And You have not given me into the hand of the enemy;
You have set my feet in a broad place.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

For my life hath been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. Feeble because of mine iniquity hath been my strength, And my bones have become old.

Among all mine adversaries I have been a reproach, And to my neighbours exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintances, Those seeing me without -- fled from me.

I have been forgotten as dead out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel.

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

And I on Thee -- I have trusted, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou art my God.'

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

How great is Your goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who [reverently] fear You,
Which You have prepared for those who take refuge in You,
Before the sons of man!

And I -- I have said in my haste, 'I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,' But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee.

O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.

When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

Many pains come to the wicked,
but the one who trusts in the Lord
will have faithful love surrounding him.

By the word of Jehovah The heavens have been made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.

For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

Let thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, According as we have hoped in thee.

My soul will say great things of the Lord: the poor in spirit will have knowledge of it and be glad.

Let your eyes be turned to him and you will have light, and your faces will not be shamed.

The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who have fear of him, to keep them safe.

Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything.

Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

A righteous person will have many troubles, but the LORD will deliver him from them all.

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

And my soul will have joy in the Lord; it will be glad in his salvation.

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

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

And I -- in their sickness my clothing is sackcloth, I have humbled with fastings my soul, And my prayer unto my bosom returneth.

As if a friend, as if my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.

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;

With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.

They open their mouths wide against me;
They say, “Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”

You have seen this, O Lord; do not keep silent.
O Lord, do not be far from me.

Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.

Let them shout for joy and rejoice, who favor my vindication and want what is right for me;
Let them say continually, “Let the Lord be magnified, who delights and takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.”

The words of his mouth [are] wickedness and deceit. He has ceased to have insight [and] to do good.

O let there be no end to your loving mercy to those who have knowledge of you, or of your righteousness to the upright in heart.

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

Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil.

Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.

Put your life in the hands of the Lord; have faith in him and he will do it.

For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.

Yet a little, therefore, and the lawless one shall not be, Yea thou shalt look about, over his place - and he shall have vanished!

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

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

Better is the little of the righteous [who seek the will of God]
Than the abundance (riches) of many wicked (godless).

They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough.

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

Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

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

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing.

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 upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever.

Be waiting for the Lord, and keep his way; and you will be lifted up, and have the land for your heritage: when the evil-doers are cut off, you will see it.

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared! I looked for them, but they could not be found.

Watch the blameless and observe the upright,
for the man of peace will have a future.

Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future.

And Jehovah helpeth them, and rescueth them; He rescueth them from the wicked, and saveth them, Because they have taken refuge in him.

For Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand.

My body is unhealthy due to your anger, and my bones have no rest due to my sin.

For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden -- too heavy for me.

Stunk -- become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.

I have been bent down, I have been bowed down -- unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning.

For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh.

I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood.

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.

Yes, I am like a man who does not hear,
In whose mouth are no arguments.

Because for Thee, O Jehovah, I have waited, Thou dost answer, O Lord my God.

For I said, Lest they rejoice over me! When my feet were tottering, against me, have they magnified themselves:

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

They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.

To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, 'I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked is before me.'

Hot is my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.

"LORD, let me know mine end, and the number of my days: that I may be certified how long I have to live.

“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]! Selah.

And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope -- it is of Thee.

I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou -- Thou hast done it.

Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed.

When thou have corrected man with rebukes for iniquity, thou make his beauty to disintegrate like a moth. Surely every man is vanity. Selah.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry,

And he put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God; numbers have seen it with fear, and put their faith in the Lord.

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.

Sacrifice and meal offering You do not desire, nor do You delight in them;
You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word];
Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require.

Then said I, 'Lo, I have come,' In the roll of the book it is written of me,

To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law is within my heart.

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.

Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May the Lord be great.

I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

And, if he have come to see me, Falsehood, doth he speak, His own heart, gathereth iniquity to itself, he goeth forth, abroad he telleth it.

They have given a wicked sentence upon me, "When he lieth, he shall rise up no more."

But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may requite them.