He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.

The meeting of the nations will be round you; take your seat, then, over them, on high.

You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet;

You have said sharp words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have put an end to their name for ever and ever.

You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.

But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.

And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.

For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.

His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than he may see: as for his haters, they are as nothing to him.

The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations are gone from his land.

They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?

You will keep them, O Lord, you will keep them safe from this generation for ever.

Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?

How long is my soul to be in doubt, with sorrow in my heart all the day? how long will he who is against me be given power over me?

You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.

By your help I have made a way through the wall which was shutting me in; by the help of my God I have gone over a wall.

He makes me free from my haters; I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.

Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.

Keep your servant back from sins of pride; let them not have rule over me: then will I be upright and free from great sin.

He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever.

For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.

The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.

O my God, I have put my faith in you, let me not be shamed; let not my haters be glorying over me.

Be a saviour to your people, and send a blessing on your heritage: be their guide, and let them be lifted up for ever.

I will give you praise and honour, O Lord, because through you I have been lifted up; you have not given my haters cause to be glad over me.

Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true.

For he gave the word, and it was done; by his order it was fixed for ever.

I will be blessing the Lord at all times; his praise will be ever in my mouth.

The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who have fear of him, to keep them safe.

Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.

Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do not let them be glad over me.

Let those who are on my side give cries of joy; let them ever say, The Lord be praised, for he has pleasure in the peace of his servant.

The days of the upright are numbered by the Lord, and their heritage will be for ever.

Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.

For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.

The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever.

Take not away your gentle mercies from me, O Lord; let your mercy and your faith keep me safe for ever.

Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May the Lord be great.

And as for me, you are my support in my righteousness, giving me a place before your face for ever.

May the Lord God of Israel be praised, through eternal days and for ever. So be it. So be it.

Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.

Our pride is in God at all times, to his name we give praise for ever. (Selah.)

My downfall is ever before me, and I am covered with the shame of my face;

Why are you sleeping, O Lord? awake! and come to our help, do not give us up for ever.

My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever.

Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; the rod of your kingdom is a rod of honour.

You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.

Kings' daughters are among your noble women: on your right is the queen in gold of Ophir.

Your children will take the place of your fathers; so that you may make them rulers over all the earth.

I will keep the memory of your name living through all generations; and because of this the people will give you praise for ever.

He puts an end to wars over all the earth; by him the bow is broken, and the spear cut in two, and the carriage burned in the fire.

For the Lord Most High is to be feared; he is a great King over all the earth.

God is the ruler over the nations; God is on the high seat of his holy rule.

The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.

But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever.

Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

For I am conscious of my error; my sin is ever before me.

But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)

But I am like a branching olive-tree in the house of God; I have put my faith in his mercy for ever and ever.

Fear and shaking have come over me, with deep fear I am covered.

Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.

My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great numbers are lifting themselves up against me.

O God, be lifted up higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.

Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens, let your glory be over all the earth.

Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way.

Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I put out my shoe; over Philistia will a glad cry be sounded.

From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you, when my heart is overcome: take me to the rock which is over-high for me.

I will make your tent my resting-place for ever: I will keep myself under the cover of your wings. (Selah.)

May the seat of his authority be before God for ever; may mercy and righteousness keep him safe.

So will I make songs in praise of your name for ever, giving to God that which is right day by day.

He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah.)

You let men go driving over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but you took us out into a wide place.

Why are you looking with envy, you high hills, on the hill desired by God as his resting-place? truly, God will make it his house for ever.

Make clear that strength is God's: he is lifted up over Israel, and his power is in the clouds.

My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no support; I have come into deep waters, the waves are flowing over me.

Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.

Let their eyes be blind so that they may not see; let their bodies for ever be shaking.

Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May God be great.

You have been my support from the day of my birth; you took me out of my mother's body; my praise will be ever of you.

But I will go on ever hoping, and increasing in all your praise.

May his name go on for ever, as long as the sun: may men be blessing themselves by him; may all nations be blessing his name.

Praise to the glory of his noble name for ever; let all the earth be full of his glory. So be it, So be it.

For this reason they are full of bread; and water is ever flowing for them.

As a dream when one is awake, they are ended; they are like an image gone out of mind when sleep is over.

But still I am ever with you; you have taken me by my right hand.

Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?

They have said in their hearts, Let us put an end to them all together; they have given over to the fire all God's places of worship in the land.

O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?

You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.

O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.

But I will ever be full of joy, making songs of praise to the God of Jacob.

Will the Lord put me away for ever? will he be kind no longer?

Is his mercy quite gone for ever? has his word come to nothing?

I will give thought to all your work, while my mind goes over your acts of power.

His haters were turned back by his blows and shamed for ever.

And he made his holy place like the high heaven, like the earth which is fixed by him for ever.

You made ready a place for it, so that it might take deep root, and it sent out its branches over all the land.

He gave it to Joseph as a witness, when he went out over the land of Egypt; then the words of a strange tongue were sounding in my ears.