He will even rescue the guilty one,
who will be rescued by the purity of your hands.

But He is unchangeable; who can oppose Him?
He does what He desires.

Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment?
Why do those who know Him never see His days?

The wicked are those who rebel against the light.
They do not recognize its ways
or stay on its paths.

As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow,
so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

If this is not true, then who can prove me a liar
and show that my speech is worthless?

Dominion and dread belong to Him,
the One who establishes harmony in the heavens.

how much less man, who is a maggot,
and the son of man, who is a worm!

Who did you speak these words to?
Whose breath came out of your mouth?

These are but the fringes of His ways;
how faint is the word we hear of Him!
Who can understand His mighty thunder?

As God lives, who has deprived me of justice,
and the Almighty who has made me bitter,

Those who survive him will be buried by the plague,
yet their widows will not weep for them.

He cuts a shaft far from human habitation,
in places unknown to those who walk above ground.
Suspended far away from people,
the miners swing back and forth.

For I rescued the poor man who cried out for help,
and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.

I directed their course and presided as chief.
I lived as a king among his troops,
like one who comforts those who mourn.

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Yes, I know that You will lead me to death—
the place appointed for all who live.

Have I not wept for those who have fallen on hard times?
Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

Did not the One who made me in the womb also make them?
Did not the same God form us both in the womb?

Haven’t the members of my household said,
“Who is there who has not had enough to eat at Job’s table?”

It is not only the old who are wise
or the elderly who understand how to judge.

Who gave Him authority over the earth?
Who put Him in charge of the entire world?

Could one who hates justice govern the world?
Will you condemn the mighty Righteous One,

who says to a king, “Worthless man!”
and to nobles, “Wicked men!”?

But when God is silent, who can declare Him guilty?
When He hides His face, who can see Him?
Yet He watches over both individuals and nations,

Reasonable men will say to me,
along with the wise men who hear me,

But no one asks, “Where is God my Maker,
who provides us with songs in the night,

who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth
and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?”

For my arguments are without flaw;
one who has perfect knowledge is with you.

Those who have a godless heart harbor anger;
even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.

Look, God shows Himself exalted by His power.
Who is a teacher like Him?

Who has appointed His way for Him,
and who has declared, “You have done wrong”?

Do you understand how the clouds float,
those wonderful works of Him who has perfect knowledge?

Therefore, men fear Him.
He does not look favorably on any who are wise in heart.

Who is this who obscures My counsel
with ignorant words?

Who fixed its dimensions? Certainly you know!
Who stretched a measuring line across it?

What supports its foundations?
Or who laid its cornerstone

Who enclosed the sea behind doors
when it burst from the womb,

Who cuts a channel for the flooding rain
or clears the way for lightning,

Does the rain have a father?
Who fathered the drops of dew?

Whose womb did the ice come from?
Who gave birth to the frost of heaven

Who put wisdom in the heart
or gave the mind understanding?

Who has the wisdom to number the clouds?
Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven

Who provides the raven’s food
when its young cry out to God
and wander about for lack of food?

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Who set the wild donkey free?
Who released the swift donkey from its harness?

Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
Let him who argues with God give an answer.

No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan;
who then can stand against Me?

Who confronted Me, that I should repay him?
Everything under heaven belongs to Me.

Who can strip off his outer covering?
Who can penetrate his double layer of armor?

Who can open his jaws,
surrounded by those terrifying teeth?

You asked, “Who is this who conceals My counsel with ignorance?”
Surely I spoke about things I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to know.

BOOK I
(Psalms 1–41)How happy is the man
who does not follow the advice of the wicked
or take the path of sinners
or join a group of mockers!

Pay homage to the Son or He will be angry
and you will perish in your rebellion,
for His anger may ignite at any moment.
All those who take refuge in Him are happy.

A psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom.Lord, how my foes increase!
There are many who attack me.

But You, Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, and the One who lifts up my head.

I am not afraid of the thousands of people
who have taken their stand against me on every side.

For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic psalm.Answer me when I call,
God, who vindicates me.
You freed me from affliction;
be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

Many are saying, “Who can show us anything good?”
Look on us with favor, Lord.

For You are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil cannot dwell with You.

You destroy those who tell lies;
the Lord abhors a man of bloodshed and treachery.

But let all who take refuge in You rejoice;
let them shout for joy forever.
May You shelter them,
and may those who love Your name boast about You.

For there is no remembrance of You in death;
who can thank You in Sheol?

Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous.
The One who examines the thoughts and emotions
is a righteous God.

My shield is with God,
who saves the upright in heart.

God is a righteous judge
and a God who shows His wrath every day.

Those who know Your name trust in You
because You have not abandoned
those who seek You, Yahweh.

Sing to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;
proclaim His deeds among the nations.

For the One who seeks an accounting
for bloodshed remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Be gracious to me, Lord;
consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.
Lift me up from the gates of death,

For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;
the one who is greedy curses and despises the Lord.

They say, “Through our tongues we have power;
our lips are our own—who can be our master?”

“Because of the oppression of the afflicted
and the groaning of the poor,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord.
“I will put the one who longs for it in a safe place.”

For the choir director. Davidic.The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”
They are corrupt; they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.

The Lord looks down from heaven on the human race
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.

All have turned away;
all alike have become corrupt.
There is no one who does good,
not even one.

Then they will be filled with terror,
for God is with those who are righteous.

A Davidic psalm.Lord, who can dwell in Your tent?
Who can live on Your holy mountain?

The one who lives honestly, practices righteousness,
and acknowledges the truth in his heart—

who does not slander with his tongue,
who does not harm his friend
or discredit his neighbor,

who despises the one rejected by the Lord
but honors those who fear the Lord,
who keeps his word whatever the cost,

who does not lend his money at interest
or take a bribe against the innocent—
the one who does these things will never be moved.

As for the holy people who are in the land,
they are the noble ones.
All my delight is in them.

The sorrows of those who take another god
for themselves will multiply;
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
and I will not speak their names with my lips.

I will praise the Lord who counsels me—
even at night my conscience instructs me.

Display the wonders of Your faithful love,
Savior of all who seek refuge
from those who rebel against Your right hand.

from the wicked who treat me violently,
my deadly enemies who surround me.

I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
and I was saved from my enemies.

He rescued me from my powerful enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too strong for me.

God—His way is perfect;
the word of the Lord is pure.
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

For who is God besides Yahweh?
And who is a rock? Only our God.

You have made my enemies retreat before me;
I annihilate those who hate me.

Who perceives his unintentional sins?
Cleanse me from my hidden faults.

Your hand will capture all your enemies;
your right hand will seize those who hate you.

Everyone who sees me mocks me;
they sneer and shake their heads:

You who fear Yahweh, praise Him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor Him!
All you descendants of Israel, revere Him!

I will give praise in the great congregation
because of You;
I will fulfill my vows
before those who fear You.

The humble will eat and be satisfied;
those who seek the Lord will praise Him.
May your hearts live forever!

All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down;
all those who go down to the dust
will kneel before Him—
even the one who cannot preserve his life.

Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?
Who may stand in His holy place?

The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who has not set his mind on what is false,
and who has not sworn deceitfully.

Such is the generation of those who seek Him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob.Selah