For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.

But You, Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, and the One who lifts up my head.

Be angry and do not sin;
on your bed, reflect in your heart and be still.Selah

You have put more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and new wine abound.

But I enter Your house
by the abundance of Your faithful love;
I bow down toward Your holy temple
in reverential awe of You.

But let all who take refuge in You rejoice;
let them shout for joy forever.
May You shelter them,
and may those who love Your name boast about You.

I am weary from my groaning;
with my tears I dampen my pillow
and drench my bed every night.

Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous.
The One who examines the thoughts and emotions
is a righteous God.

He dug a pit and hollowed it out
but fell into the hole he had made.

You made him lord over the works of Your hands;
You put everything under his feet:

But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
He has established His throne for judgment.

The nations have fallen into the pit they made;
their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.

Put terror in them, Lord;
let the nations know they are only men.Selah

But You Yourself have seen trouble and grief,
observing it in order to take the matter into Your hands.
The helpless entrusts himself to You;
You are a helper of the fatherless.

For look, the wicked string the bow;
they put the arrow on the bowstring
to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

“Because of the oppression of the afflicted
and the groaning of the poor,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord.
“I will put the one who longs for it in a safe place.”

But I have trusted in Your faithful love;
my heart will rejoice in Your deliverance.

You sinners frustrate the plans of the afflicted,
but the Lord is his refuge.

who despises the one rejected by the Lord
but honors those who fear the Lord,
who keeps his word whatever the cost,

For You will not abandon me to Sheol;
You will not allow Your Faithful One to see decay.

But I will see Your face in righteousness;
when I awake, I will be satisfied with Your presence.

They confronted me in the day of my distress,
but the Lord was my support.

with the pure
You prove Yourself pure,
but with the crooked
You prove Yourself shrewd.

For You rescue an afflicted people,
but You humble those with haughty eyes.

They cry for help, but there is no one to save them—
they cry to the Lord, but He does not answer them.

Some take pride in chariots, and others in horses,
but we take pride in the name of Yahweh our God.

They collapse and fall,
but we rise and stand firm.

Instead, you will put them to flight
when you aim your bow at their faces.

My God, I cry by day, but You do not answer,
by night, yet I have no rest.

But You are holy,
enthroned on the praises of Israel.

But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by men and despised by people.

My strength is dried up like baked clay;
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
You put me into the dust of death.

But You, Lord, don’t be far away.
My strength, come quickly to help me.

For He has not despised or detested
the torment of the afflicted.
He did not hide His face from him
but listened when he cried to Him for help.

Guard me and deliver me;
do not let me be put to shame,
for I take refuge in You.

But I live with integrity;
redeem me and be gracious to me.

Davidic.Lord, I call to You;
my rock, do not be deaf to me.
If You remain silent to me,
I will be like those going down to the Pit.

Lord, You brought me up from Sheol;
You spared me from among those
going down to the Pit.

For His anger lasts only a moment,
but His favor, a lifetime.
Weeping may spend the night,
but there is joy in the morning.

“What gain is there in my death,
if I go down to the Pit?
Will the dust praise You?
Will it proclaim Your truth?

I hate those who are devoted to worthless idols,
but I trust in the Lord.

But I trust in You, Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”

In my alarm I had said,
“I am cut off from Your sight.”
But You heard the sound of my pleading
when I cried to You for help.

Love the Lord, all His faithful ones.
The Lord protects the loyal,
but fully repays the arrogant.

Be strong and courageous,
all you who put your hope in the Lord.

Do not be like a horse or mule,
without understanding,
that must be controlled with bit and bridle
or else it will not come near you.

Many pains come to the wicked,
but the one who trusts in the Lord
will have faithful love surrounding him.

May Your faithful love rest on us, Yahweh,
for we put our hope in You.

Young lions lack food and go hungry,
but those who seek the Lord
will not lack any good thing.

Many adversities come to the one who is righteous,
but the Lord delivers him from them all.

They hid their net for me without cause;
they dug a pit for me without cause.

But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;
they gathered against me.
Assailants I did not know
tore at me and did not stop.

For they do not speak in friendly ways,
but contrive deceitful schemes
against those who live peacefully in the land.

Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.
He sets himself on a path that is not good
and does not reject evil.

For evildoers will be destroyed,
but those who put their hope in the Lord
will inherit the land.

But the humble will inherit the land
and will enjoy abundant prosperity.

For the arms of the wicked will be broken,
but the Lord supports the righteous.

But the wicked will perish;
the Lord’s enemies, like the glory of the pastures,
will fade away—
they will fade away like smoke.

The wicked man borrows and does not repay,
but the righteous one is gracious and giving.

Those who are blessed by Him will inherit the land,
but those cursed by Him will be destroyed.

For the Lord loves justice
and will not abandon His faithful ones.
They are kept safe forever,
but the children of the wicked will be destroyed.

Then I passed by and noticed he was gone;
I searched for him, but he could not be found.

But transgressors will all be eliminated;
the future of the wicked will be destroyed.

I put my hope in You, Lord;
You will answer, Lord my God.

But my enemies are vigorous and powerful;
many hate me for no reason.

He brought me up from a desolate pit,
out of the muddy clay,
and set my feet on a rock,
making my steps secure.

He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the Lord.

How happy is the man
who has put his trust in the Lord
and has not turned to the proud
or to those who run after lies!

The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed;
You will heal him on the bed where he lies.

But You, Lord, be gracious to me and raise me up;
then I will repay them.

Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.

Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.

Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.

For they did not take the land by their sword—
their arm did not bring them victory—
but by Your right hand, Your arm,
and the light of Your face,
for You were pleased with them.

But You give us victory over our foes
and let those who hate us be disgraced.

But You have rejected and humiliated us;
You do not march out with our armies.

All this has happened to us,
but we have not forgotten You
or betrayed Your covenant.

But You have crushed us in a haunt of jackals
and have covered us with deepest darkness.

so that he may live forever
and not see the Pit.

But despite his assets, man will not last;
he is like the animals that perish.

But God will redeem my life
from the power of Sheol,
for He will take me.Selah

A man with valuable possessions
but without understanding
is like the animals that perish.

But God says to the wicked:
“What right do you have to recite My statutes
and to take My covenant on your lips?

You have done these things, and I kept silent;
you thought I was just like you.
But I will rebuke you
and lay out the case before you.

“Here is the man
who would not make God his refuge,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches,
taking refuge in his destructive behavior.”

But I am like a flourishing olive tree
in the house of God;
I trust in God’s faithful love forever and ever.

I will praise You forever for what You have done.
In the presence of Your faithful people,
I will put my hope in Your name, for it is good.

Then they will be filled with terror—
terror like no other—
because God will scatter
the bones of those who besiege you.
You will put them to shame,
for God has rejected them.

But it is you, a man who is my peer,
my companion and good friend!

But I call to God,
and the Lord will save me.

His buttery words are smooth,
but war is in his heart.
His words are softer than oil,
but they are drawn swords.

God, You will bring them down
to the Pit of destruction;
men of bloodshed and treachery
will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.

You Yourself have recorded my wanderings.
Put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in Your records?

They prepared a net for my steps;
I was despondent.
They dug a pit ahead of me,
but they fell into it!Selah

Lord, look! They set an ambush for me.
Powerful men attack me,
but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.

But You laugh at them, Lord;
You ridicule all the nations.

But I will sing of Your strength
and will joyfully proclaim
Your faithful love in the morning.
For You have been a stronghold for me,
a refuge in my day of trouble.

They only plan to bring him down
from his high position.
They take pleasure in lying;
they bless with their mouths,
but they curse inwardly.Selah

When I think of You as I lie on my bed,
I meditate on You during the night watches

But those who seek to destroy my life
will go into the depths of the earth.