But -- in the law of Jehovah is his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:

And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.

Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?

Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah:

I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, 'My Son Thou art, I to-day have brought thee forth.

To the Overseer with Stringed Instruments. -- A Psalm of David. In my calling answer Thou me, O God of my righteousness. In adversity Thou gavest enlargement to me; Favour me, and hear my prayer.

And know ye that Jehovah Hath separated a saintly one to Himself. Jehovah heareth in my calling to Him.

Tremble ye, and do not sin;' Say ye thus in your heart on your bed, And be ye silent. Selah.

In peace together I lie down and sleep, For Thou, O Jehovah, alone, In confidence dost cause me to dwell!

To the Overseer, 'Concerning the Inheritances.' -- A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.

Be attentive to the voice of my cry, My king and my God, For unto Thee I pray habitually.

And rejoice do all trusting in Thee, To the age they sing, and Thou coverest them over, And those loving Thy name exult in Thee.

To the Overseer with stringed instruments, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, in Thine anger reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.

For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?

'The Erring One,' by David, that he sung to Jehovah concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah, my God, in Thee I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me.

An enemy pursueth my soul, and overtaketh, And treadeth down to the earth my life, And my honour placeth in the dust. Selah.

Jehovah doth judge the peoples; Judge me, O Jehovah, According to my righteousness, And according to mine integrity on me,

I thank Jehovah, According to His righteousness, And praise the name of Jehovah Most High!

To the Overseer, 'On the Gittith.' A Psalm of David. Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth! Who settest thine honour on the heavens.

From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

And causest him to lack a little of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compassest him.

Thou dost cause him to rule Over the works of Thy hands, All Thou hast placed under his feet.

To the Overseer, 'On the Death of Labben.' -- A Psalm of David. I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all Thy wonders,

Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.

O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.

And Jehovah to the age abideth, He is preparing for judgment His throne.

They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.

Sing ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, Declare ye among the peoples His acts,

The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.

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

Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they are men! Selah.

The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' are all his devices.

Pain do his ways at all times, On high are Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries -- he puffeth at them.

He hath said in his heart, 'I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.

He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.

Jehovah is king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!

The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,

To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress -- man of the earth!

To the Overseer. -- By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, 'They moved to Thy mountain for the bird?

For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

To the Overseer, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men:

Who said, 'By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?'

Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety him who doth breathe for it.

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

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? -- for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me?

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

I do sing to Jehovah, For He hath conferred benefits upon me!

To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, 'God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.

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

The counsel of the poor ye cause to stink, Because Jehovah 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 hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour.

Despised in his eyes is a rejected one, And those fearing Jehovah he doth honour. He hath sworn to suffer evil, and changeth not;

His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age!

Thou hast said to Jehovah, 'My Lord Thou art;' My good is not for thine own sake;

Multiplied are their griefs, Who have hastened backward; I pour not out their libations of blood, Nor do I take up their names on my lips.

Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance is for me.

For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption.

Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys is with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!

A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear to my prayer, without lips of deceit.

From before thee my judgment doth go out; Thine eyes do see uprightly.

As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;

To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.

I -- I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.

Our steps now have compassed him;' Their eyes they set to turn aside in the land.

His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.

Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,

From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion is in life, And with Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied with sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith: -- I love Thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me.

And He bringeth me forth to a large place, He draweth me out, because He delighted in me.

Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.

And Jehovah doth return to me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, Over-against his eyes.

For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.

God! perfect is His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield is He to all those trusting in Him.

Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand.

And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy right hand doth support me, And Thy lowliness maketh me great.

I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,

And Thou girdest me with strength for battle, Causest my withstanders to bow under me.

As to mine enemies -- Thou hast given to me the neck, As to those hating me -- I cut them off.

Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.

At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,

God -- who is giving vengeance to me, And He subdueth peoples under me,

Therefore I confess Thee among nations, O Jehovah, And to Thy name I sing praise,

Magnifying the salvation of His king, And doing kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed -- unto the age!

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. The heavens are recounting the honour of God, And the work of His hands The expanse is declaring.

Day to day uttereth speech, And night to night sheweth knowledge.

Into all the earth hath their line gone forth, And to the end of the world their sayings, For the sun He placed a tent in them,

And he, as a bridegroom, goeth out from his covering, He rejoiceth as a mighty one To run the path.

The fear of Jehovah is clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah are true, They have been righteous -- together.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Jehovah doth answer thee, In a day of adversity, The name of the God of Jacob doth set thee on high,

He doth remember all thy presents, And thy burnt-offering doth reduce to ashes. Selah.

He doth give to thee according to thy heart, And all thy counsel doth fulfil.

O Jehovah, save the king, He doth answer us in the day we call!

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Jehovah, in Thy strength is the king joyful, In Thy salvation how greatly he rejoiceth.

The desire of his heart Thou gavest to him, And the request of his lips Thou hast not withheld. Selah.

Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him -- length of days, Age-during -- and for ever.

For Thou makest him blessings for ever, Thou dost cause him to rejoice with joy, By Thy countenance.

Thy hand cometh to all Thine enemies, Thy right hand doth find Thy haters.

To the Overseer, on 'The Hind of the Morning.' -- A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring?