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.

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

For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.

The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed,'saying ,

Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.

I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.

Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Now therefore be wise, O ye kings: Be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah

But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory and the lifter up of my head.

I cry unto Jehovah with my voice, And he answereth me out of his holy hill. Selah

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

Arise, O Jehovah; save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness; Thou hast set me at large when I was in distress: Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? How long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And put your trust in Jehovah.

Many there are that say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; For unto thee do I pray.

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

But as for me, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness will I come into thy house: In thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.

Hold them guilty, O God; Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions; For they have rebelled against thee.

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?

Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.

Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; For Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping.

O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;

If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;)

Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.

And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about; And over them return thou on high.

O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

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

He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery'shafts .

I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:

All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field,

The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished.

Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;

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

Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

That I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.

Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah

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

Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea , contemneth Jehovah.

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

His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.

Thou hast seen it ; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land.

Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.

If the foundations be destroyed, What can the righteous do?

Jehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, his throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;

Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.

The words of Jehovah are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times.

The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

Consider and answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the'sleep of death;

Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.

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

There were they in great fear; For God is in the generation of the righteous.

Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor, Because Jehovah is his refuge.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When Jehovah bringeth back the captivity of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

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.

Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot.

Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

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

As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.

Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.

Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.

He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.

Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.

They came upon 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.

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

Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.