How happy the man, who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless, - and, in the way of sinners, hath not stood, and, in the seat of scoffers, hath not sat;

But, in the law of Yahweh, is his delight, - and, in his law, doth he talk with himself day and night.

So doth he become like a tree planted by streams of waters, - that yieldeth, its fruit, in its season, whose leaf, also doth not wither, and, whatsoever he doeth, prospereth.

Not so, the lawless, - but as chaff which is driven about by the wind:

For this cause, shall the lawless not stand in the judgment, - nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

I will not be afraid of myriads of people, who, round about, have set themselves against me.

Be deeply moved, but do not sin, - Ponder in your own heart upon your bed, and be silent. Selah.

For, not a GOD finding pleasure in lawlessness, art thou, and wrong can be no guest of thine:

Boasters, shall not station themselves, before thine eyes, - Thou hatest all workers of iniquity:

O Yahweh! do not, in thine anger, correct me, nor, in thy wrath, chastise me.

I am weary with my sighing, I flood, through the whole night, my couch, - With my tears, I cause, my bed, to dissolve:

If I have requited my friend with wrong, - or have oppressed mine adversary without need,

If he turn not, his sword, will he whet, - his bow, hath he bent, and made ready:

Thus let them who know thy Name, put confidence in thee, that thou hast not forsaken the searchers for thee, O Yahweh.

When he was making inquisition for blood, of them, had he remembrance, he forgat not the outcry of the oppressed.

The nations, have sunk, in the pit they had made, In the net which they had hidden, is caught their own foot.

For, not always, shall the needy, be forgotten, - nor, the hope of the oppressed, perish for ever.

Rise! Yahweh! let man not prevail, let the nations be judged before thee.

The lawless one, in the loftiness of his countenance, will not enquire, God is not in any of his plots:

He hath said in his heart, I shall not be shaken, - From generation to generation, shall I be in no misfortune.

He lieth in wait in a hiding-place, like a lion in his covert, He lieth in wait to catch the humbled, He catcheth the humbled, by drawing him into his net:

Arise! Yahweh! O GOD! raise thy hand, - Do not forget the patient!

Wherefore hath the lawless one blasphemed God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it !

Shatter thou the arm of the lawless one, And, as for the wrongful, wilt thou not enquire for his lawlessness - wilt thou not find it ?

The whole, have turned aside, Together have they become tainted, - There is none that doeth good, not so much as, one!

Are all the workers of iniquity, without knowledge? devouring my people as they devour food! Upon Yahweh, have they not called.

Hath not carried slander on his tongue, hath not done his friend a wrong, nor, a reproach, taken up against his neighbour;

Despised in his sight, is the reprobate, but, them who revere Yahweh, he doth honour, he hath sworn to his neighbour, and will not change;

His silver, hath he not put out on interest, nor, a bribe against the innocent, hath he taken. He that doeth these things, shall not be shaken unto times age-abiding.

They multiply their idols - another, have they purchased! I will not pour out their drink-offerings of blood, nor will I take up their names on my lips.

I will bless Yahweh, who hath counselled me, - Surely, by night, shall mine impulses admonish me.

I have set Yahweh before me continually, because he is on my right hand, I shall not be shaken!

For thou wilt not abandon my soul to hades, neither wilt thou suffer thy man of lovingkindness, to see corruption:

Hear, O Yahweh, the right, Attend to my loud cry, Give ear unto my prayer, on lips that would not deceive:

Thou hast tested my heart, hast made inspection by night, hast refined me until thou couldst find nothing, Had I devised evil, my mouth should not have transgressed:

Thou hast held fast my goings on to thy ways, My footsteps have not been shaken:

For I had kept the ways of Yahweh, and not broken away from my God;

For, all his regulations, were before me, and, his statutes, did I not put from me:

Thou didst widen my stepping-places under me, so that, mine ankles, faltered not.

I pursued my foes, and overtook them, and returned not, till they were consumed:

They cried out, but there was none to save, unto Yahweh, but he answered them not.

Thus didst thou rescue me from the contentions of a people, - didst appoint me to be the head of nations, A people I had not known, served me:

Day, unto day, doth pour forth speech, and, night, unto night, doth breathe out knowledge.

Even from the presumptuous, keep back thy servant, May they not have dominion over me, Then, shall I be blameless, and shall be acquitted from great transgression:

The longing of his heart, hast thou given him, and, the request of his lips, hast thou not withheld. Selah.

For, the king, is trusting in Yahweh, and, in the lovingkindness of the Highest, shall he not be shaken.

My God! I keep crying - By day, and thou dost not answer, and, By night, and there is no rest for me.

Unto thee, made they outcry, and escaped, In thee, they trusted, and had not turned pale.

Be not far from me, for, distress, is near, For there is none to help.

But, thou, O Yahweh, be not far off, O my help! to aid me, make haste;

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the humbling of the patient one, neither hath he hid his face from him, but, when he cried for help unto him, he heard.

All the great ones of the earth, shall eat and bow down, Before him shall kneel, all that go down to the dust, Even he who had not kept alive, his own soul!

Yahweh, is my shepherd - I shall not want:

The clean of hands, and pure of heart, - who hath not uplifted, to falsehood, his soul, nor sworn deceitfully,

O my God, in thee, have I put my trust, Let me not be put to shame, Let not my foe exult over me:

The sins of my youth, and my transgressions, do not thou call to mind, - According to thine own lovingkindness, remember thou me, for the sake of thine own goodness, O Yahweh.

Mine eyes, are continually unto Yahweh, - for, he, bringeth, out of the net, my feet.

Oh keep my soul, and rescue me, Let me not be put to shame, for I have sought refuge in thee.

Do me justice, O Yahweh, For, I, in my blamelessness, have walked, and, in Yahweh, have I trusted, I will not waver.

I have not sat with men of deceit, nor, with dissemblers, would I enter;

I have hated the convocation of evil-doers, and, with lawless men, would I not sit;

Do not remove, with sinners, my soul, nor, with men of bloodshed, my life;

Though there pitch against me - a camp, my heart shall not fear, - Though there come up against me - a battle, still, am I confident.

Do not hide thy face from me, Do not repulse, in thine anger, thine own servant, - My help, thou hast been, Do not send me away nor forsake me, O my saving God!

Do not give me up unto the desire of mine adversaries, for there have risen up against me witnesses that are false, and he that fanneth up violence.

Unto thee, O Yahweh, do I cry, O my Rock! do not turn in silence from me, - lest, if thou turn from me in silence, I be like them who go down into the pit.

Do not drag me away - with the lawless, or with the workers of iniquity, - who speak peaceably with their neighbours, but, wrong, is in their heart.

Because they heed not The Deeds of Yahweh, or the Work of his hands, he will pull them down, and not build them.

I will extol thee, O Yahweh, for thou hast drawn me up, - and not suffered my foes to rejoice over me.

But, I, said, in my tranquility, I shall not be shaken to times age-abiding!

To the end that mine honour should make melody unto thee, and not be silent. O Yahweh, my God! Unto times age-abiding, will I praise thee.

In thee, O Yahweh, have I sought refuge, Let me not be ashamed to times age-abiding, In thy righteousness, deliver me:

Wilt thou bring me forth, out of the net which they have hidden for me? For, thou, art my refuge.

I will indeed exult and rejoice, in thy lovingkindness, - In that thou hast looked upon my humiliation, thou hast taken note that in distresses was my life;

And hast not shut me up in the hand of the foe, Thou hast given standing, in a roomy place, unto my feet.

O Yahweh! let me not be ashamed, For I have called upon thee, Let the lawless ha ashamed, go down in silence to hades!

How happy the son of earth, to whom Yahweh will not reckon iniquity! and in whose spirit is no guile!

For, day and night, heavy upon me, was thy hand, - Changed was my life-sap into the drought of summer. Selah.

My sin, would I own unto thee, and, mine iniquity, not hide, I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Yahweh, And, thou, didst forgive the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

For this cause, will every man of lovingkindness pray unto thee, in time to obtain, - Surely, in the overflow of many waters, unto him, shall they not reach.

Do not ye become like a horse, like a mule, without discernment, - With the bit and bridle of his mouth, hast thou to restrain him, - He will not come near unto thee.

Not a king, can be saved by greatness of force, nor, hero, deliver himself by greatness of strength:

A deception, is the horse, for victory, and, by his great strength, shall he not deliver.

They looked unto him and were radiant, And, as for their faces, let them not be abashed.

Young lions, have come short, and suffered hunger, but, they who seek Yahweh, shall not lack any good thing.

Keeping all his bones, Not, one from among them, is broken.

For, without cause, have they hid for me, in a ditch, their net, - Without cause, have they digged a pit for my life.

There shall reach him a ruin he could not know, - Yea, his own net which he hath hidden, shall capture him, Into that ruin, shall he fall!

There rise up witnesses helping forward violence and wrong, What I know not, they demand of me:

But, in mine overthrow, have they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together, - There gathered themselves together against me foolish men, and I knew it not, They have torn in pieces, and not been silent;

Let not them who are falsely my foes rejoice over me, As for them who hate me without cause, let them not wink the eye!

Thou hast seen, O Yahweh, do not keep silence! O My Lord! be not far from me:

Vindicate me according to thy righteousness, O Yahweh, my God! And let them not rejoice over me:

Let them not say in their heart, Aha! to our mind! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up!

Iniquity, deviseth he upon his bed, - he taketh his stand in a way, not good, Wrong, doth he not abhor!

Let not the foot of pride reach me, nor, the hand of the lawless, scare me away.

There did the workers of iniquity fall, - thrust down and not able to rise!

Burn not with vexation because of evil-doers, Be not envious of the workers of perversity;

Be resigned to Yahweh, yea wait with longing for him; Burn not with vexation at him who prospereth in his way, - at the man who doeth wickedness.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath, Burn not with vexation - it would be only to do evil;