For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased.

When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;

When my haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you.

When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved.

May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! when the fate of his people is changed by the Lord, Jacob will have joy and Israel will be glad.

From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.

Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.

I was in your hands even before my birth; you are my God from the time when I was in my mother's body.

Do not keep in mind my sins when I was young, or my wrongdoing: let your memory of me be full of mercy, O Lord, because of your righteousness.

When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame.

When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search.

When my father and my mother are turned away from me, then the Lord will be my support.

Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place.

And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.

For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.

But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart.

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

The Lord will not give him into their hands, or be against him when he is judged.

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.

When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.

My haters say evil against me, When will he be dead, and his name come to an end?

My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God?

Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.

The cruel words of my haters are like a crushing of my bones; when they say to me every day, Where is your God?

What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?

Have no fear when wealth comes to a man, and the glory of his house is increased;

Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.

6 May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! When the fate of his people is changed by God, Jacob will have joy, and Israel will be glad.

When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me.

The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.

From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you, when my heart is overcome: take me to the rock which is over-high for me.

Those in the farthest parts of the earth have fear when they see your signs: the outgoings of the morning and evening are glad because of you.

Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble.

O God, when you went out before your people, wandering through the waste land; (Selah.)

When the Most High put the kings to flight, it was as white as snow in Salmon.

When I put on the clothing of grief, they said evil of me.

But as for me, let my prayer be made to you, O Lord, at a time when you are pleased; O God, give me an answer in your great mercy, for your salvation is certain.

For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in you from the time when I was young.

Do not give me up when I am old; be my help even when my strength is gone.

O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.

Joy will be on my lips when I make melody to you; and in my soul, to which you have given salvation.

Because of my envy of the men of pride, when I saw the well-being of the wrongdoers.

When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes;

As a dream when one is awake, they are ended; they are like an image gone out of mind when sleep is over.

When the right time has come, I will be the judge in righteousness.

When the earth and all its people become feeble, I am the support of its pillars. (Selah.)

When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.)

When he sent death on them, then they made search for him; turning to him and looking for him with care;

They did not keep in mind the work of his hand, or the day when he took them from the power of their haters;

When this came to God's ears he was very angry, and gave up Israel completely;

He gave it to Joseph as a witness, when he went out over the land of Egypt; then the words of a strange tongue were sounding in my ears.

The Lord will keep in mind, when he is writing the records of the people, that this man had his birth there. (Selah.)

I have been troubled and in fear of death from the time when I was young; your wrath is hard on me, and I have no strength.

You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.

Or of the disease which takes men in the dark, or of the destruction which makes waste when the sun is high.

When his cry comes up to me, I will give him an answer: I will be with him in trouble; I will make him free from danger and give him honour.

Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work.

When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places.

If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust.

When they were still small in number, and strange in the land;

When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people.

Till the time when his word came true; he was tested by the word of the Lord.

Egypt was glad when they went; for the fear of them had come down on them.

Keep me in mind, O Lord, when you are good to your people; O let your salvation come to me;

But when their cry came to his ears, he had pity on their trouble:

And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,

When he is judged, let the decision go against him; and may his prayer become sin.

Let no man have pity on him, or give help to his children when he is dead.

I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust.

As for me, they make sport of me; shaking their heads when they see me.

They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad.

All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.

When Israel came out of Egypt, the children of Jacob from a people whose language was strange to them;

My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort?

How short is the life of your servant! when will you give your decision against those who are attacking me?

When the Lord made a change in Zion's fate, we were like men in a dream.

Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);

Who kept us in mind when we were in trouble: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

When my cry came to your ears you gave me an answer, and made me great with strength in my soul.

All the kings of the earth will give you praise, O Lord, when the words of your mouth come to their ears.

Even when trouble is round me, you will give me life; your hand will be stretched out against the wrath of my haters, and your right hand will be my salvation.

You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away.

My frame was not unseen by you when I was made secretly, and strangely formed in the lowest parts of the earth.

If I made up their number, it would be more than the grains of sand; when I am awake, I am still with you.

Lord, I have made my cry to you; come to me quickly; give ear to my voice, when it goes up to you.

When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.

At the outgoing of his word, the ice is turned to water; when he sends out his wind, there is a flowing of waters.