Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:

But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

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

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people That have set themselves against me round about.

Stand in awe, and sin not: Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee.

The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight: Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

Arise, O Jehovah; let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.

The wicked, in the pride of his countenance,'saith , He will not require it . All his thoughts are, There is no God.

He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall not be in adversity.

He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it ?

They are all gone aside; they are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And call not upon Jehovah?

He that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor;

In whose eyes a reprobate is despised, But who honoreth them that fear Jehovah; He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not;

He that putteth not out his money to interest, Nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that give gifts for another god : Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, Nor take their names upon my lips.

I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons.

I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.

Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.

For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me.

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.

They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

Day unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge.

There is no speech nor language; Their voice is not heard.

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous'sins ; Let them not have dominion over me: Then shall I be upright, And I shall be clear from great transgression.

Thou hast given him his heart's desire, And hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah

For the king trusteth in Jehovah; And through the lovingkindness of the Most High he shall not be moved.

For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.

Be not far from me; for trouble is near; For there is none to help.

But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully.

O my God, in thee have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame; Let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness'sake, O Jehovah.

Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah; For he will pluck my feet out of the net.

Oh keep my soul, and deliver me: Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in thee.

I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers.

I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked.

Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood;

Though a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear: Though war should rise against me, Even then will I be confident.

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.

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: For false witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty.

Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

Because they regard not the works of Jehovah, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.

I will extol thee, O Jehovah; for thou hast raised me up, And hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

For his anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a life-time: Weeping may tarry for the night, But joy cometh in the morning.

To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Jehovah my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my stronghold.

And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a large place.

Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; for I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no guile.

For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: My moisture was changed as with the drought of summer. Selah

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, And mine iniquity did I not hide: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah; And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah

For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, Else they will not come near unto thee.

There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.

He keepeth all his bones: Not one of them is broken.

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit; Without cause have they digged a pit for my soul.

Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.

Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.

But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; They did tear me, and ceased not:

Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.

Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.

He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

There are the workers of iniquity fallen: They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.

Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.

They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil; And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.