The children of thy servants shall abide, and their seed shall be established before thee.

Thou hast set a bound which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.

Until the time when what he said came about: the word of Jehovah tried him.

They set his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham.

And he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses, his chosen, stood before him in the breach, to turn away his fury, lest he should destroy them.

And that he would make their seed fall among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.

Set a wicked man over him, and let the adversary stand at his right hand;

{Psalm of David.} Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put thine enemies as footstool of thy feet.

His seed shall be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

To set him among nobles, among the nobles of his people.

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

Precious in the sight of Jehovah is the death of his saints.

I called upon Jah in distress; Jah answered me and set me in a large place.

Princes also did sit and talk together against me: thy servant doth meditate in thy statutes.

I have chosen the way of faithfulness; thy judgments have I set before me.

CHETH. My portion, O Jehovah, I have said, is to keep thy words.

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! more than honey to my mouth!

Thou hast set at nought all them that wander from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood.

{A Song of degrees. Of David.} I rejoiced when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of Jehovah.

For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with rejoicing: then said they among the nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them.

He goeth forth and weepeth, bearing seed for scattering; he cometh again with rejoicing, bearing his sheaves.

Jehovah hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne;

If thy children keep my covenant, and my testimonies which I will teach them, their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne.

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay it bare, Lay it bare, down to its foundation!

The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.

I have said unto Jehovah, Thou art my God: give ear, O Jehovah, to the voice of my supplications.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening oblation.

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

When their judges are thrown down from the rocks, they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.

I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.