Let me tell of a decree, - Yahweh, hath said unto me, My son, thou art, I, to-day, have begotten thee:

He hath said in his heart, I shall not be shaken, - From generation to generation, shall I be in no misfortune.

He hath said in his heart, GOD hath forgotten, - He hath veiled his face, Oh he hath never seen!

Wherefore hath the lawless one blasphemed God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it !

The impious hath said in his heart - There is no God! They have acted corruptly, they have done an abominable deed, there is none that doeth good.

To thee, said my heart - When thou saidst Seek ye my face - Thy face, O Yahweh, will I seek!

But, I, said, in my tranquility, I shall not be shaken to times age-abiding!

I, therefore. in thee, have put ray trust, O Yahweh, I have said, My God, thou art!

But, I, had said in mine alarm, I am cut off from before thine eyes, - But, indeed, thou didst hear the voice of my supplication, when I cried for help unto thee.

My sin, would I own unto thee, and, mine iniquity, not hide, I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Yahweh, And, thou, didst forgive the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Yea they have opened wide against me their mouth, They have said, Aha! Aha! our own eye, hath seen!

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

I said, to myself, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue, - I will put on my mouth a muzzle, So long as the lawless is before me.

Then, said I - Lo! I am come, In the written scroll, is it prescribed for me;

I, said - O Yahweh, show me favour, heal thou my soul, for I have sinned against thee:

My tears have been my food day and night, While it hath been said unto me all the day, Where is thy God?

The impious hath said in his heart, There is no God! They have acted corruptly, They have wrought abominable perversity, There is none that doeth good: -

Then I said - Oh that there were given me a pinion, like a dove, I would fly away and be at rest:

They strengthen for them a wicked word, They talk of hiding snares, They have said, Who can see them?

Said My Lord, From Bashan, will I bring back, - I will bring back from the depths of the sea:

They have said in their heart, Let us suppress them altogether, They have burned up all the meeting-places of GOD in the land.

I have said to the boasters, Do not boast, And to the lawless, Do not lift up a horn;

Then said I - An affliction to me, it is, The changing of the right hand of the Most High.

Yea they spake against Elohim, - They said, Can GOD prepare a table in the desert?

I, said, Gods, ye are, Yea, sons of the Highest, are ye all;

They have said - Come, and let us wipe them out from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.

Who said - Let us take a possession foe ourselves, The pastures of God!

But, of Zion, it shall be said - This man and that were born in her, And the Highest himself shall establish her.

For I said, To times age-abiding, shall lovingkindness be built up, As for the heavens, thou wilt establish thy faithfulness therein.

Thou causest man to return unto dust, And hast said - Return, ye sons of Adam!

Yet have they said - Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.

Forty years, loathed I that generation, So I said - A people going astray in heart, they are, Even they, have not known my ways!

I said, O my GOD, do not remove me in the midst of my days, Throughout the generation of generations, are thy years;

I, said in mine alarm, All men, are false!

In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.

Neither have the passers-by ever said, The blessing of Yahweh, be unto you, - We have blessed you in the Name of Yahweh.

I have said unto Yahweh, My GOD, thou art! Give ear, O Yahweh, unto the voice of my supplications.

I have made outcry unto thee, O Yahweh, - I have said, Thou, art my refuge, my portion, in the land of the living.