Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked [following their advice and example],
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit [down to rest] in the seat of scoffers (ridiculers).

The kings of the earth will place themselves, and the princes sat down together against Jehovah and against his Messiah.

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

Stand in awe, and don't sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

But as for me, in the greatness of thy loving-kindness will I enter thy house; I will bow down toward the temple of thy holiness in thy fear.

Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall by their own counsels, - Into the throng of their own transgressions, thrust them down, For they have rebelled against thee: -

Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.

O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw mine adversary without cause,

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

[To the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Death of the Son." A Psalm of David.] I will praise you, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all your marvelous works.

For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.

O enemy! desolations were wholly finished, and thou didst tear down cities; their remembrance perished with them.

The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.

Arise, Yahweh! Don't let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.

In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

For he hath said in his heart, "Tush, I shall never be cast down; there shall no harm happen unto me."

He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.

Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don't forget the helpless.

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?

On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.

Because of violence done to the poor, because of the crying of the needy, Now, will I arise! O may Yahweh say, - I will place him in safety - let him puff at him!

lest mine enemy say, "I have prevailed against him." For if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it.

{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.

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don't call on Yahweh?

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.

Therefore, hath my heart rejoiced, and mine honour exulted, Yea, my flesh, shall settle down securely;

Because of men's works that are done against the words of thy lips, I have kept me from the ways of the destroyer.

I have called on You, for You will hear me, O God; bow down Your ear to me; hear my speech.

They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

And he mounted a cherub and flew, and he swooped down on wings of wind.

He reached down from heaven
and took hold of me;
He pulled me out of deep waters.

For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

For by thee I will break down a troop, and in my God I will leap upon the wall.

Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of brass was brought down by my arms.

I struck them down, so they are not able to rise up; they fell under my feet.

For You have encircled me with strength for the battle;
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

As soon as they hear of Me, they shall obey Me; the sons of strangers shall bow down to Me.

Even the God that seeth that I be avenged, and subdueth the people unto me. {TYNDALE: It is God that avengeth me, and bringeth down the people under me.}

The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one's life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.

They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

Thou wilt set them as a furnace of fire for the time of thy face: Jehovah in his anger will swallow them down, and the fire shall devour them.

Rise up, LORD, because you are strong; we will sing and praise your power. To the Director: To the tune of "Doe of the Dawn".A Davidic Psalm.

For the music director; according to the tune "Morning Doe;" a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.

My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don't answer; in the night season, and am not silent.

But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.

Don't be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is none to help.

I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint.
My heart is like wax;
It is melted [by anguish] within me.

My strength is dried up like broken pottery; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth, and you have brought me down to the dust of death.

But You, Lord, don’t be far away.
My strength, come quickly to help me.

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the families of the nations will bow down and worship before You,

All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

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

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restores my strength. He leads me down the right paths for the sake of his reputation.

My God, I have trusted in you. Don't let me be shamed. Don't let my enemies triumph over me.

Don't remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. Remember me according to your loving kindness, for your goodness' sake, Yahweh.

That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done.

Don't gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men;

Don't hide your face from me. Don't put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don't abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation.

Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.

{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

Repay them according to what they have done—
according to the evil of their deeds.
Repay them according to the work of their hands;
give them back what they deserve.

Because they regard not the works of Jehovah, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.

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

O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

O Yahweh! let me not be ashamed, For I have called upon thee, Let the lawless ha ashamed, go down in silence to hades!

Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.

Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.

Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.

For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

The Lord looks down from heaven;
He observes everyone.

From his dwelling place, he looks down on all the inhabitants of the earth.

Then make sure you don't speak evil words or use deceptive speech!

The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down.

May their path be dark and slippery, as the messenger of the LORD tracks them down.

Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about.

They repay me evil for the good I have done; I am overwhelmed with sorrow.

I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

Don't let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.