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

Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and why do the peoples meditate a vain thing?

Then will he speak to them in his anger, and in his fierce displeasure will he terrify them:

I will declare the decree: Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; I this day have begotten thee.

With my voice will I call to Jehovah, and he will answer me from the hill of his holiness. Selah.

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.} When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness: in pressure thou hast enlarged me; be gracious unto me, and hear my prayer.

Ye sons of men, till when is my glory to be put to shame? How long will ye love vanity, will ye seek after a lie? Selah.

Many say, Who shall cause us to see good? Lift up upon us the light of thy countenance, O Jehovah.

In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for thou, Jehovah, alone makest me to dwell in safety.

{To the chief Musician. Upon Nehiloth. A Psalm of David.} Give ear to my words, O Jehovah; consider my meditation.

Hearken unto the voice of my crying, my king and my God; for to thee will I pray.

Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; in the morning will I address myself to thee, and will look up.

{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.

{Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite.} Jehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me;

If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;)

Let the enemy pursue after my soul, and take it, and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in me.

Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous man; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.

God is a righteous judge, and a God who is indignant all the day.

I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing forth the name of Jehovah the Most High.

{To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy majesty above the heavens.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established praise because of thine adversaries, to still the enemy and the avenger.

Thou hast made him to rule over the works of thy hands; thou hast put everything under his feet:

{To the chief Musician. Upon Muthlabben. A Psalm of David.} I will praise Jehovah with my whole heart; I will recount all thy marvellous works.

And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress.

Sing psalms to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion; tell among the peoples his doings.

Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

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.

Thou hast seen it, for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,

To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} In Jehovah have I put my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

If the foundations be destroyed, what shall the righteous do?

{To the chief Musician. Upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David.} Save, Jehovah, for the godly man is gone; for the faithful have failed from among the children of men.

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: with flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, they have done abominable works: there is none that doeth good.

Jehovah looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

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; --

To the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent thou hast said, In them is all my delight.

For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol, neither wilt thou allow thy Holy One to see corruption.

Thou wilt make known to me the path of life: thy countenance is fulness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

They have now encompassed us in our steps; their eyes have they set, bowing down to the earth.

From men who are thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of this age: their portion is in this life, and their belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure; they have their fill of sons, and leave the rest of their substance to their children.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies and out of the hand of Saul. And he said,} I will love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

I will call upon Jehovah, who is to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and I cried out to my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, into his ears.

They encountered me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my stay.

Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

And Jehovah hath recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

As for God, his way is perfect; the word of Jehovah is tried: he is a shield to all that trust in him.

Who teacheth my hands to war, and mine arms bend a bow of brass;

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

And thou girdedst me with strength to battle; thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.

And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, and those that hated me I destroyed.

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

The God who hath avenged me, and hath subjected the peoples to me;

Therefore will I give thanks to thee, Jehovah, among the nations, and will sing psalms to thy name.

It is he who giveth great deliverances to his king, and sheweth loving-kindness to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The heavens declare the glory of God; and the expanse sheweth the work of his hands.

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

Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their language to the extremity of the world. In them hath he set a tent for the sun,

And he is as a bridegroom going forth from his chamber; he rejoiceth as a strong man to run the race.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah answer thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob protect thee;

Grant thee according to thy heart, and fulfil all thy counsels.

Save, Jehovah! Let the king answer us in the day we call.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The king shall joy in thy strength, Jehovah; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice.

For thou hast made him to be blessings for ever; thou hast filled him with joy by thy countenance.

{To the chief Musician. Upon Aijeleth-Shahar. A Psalm of David.} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou far from my salvation, from the words of my groaning?

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

All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying:

Commit it to Jehovah let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him!

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

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death.

But thou, Jehovah, be not far from me; O my strength, haste thee to help me.

All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, and he that cannot keep alive his own soul.

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside still waters.

{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee, Jehovah, do I lift up my soul.

Make me to know thy ways, O Jehovah; teach me thy paths.

Make me to walk in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

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

The secret of Jehovah is with them that fear him, that he may make known his covenant to them.

That I may cause the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and declare all thy marvellous works.

When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to inquire of him in his temple.

For in the day of evil he will hide me in his pavilion; in the secret of his tent will he keep me concealed: he will set me high upon a rock.

Hear, Jehovah; with my voice do I call; be gracious unto me, and answer me.

Deliver me not over to the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.

Unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living ...!

{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.

Give them according to their doing, and according to the wickedness of their deeds; give them after the work of their hands, render to them their desert.

Jehovah is their strength; and he is the stronghold of salvation to his anointed one.