Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in 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 as the chaff which the wind driveth away.

For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!

As the kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers conspire together against the LORD and his anointed one, they say,

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.

"But as for me, I have set my king on Zion, my holy mountain."

As for me, I will preach the law, whereof the LORD hath said unto me, "Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.

‘Ask of Me, and I will assuredly give [You] the nations as Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth as Your possession.

Thou shalt break them with a sceptre of iron, as a potter's vessel thou shalt dash them in pieces.

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

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

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

My voice is unto Jehovah: I call: And He answereth me from his holy hill, Selah.

Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.

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.

But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.

Tremble with fear and do not sin! Meditate as you lie in bed, and repent of your ways! (Selah)

There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest; for it is thou, LORD, only that makest me dwell in safety.

For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;
No evil [person] dwells with You.

Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy sight, for thou hatest all them that work vanity.

You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.

But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Treat them as guilty, O God; let them fall because of their plans. Because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out, for they have rebelled against you.

For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

Be gracious to me, LORD, because I am fading away. Heal me, because my body is distressed.

My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

The voice of my sorrow is a weariness to me; all the night I make my bed wet with weeping; it is watered by the drops flowing from my eyes.

Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

As for all my enemies, they will be put to shame; they will be greatly frightened and suddenly turn away ashamed. A Davidic psalm, which he sang to the LORD, because of the words of Cush the descendant of Benjamin.

O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free;

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, If there is 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 is mine enemy:)

The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.

My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.

He prepares to use deadly weapons against him; he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows.

Behold, the [wicked and irreverent] man is pregnant with sin,
And he conceives mischief and gives birth to lies.

He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

But as for me, I will praise the LORD for his righteousness, and I will sing to the name of the LORD Most High. To the Director: On a stringed instrument. A Davidic Psalm.

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

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

all the sheep and oxen,
as well as the animals in the wild,

O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

For You have upheld my just cause;
You are seated on Your throne as a righteous judge.

O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

But Jehovah sitteth as king for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment;

And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.

And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people.

For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

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

The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God,

For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

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 one boasts about his own cravings;
the one who is greedy curses and despises the Lord.

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

He is bruised -- he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.

He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.

Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, 'It is not required.'

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

The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

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

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

If the bases are broken down, what is the upright man to do?

The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind is the portion of their cup.

For Jehovah is righteous; he loveth righteousness: The upright shall behold his face.

{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 deceitful and worthless words to one another;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age.

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

Till when do I set counsels in my soul? Sorrow in my heart daily? Till when is mine enemy exalted over me?

And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved.

As for me, I have confided in thy loving-kindness; my heart shall be joyful in thy salvation.

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

Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one -- seeking God.

They are all gone aside, they are all 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 the LORD.

There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When Jehovah doth turn back To a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice -- Israel is glad!

He who is walking uprightly, And working righteousness, And speaking truth in his heart.

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.