O sons of men, how long will my honor become a reproach?
How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception? Selah.

There is nothing reliable in what they say;
Their inward part is destruction itself.
Their throat is an open grave;
They flatter with their tongue.

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

If the foundations are destroyed,
What can the righteous do?”

“What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?

And those who repay evil for good,
They oppose me, because I follow what is good.

“Lord, make me to know my end
And what is the extent of my days;
Let me know how transient I am.

“And now, Lord, for what do I wait?
My hope is in You.

“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.

But to the wicked God says,
“What right have you to tell of My statutes
And to take My covenant in your mouth?

Against You, You only, I have sinned
And done what is evil in Your sight,
So that You are justified when You speak
And blameless when You judge.

You love evil more than good,
Falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.

In God, whose word I praise,
In God I have put my trust;
I shall not be afraid.
What can mere man do to me?

In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?

Then all men will fear,
And they will declare the work of God,
And will consider what He has done.

Come and hear, all who fear God,
And I will tell of what He has done for my soul.

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies;
What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

Your way, O God, is holy;
What god is great like our God?

I will hear what God the Lord will say;
For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones;
But let them not turn back to folly.

Indeed, the Lord will give what is good,
And our land will yield its produce.

Remember what my span of life is;
For what vanity You have created all the sons of men!

What man can live and not see death?
Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

For You, O Lord, have made me glad by what You have done,
I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

For He has satisfied the thirsty soul,
And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.

What ails you, O sea, that you flee?
O Jordan, that you turn back?

What shall I render to the Lord
For all His benefits toward me?

The Lord is for me; I will not fear;
What can man do to me?

What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you,
You deceitful tongue?

The Lord will accomplish what concerns me;
Your lovingkindness, O Lord, is everlasting;
Do not forsake the works of Your hands.

O Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that You think of him?