The wicked are not so,
But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.

There is nothing reliable in what they say;
Their inward part is destruction itself.
Their throat is an open grave;
They flatter with their tongue.

The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

Be gracious to me, O Lord;
See my affliction from those who hate me,
You who lift me up from the gates of death,

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire,
And the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.

He says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”

To vindicate the orphan and the oppressed,
So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
In the Lord I take refuge;
How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain;

The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven;
His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.

And my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
And my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.

The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there are any who understand,
Who seek after God.

He trains my hands for battle,
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise;
They fell under my feet.

May He grant you your heart’s desire
And fulfill all your counsel!

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

All who see me sneer at me;
They separate with the lip, they wag the head, saying,

Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb;
You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.

Upon You I was cast from birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

Save me from the lion’s mouth;
From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.

For the kingdom is the Lord’s
And He rules over the nations.

He restores my soul;
He guides me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.

A Psalm of David.
The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains,
The world, and those who dwell in it.

For Your name’s sake, O Lord,
Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.

For You are my rock and my fortress;
For Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.

Because of all my adversaries, I have become a reproach,
Especially to my neighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me in the street flee from me.

But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord,
I say, “You are my God.”

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap;
He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

O taste and see that the Lord is good;
How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

Who is the man who desires life
And loves length of days that he may see good?

Draw also the spear and the battle-axe to meet those who pursue me;
Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.”

All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like You,
Who delivers the afflicted from him who is too strong for him,
And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”

Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha, our desire!”
Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

Let them shout for joy and rejoice, who favor my vindication;
And let them say continually, “The Lord be magnified,
Who delights in the prosperity of His servant.”

For with You is the fountain of life;
In Your light we see light.

Depart from evil and do good,
So you will abide forever.

Wait for the Lord and keep His way,
And He will exalt you to inherit the land;
When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

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

For evils beyond number have surrounded me;
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has failed me.

Let those be appalled because of their shame
Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let those who love Your salvation say continually,
“The Lord be magnified!”

And when he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood;
His heart gathers wickedness to itself;
When he goes outside, he tells it.

For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.
As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So my soul pants for You, O God.

My tears have been my food day and night,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Your arrows are sharp;
The peoples fall under You;
Your arrows are in the heart of the King’s enemies.

Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear:
Forget your people and your father’s house;

The King’s daughter is all glorious within;
Her clothing is interwoven with gold.

They will be led forth with gladness and rejoicing;
They will enter into the King’s palace.

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change
And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;

They saw it, then they were amazed;
They were terrified, they fled in alarm.

As we have heard, so have we seen
In the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God;
God will establish her forever. Selah.

As is Your name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness.

As sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
Death shall be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form shall be for Sheol to consume
So that they have no habitation.

He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
They will never see the light.

“When you see a thief, you are pleased with him,
And you associate with adulterers.

“You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.

Against You, You only, I have sinned
And done what is evil in Your sight,
So that You are justified when You speak
And blameless when You judge.

The righteous will see and fear,
And will laugh at him, saying,

God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there is anyone who understands,
Who seeks after God.

For You have delivered my soul from death,
Indeed my feet from stumbling,
So that I may walk before God
In the light of the living.

So that it does not hear the voice of charmers,
Or a skillful caster of spells.

Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along,
Like the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun.

And men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely there is a God who judges on earth!”

For no guilt of mine, they run and set themselves against me.
Arouse Yourself to help me, and see!

Behold, they belch forth with their mouth;
Swords are in their lips,
For, they say, “Who hears?”

You will prolong the king’s life;
His years will be as many generations.

So I will sing praise to Your name forever,
That I may pay my vows day by day.

Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.

So I will bless You as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.

They hold fast to themselves an evil purpose;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, “Who can see them?”

So they will make him stumble;
Their own tongue is against them;
All who see them will shake the head.

By awesome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation,
You who are the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;

Say to God, “How awesome are Your works!
Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will give feigned obedience to You.

Come and see the works of God,
Who is awesome in His deeds toward the sons of men.

He turned the sea into dry land;
They passed through the river on foot;
There let us rejoice in Him!

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
As wax melts before the fire,
So let the wicked perish before God.

The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan.
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;

I have become estranged from my brothers
And an alien to my mother’s sons.

Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick.
And I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, but I found none.

May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,
And make their loins shake continually.

Let those be turned back because of their shame
Who say, “Aha, aha!”

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
And let those who love Your salvation say continually,
“Let God be magnified.”

By You I have been sustained from my birth;
You are He who took me from my mother’s womb;
My praise is continually of You.

A Psalm of Solomon.
Give the king Your judgments, O God,
And Your righteousness to the king’s son.

May he also rule from sea to sea
And from the River to the ends of the earth.

So may he live, and may the gold of Sheba be given to him;
And let them pray for him continually;
Let them bless him all day long.

For I was envious of the arrogant
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

They say, “How does God know?
And is there knowledge with the Most High?”

We do not see our signs;
There is no longer any prophet,
Nor is there any among us who knows how long.

You divided the sea by Your strength;
You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

When I remember God, then I am disturbed;
When I sigh, then my spirit grows faint. Selah.

You have held my eyelids open;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

The waters saw You, O God;
The waters saw You, they were in anguish;
The deeps also trembled.

Your way was in the sea
And Your paths in the mighty waters,
And Your footprints may not be known.

He divided the sea and caused them to pass through,
And He made the waters stand up like a heap.

“Behold, He struck the rock so that waters gushed out,
And streams were overflowing;
Can He give bread also?
Will He provide meat for His people?”

So they ate and were well filled,
And their desire He gave to them.

So He brought their days to an end in futility
And their years in sudden terror.