Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts.

But as for those who turn aside to crooked ways,
the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.

Peace be with Israel.

A song of ascents.When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who dream.

Those who sow in tears
will reap with shouts of joy.

He who diligently goes [out] with weeping, carrying the seed bag, shall certainly come [in] with rejoicing, carrying his sheaves.

Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.

Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.

Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.
Such men will never be put to shame
when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.

Happy is the worshipper of the Lord, who is walking in his ways.

In this very way
the man who fears the Lord
will be blessed.

Let all who hate Zion
be driven back in disgrace.

and can’t even fill the hands of the reaper
or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.

Neither do they who go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.

If you, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

I have hoped, O my soul, for My Lord, more than they who watch for the morning, who watch for the morning.

Who hath sworn to Jehovah. He hath vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

[A song of ascents.] Behold, bless you the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who by night stand in the house of the LORD.

May Yahweh bless you from Zion, [he who] made heaven and earth.

You who are in the house of the Lord, and in the open spaces of the house of our God,

It is Jacob whom the LORD chose for himself Israel as his personal possession.

Who causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; who maketh lightnings for the rain; who bringeth the wind out of his treasuries:

Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.

Who sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.

Who struck great nations, and slew mighty kings;

For the Lord will judge His people
And He will have compassion on His servants [revealing His mercy].

Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his hope in them.

House of Levi, praise Yahweh!
You who revere the Lord, praise the Lord!

Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise you the LORD.

To him who alone does great wonders: for his mercy endures forever.

To him who by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

To him by whom the earth was stretched out over the waters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

To him who made great lights: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

To him who put to death the first-fruits of Egypt: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

To him who divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endures forever:

To him who led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endures forever.

To him who struck great kings: for his mercy endures forever:

Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endures forever:

Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy endures forever.

For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.

Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof.

O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us.

Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.

Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

The Lord avenges me. O Lord, your loyal love endures. Do not abandon those whom you have made!

For it was You who created my inward parts;
You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

who invoke You deceitfully.
Your enemies swear by You falsely.

Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord? are not those who are lifted up against you a cause of grief to me?

Who imagine evil in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my paths.

As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.

Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing
or perform wicked acts
with men who commit sin.
Do not let me feast on their delicacies.

Let one who is righteous strike me; It is an act of gracious love. Let him rebuke me, because it is oil for my head; do not let my head refuse it. My prayers continuously will be against their wicked activities.

Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the snares of those who do iniquity.

They who are lawless, shall fall into the nooses thereof, while, I, at the same time, pass on.

Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul.

Listen to my cry,
for I am very weak.
Rescue me from those who pursue me,
for they are too strong for me.

For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don't hide your face from me, so that I don't become like those who go down into the pit.

and in Your faithful love destroy my enemies.
Wipe out all those who attack me,
for I am Your servant.

[A Psalm of David.] Blessed be the LORD my strength, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdues my people under me.

who speak lies, and make false promises.

It is he that gives salvation unto kings: who delivers David his servant from the hurtful sword.

Grab me and rescue me from the power of foreigners, who speak lies, and make false promises.

Blessed [are] the people who have [it] thus. Blessed [are] the people whose God [is] Yahweh.

The Lord helps all who fall;
He raises up all who are oppressed.

The Lord is near all who call out to Him,
all who call out to Him with integrity.

He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him;
He hears their cry for help and saves them.

The Lord guards all those who love Him,
but He destroys all the wicked.

My mouth will praise the Lord. Let all who live praise his holy name forever!

Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

Who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that is therein: who keeps truth forever:

Who executes justice for the oppressed: who gives food to the hungry. The LORD looses the prisoners:

The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;

The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.

Who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains.

Who giveth to the cattle their food, to the young ravens which cry.

The Lord values those who fear Him,
those who put their hope in His faithful love.

Who is making thy border peace, With the fat of wheat He satisfieth Thee.

Who is sending forth His saying on earth, Very speedily doth His word run.

Who is giving snow like wool, Hoar-frost as ashes He scattereth.

He casts forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

He has made his people victorious, and given all his loyal followers reason to praise -- the Israelites, the people who are close to him. Praise the Lord!

Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

Let everyone who breathes praise the LORD. Hallelujah!