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;

But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

And he is as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth.

The wicked are not so; but are as the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

I will not fear for myriads of the people that have set themselves against me round about.

Be moved with anger, and sin not; meditate in your own hearts upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

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

Insolent fools shall not stand before thine eyes; thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments, upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, and chasten me not in thy hot displeasure.

I am wearied with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I dissolve my couch with my tears.

If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready,

And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.

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

For the needy one shall not be forgotten alway; the hope of the meek shall not perish for ever.

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

The wicked saith, in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!

He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.

He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.

Arise, Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

They have all gone aside, they are together become corrupt: there is none that doeth good, not even one.

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

He that slandereth not with his tongue, doeth not evil to his companion, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;

In whose eyes the depraved person is contemned, and who honoureth them that fear Jehovah; who, if he have sworn to his own hurt, changeth it not;

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

Thou my soul hast said to Jehovah, Thou art the Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; --

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another: their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, and I will not take up their names into my lips.

I have set Jehovah continually 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 allow thy Holy One to see corruption.

{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.

Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word.

When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.

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 did not put away his statutes from me;

For who is +God save Jehovah? and who is a rock if not our God?

Thou didst enlarge my steps under me, and mine ankles have not wavered.

I pursued mine enemies, and overtook them; and I turned not again till they were consumed.

I crushed them, and they were not able to rise: they fell under my feet.

They cried, and there was none to save; unto Jehovah, and 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 I knew not doth serve me.

Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be perfect, and I shall be innocent from great transgression.

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

For the king confideth in Jehovah: and through the loving-kindness of the Most High he shall not be moved.

For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.

My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me:

They cried unto thee, and were delivered; they confided in thee, and were not confounded.

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

But thou, Jehovah, be not far from me; O my strength, 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.

{A Psalm of David.} Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He that hath blameless hands and a pure heart; who lifteth not up his soul unto vanity, nor sweareth deceitfully:

My God, I confide in thee; let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to thy loving-kindness remember thou me, for thy goodness' sake, Jehovah.

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

Keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I trust in thee.

{A Psalm of David.} Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip.

I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;

I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked.

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

If a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; if war rise against me, in this 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 to the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.

{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, if thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart.

For they regard not the deeds of Jehovah, nor the work of his hands: he will destroy them, and not build them up.

{A Psalm of David: dedication-song of the house.} I will extol thee, Jehovah; for thou hast delivered me, and hast not made mine enemies to rejoice over me.

For a moment is passed in his anger, a life in his favour; at even weeping cometh for the night, and at morn there is rejoicing.

That my glory may sing psalms of thee, and not be silent. Jehovah my God, I will praise thee for ever.

Draw me out of the net that they have hidden for me; for thou art my strength.

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

Jehovah, let me not be ashamed; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol.

Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah reckoneth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile!

For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity I covered not; I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah, and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee at a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they will not reach him.

Be ye not as a horse, as a mule, which have no understanding: whose trappings must be bit and bridle, for restraint, or they will not come unto thee.

The king is not saved by the multitude of his forces; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

They looked unto him, and were enlightened, and their faces were not confounded.

The young lions are in need and suffer hunger; but they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good.

He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken.

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

Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.

Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not.

But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; let them not wink with the eye that hate me without cause.

For they speak not peace; and they devise deceitful words against the quiet in the land.

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

Judge me, 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.

He deviseth wickedness up on 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 cast down, and are not able to rise.

{A Psalm of David.} Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, and be not envious of them that work unrighteousness;

Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him that prospereth in his way, because of the man that bringeth mischievous devices to pass.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself: it would be only to do evil.

For yet a little while, and the wicked is not; and thou considerest his place, but he is not.

they shall not be ashamed in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.