¹ For the choir director. A psalm of David, the Lord’s servant.An oracle within my heart
concerning the transgression of the wicked person:
There is no dread of God before his eyes,
² for in his own eyes he flatters himself too much
to discover and hate his sin.
³ The words of his mouth are malicious and deceptive;
he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.
⁴ Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.
He sets himself on a path that is not good
and does not reject evil.

⁵ Lord, Your faithful love reaches to heaven,
Your faithfulness to the clouds.
⁶ Your righteousness is like the highest mountains;
Your judgments, like the deepest sea.
Lord, You preserve man and beast.
⁷ God, Your faithful love is so valuable
that people take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
⁸ They are filled from the abundance of Your house;
You let them drink from Your refreshing stream,
⁹ for with You is life’s fountain.
In Your light we will see light.

¹⁰ Spread Your faithful love over those who know You,
and Your righteousness over the upright in heart.
¹¹ Do not let the foot of the arrogant man come near me
or the hand of the wicked one drive me away.
¹² There the evildoers fall;
they have been thrown down and cannot rise.