Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;

Hide not thy face from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that prepared not their heart, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

{A Song; a Psalm of Asaph.} O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God: