Have all the workers of wickedness and injustice no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the Lord?

Guide me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
For You [and only You] I wait [expectantly] all the day long.

Let integrity and uprightness protect me,
For I wait [expectantly] for You.

Be strong and let your hearts take courage,
All you who wait for and confidently expect the Lord.

Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon those who fear Him [and worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience],
On those who hope [confidently] in His compassion and lovingkindness,

For those who do evil will be cut off,
But those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land.

“And now, Lord, for what do I expectantly wait?
My hope [my confident expectation] is in You.

Even my own close friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me [betraying me].

“Shall I eat the flesh of bulls
Or drink the blood of male goats?

But God will break you down forever;
He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They aim venomous words as arrows,

O God, You are awesome and profoundly majestic from Your sanctuary;
The God of Israel gives strength and power to His people.
Blessed be God!

Do not let those who wait [confidently] for You be ashamed through me, O Lord God of hosts;
Do not let those who seek You [as necessary for life itself] be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,

But as for me, I will wait and hope continually,
And will praise You yet more and more.

“You called in [the time of] trouble and I rescued you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

O Lord God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty Lord?
Your faithfulness surrounds You [as an intrinsic, unchangeable part of Your very being].

Let his children be fatherless
And his wife a widow.

May the Lord bless you from Zion [His holy mountain],
And may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life;

I wait [patiently] for the Lord, my soul [expectantly] waits,
And in His word do I hope.

May the Lord bless you from Zion,
He who made heaven and earth.