Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of [the] wicked; nor does he stand in [the] way of sinners; nor does he sit in [the] assembly of mockers.

Instead, in the law of Yahweh [is] his delight, and on his law he meditates day and night.

And so, he is like a tree planted by streams of water that gives its fruit in its season; its leaf also does not wither. Therefore all that he does prospers.

Not so the wicked. Instead, [they are] like the chaff that [the] wind scatters.

Therefore [the] wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of [the] righteous;

I am not afraid of the ten thousands of people who all around have set themselves against me.

Be disturbed but do not sin. Commune in your heart on your bed and be silent. Selah

For you [are] not a God [who] desires wickedness. Evil cannot dwell with you.

The boastful do not stand before your eyes. You hate all evildoers.

For there is not [anything] reliable in his mouth; their inner part [is] destruction. Their throat is an open grave; [with] their tongue they speak deceit.

O Yahweh, do not rebuke me in your anger, and do not discipline me in your wrath.

I am weary with my groaning; {I flood} my bed every night. With my tears {I drench} my couch.

If he does not repent, he will sharpen his sword. He has bent his bow and he has {strung} it.

And those who know your name will trust in you, for you do not forsake those [who] seek you, O Yahweh.

for he [who] {avenges bloodshed} remembers them. He does not forget the distressed cry of [the] afflicted.

[The] nations have fallen in [the] pit [that] they made; their foot is caught in [the] net that they hid.

for [the] needy shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall never perish.

Rise up, O Yahweh, let not humans prevail; let [the] nations be judged before you.

{With bald-faced pride} [the] wicked will not seek [God]. There is no God in any of his thoughts.

He says in his heart, "I shall not be moved {throughout all generations}, [during] which [I will have] no trouble."

He lies in ambush {secretly,} like a lion in a thicket. He lies in ambush to seize [the] poor; he seizes [the] poor by catching him in his net.

Rise up, O Yahweh; O God, lift up your hand. Do not forget [the] afflicted.

Why does the wicked treat God with contempt? He says in his heart, "You will not call [me] to account."

All have gone astray; they are altogether corrupt. There is not one who does good; there is not even one.

All who do evil--do they not know, [they] who eat my people [as though] they were eating bread? They do not call on Yahweh.

He does not slander with his tongue. He does not harm his friend, nor {bring up} a disgrace against his neighbor.

In his eyes a rejected one [is] contemptible, but he honors those who respect Yahweh. He takes an oath to [his own] injury and does not retract it.

He does not lend his money at interest, and does not take a bribe against [the] innocent. He who does these [things] will never be shaken.

Those [who] hurry [after] another [god] increase their sorrows. I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, nor take up their names on my lips.

I will bless Yahweh who advises me; yes, [at] night my {innermost being} instructs me.

I have set Yahweh before me always. Because [he is] at my right hand I will not be shaken.

for you will not abandon my soul to Sheol; you will not give your faithful one to see [the] grave.

You have tried my heart; you have examined [me] by night; you have tested me; you found nothing. I have decided [that] my mouth will not transgress.

[I have] held my steps in your path My feet will not slip.

Because I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not acted wickedly against my God,

because all his ordinances [are] before me, and his statutes I have not removed from me,

You enlarged my step under me, and my ankles did not slip.

I chased my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were finished [off].

I struck them and they were not able to stand up; they fell under my feet.

They cried out but there was no rescuer, [even] to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.

You rescued me from strife with people; you set me as head (over) nations. People I did not know served me;

{Every day} [they] pour forth speech, and {every night} [they] tell knowledge.

Also, keep back your servant from arrogant [sins]; let them not rule over me. Then I shall be blameless, and I shall be innocent of great transgression.

You have given him the desire of his heart, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

Because the king trusts Yahweh, and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved.

Though they have {plotted} evil against you, [though] they have planned a scheme, they will not prevail.

O my God, I call by day and you do not answer, and [by] night but I have no rest.

They cried to you and were saved; they trusted you and were not ashamed.

But I [am] a worm and not a man, scorned by humankind and despised by people.

Do not be far from me because trouble [is] near; because there is no helper.

But you, O Yahweh, do not remain distant. O my help, hasten to help me.

because he has not despised nor abhorred [the] affliction of [the] afflicted, and has not hid his face from him; but he listened to him when he cried for help.

Yahweh is my shepherd; I will not lack [for anything].

He who is innocent of hands and pure of heart, who does not lift up his soul to falseness, and does not swear deceitfully.

O my God, I trust you; let me not be put to shame. Do not let my enemies exult over me.

Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions. According to your loyal love remember me [if] you [will], for the sake of your goodness, O Yahweh.

My eyes [are] continually toward Yahweh, because he will take my feet from [the] net.

Protect my life and deliver me. Let me not be put to shame, because I take shelter in you.

Judge me, O Yahweh, because I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted Yahweh and not wavered.

I do not sit with deceitful people, nor will I go about with hypocrites.

I hate [the] crowd of evildoers, and with [the] wicked I will not sit.

Do not destroy me with [the] sinners, nor my life with men of bloodshed,

Though an army encamp against me, my heart will not fear. Though war arise against me, [even] in this I [will] remain confident.

Do not hide your face from me; do not turn your servant away in anger. You have been my help; do not abandon nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Do not give me over to the desire of my enemies, because false witnesses have arisen against me, and [each] breathing out violence.

To you, O Yahweh, I call. O my rock, do not be deaf to me. Or else, if you are silent to me, then I will become like those descending to [the] pit.

Do not drag me away with [the] wicked or with [the] workers of evil, [who] speak of peace with their neighbors, while evil [is] in their heart.

Because they do not regard the works of Yahweh, nor the work of his hands, he will destroy them and not rebuild them.

I will exalt you, O Yahweh, because you have drawn me up, and have not made my enemies rejoice over me.

But as for me, I had said in my prosperity, "I shall not be moved ever."

so that {I} may sing praises to you and not be quiet. O Yahweh, my God, I will give thanks to you forever.

In you, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge. Let me not be put to shame ever. Deliver me by your righteousness.

Bring me out of [the] net that they have secretly set for me, for you [are] my refuge.

And you have not delivered me into [the] hand of [the] enemy. You have set my feet in a broad place.

O Yahweh, let me not be put to shame, for I call on you. Let the wicked be put to shame. Let them [go] silently to Sheol.

Happy [is] a person to whom Yahweh does not impute iniquity and in whose spirit there is not deceit.

For day and night your hand was heavy upon me. My vigor was changed into [the] dry heat of summer. Selah

I made known my sin to you, and my iniquity I did not cover. I said, "I will confess concerning my transgressions to Yahweh," and you took away the guilt of my sin. Selah

Therefore let all [the] faithful pray to you at [the] time [for] finding [you]. Surely at [the] flood of many waters they will not reach him.

Do not be like a horse [or] like a mule, without understanding; [that needs] his tackle--bridle and rein--for restraint [or he would not] come near you.

The king [is] not saved by [the] greatness of an army. The warrior is not delivered by [the] greatness of strength.

They looked to him and were radiant, and their faces shall not be ashamed.

[The] young lions are in want and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh will not lack for any good thing.

[He] protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.

For without cause they secretly hide the pit with their net for me; without cause they dug [it] for my life.

Let {unforeseen ruin} come on him, and his net that he hid, let it catch him. Let him fall into it in ruin.

Violent witnesses rise up; they ask me [concerning] what I do not know.

But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together; smiters whom I did not know gathered against me. They tore and did not cease.

Let not those who [are] wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me. [Nor let] those who hate me without cause wink [the] eye.

For they do not speak peace, but against [the] quiet [ones] of [the] land they plan deceitful words.

You have seen, O Yahweh. Do not be deaf. O Lord, do not be far from me.

Vindicate me according to your righteousness, O Yahweh my God, and do not let them rejoice over me.

Do not let them say in their hearts, "Aha, our desire." Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."

He plans sin on his bed. He puts himself on a way [that is] not good. He does not reject evil.

Do not let a foot of pride come against me, nor let a wicked hand make me to wander homeless.

There doers of evil have fallen; they are thrust down and not able to rise.

Do not fret because of evildoers; do not be envious of doers of wickedness.

Be quiet before Yahweh and wait for him. Do not fret about one who succeeds [in] his way, about a man making plots.

Refrain from anger and forsake wrath. Do not fret; [it] only brings evil.

And yet a little [while] and the wicked will not be, and you will look carefully upon his place, but he will not be.