalt me above those who oppose me; you will deliver me from the violent person.

Your hand will find all your enemies, your right hand will find those who hate you.

For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of those who practice of evil has encircled me. They gouged my hands and my feet.

My praise in the great congregation is because of you; I will pay my vows before those who fear you.

The afflicted will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise him, "May you live forever!"

All the prosperous people will eat and bow down in submission. All those who are about to go down to the grave will bow down in submission, along with the one who can no longer keep himself alive.

The earth and everything in it exists for the LORD the world and those who live in it.

This is the generation that seeks him. Those who seek your face are the true seed of Jacob. Interlude

Indeed, no one who waits on you will be ashamed, but those who offend for no reason will be put to shame.

All the paths of the LORD lead to gracious love and truth for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.

The intimate counsel of the LORD is for those who fear him so they may know his covenant.

I do not sit with those committed to what is false, nor do I travel with hypocrites.

I hate the company of those who practice evil, nor do I sit with the wicked.

When those who practice evil, my enemies, and my oppressors come near me to devour my flesh, they stumble and fall.

Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies, even those who surround me. I will sacrifice in his tent with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melodies to the LORD.

To you, LORD, I cry out! My Rock, do not refuse to answer me. If you remain silent, I will become like those who descend into the Pit.

Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who practice iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while harboring evil in their hearts.

I despise those who trust vain idols; but I have trusted in the LORD.

My times are in your hands. Deliver me from the hands of my enemies and from those who pursue me.

Let the lying lips be made still, especially those who speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt.

How great is your goodness that you have reserved for those who fear you, that you have set in place for those who take refuge in you, in the presence of the children of men.

Love the LORD, all his godly ones! The LORD preserves the faithful and repays those who act with proud motives.

The wicked have many sorrows, but gracious love surrounds those who trust in the LORD.

Indeed, the LORD watches those who fear him; those who trust in his gracious love

The angel of the LORD surrounds those who fear him, and he delivers them.

Fear the LORD, you holy ones of his; for those who fear him lack nothing.

Young lions lack and go hungry, but those who seek the LORD will never lack any good thing.

The face of the LORD is set against those who do evil, and he will remove people's recollection of them from the earth.

The LORD hears those who cry out, and he delivers them from all their distress.

The LORD is close to the brokenhearted, and he delivers those whose spirit has been crushed.

Evil will kill the wicked; those who hate the righteous will be held guilty.

The LORD redeems the lives of his servants; and none of those who trust in him will be held guilty. Davidic

Argue my case, LORD, against those who argue against me. Fight against those who fight against me.

Let those who seek my life be ashamed and disgraced; let those who plot evil against me be driven back and confounded.

Do not let my deceitful enemies gloat over me, nor let those who hate me without justification mock me with their eyes.

Instead, let those who gloat over the evil directed against me be ashamed and confounded together; Let those who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and dishonor.

Let those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and rejoice! Let them continuously say, "Magnify the LORD, who delights in giving peace to his servant."

Send forth your gracious love to those who know you, and your righteousness to those who are upright in heart.

There, those who do evil have fallen; They have been thrown down, and they cannot get up. Davidic

Don't be angry because of those who do evil, do not be jealous because of those who commit iniquity.

Those who do evil will perish. But those who wait on the LORD will inherit the land.

The wicked take out a sword and bend the bow, to bring down the humble and the poor to slay those who are righteous in conduct.

For those blessed by God will inherit the land, but those cursed by him will be cut off.

Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to do me harm brag all day long about their wicked planning.

But my enemies are alive and well; those who hate me for no reason are numerous.

May those who seek to destroy my life be ashamed and confounded; let them be driven backwards and humiliated, particularly those who wish me evil.

Let shame be the reward for those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!"

Let all who seek you shout for joy and be glad in you. May those who love your deliverance say, "The LORD be magnified!" continuously.

Through you we will knock down our oppressors; through your name we will tread down those who rise up against us.

For you delivered us from our oppressors and put to shame those who hate us.

You made us a laughing stock to our neighbors, a source of mockery and derision to those around us.

Trembling seized them there, pains like those of a woman in labor,

both average people and those of means, the rich and the poor together.

Why should I be afraid when evil days come my way, when the wickedness of those who deceive me surrounds me

those who put confidence in their wealth and boast about their great riches?

This is the fate of those who are foolish and of those who correct their words after they speak. Interlude

Will those who do evil ever learn? They devour my people like they devour bread, and never call on God.

There the Israelis were seized with terror, when there was nothing to fear. For God scattered the bones of those who laid siege against you you put them to shame, for God rejected them.

Look, God is my helper; the Lord is with those who are guarding my life.

He will turn the evil upon those who lie in wait for me. Cut them off with your truth.

Have mercy on me, God, because men have harassed me. Those who oppress me have fought against me all day long.

Those who watch me all day have harassed me, for there are many who fight against me out of conceit.

He will send help from heaven to deliver me from those who harass and despise me. Interlude God will send his gracious love and truth.

I am surrounded by lions. I lie down with those who burn with fire that is, with people whose teeth are like spears and arrows whose tongues are like sharp swords.

Save me from my enemies, my God! Keep me safe from those who rise up against me.

Save me from those who practice evil; deliver me from bloodthirsty men.

You, LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, God of Israel, stir yourself up to punish all the nations. Show no mercy to those wicked transgressors. Interlude

But you have given a banner to those who fear you, so they may display it in honor of truth. Interlude

For you, God, have heard my promises; you have assigned to me the heritage of those who fear your name.

But as for those who seek to destroy me, they will go down to the depths of the earth;

Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the mob of those who practice evil,

With awesome deeds of justice you will answer us, God our Deliverer; you are the confidence for everyone at the ends of the earth, even for those far away overseas.

Those living at the furthest ends of the earth are seized by fear because of your miraculous deeds. You make the going forth of the morning and the evening shout for joy.

God arises, and his enemies are scattered. Those who hate him flee from his presence.

God surely strikes the heads of his enemies, even the hairy heads of those who continue in their guilt.

Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head. My persecutors are mighty, and they want to destroy me. Must I be forced to return what I did not steal?

Do not let those who look up to you be ashamed because of me, Lord God of the Heavenly Armies. Let not those who seek you be humiliated because of me, God of Israel.

Zeal for your house consumes me, and the mockeries of those who insult you fall on me.