And he will be like a tree firmly planted [and fed] by streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season;
Its leaf does not wither;
And in whatever he does, he prospers [and comes to maturity].

If a man does not repent, God will sharpen His sword;
He has strung and bent His [mighty] bow and made it ready.

For He who avenges blood [unjustly shed] remembers them (His people);
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted and abused.

Why has the wicked spurned and shown disrespect to God?
He has said to himself, “You will not require me to account.”

The [spiritually ignorant] fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they have committed repulsive and unspeakable deeds;
There is no one who does good.

They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt;
There is no one who does good, not even one.

He does not slander with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

In his eyes an evil person is despised,
But he honors those who fear the Lord [and obediently worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder].
He keeps his word even to his own disadvantage and does not change it [for his own benefit];

He does not put out his money at interest [to a fellow Israelite],
And does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things will never be shaken.

A horse is a false hope for victory;
Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.

For in Him our heart rejoices,
Because we trust [lean on, rely on, and are confident] in His holy name.

He plans wrongdoing on his bed;
He sets himself on a path that is not good;
He does not reject or despise evil.

By this I know that You favor and delight in me,
Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

But man, with all his [self] honor and pomp, will not endure;
He is like the beasts that perish.

Though while he lives he counts himself happy and prosperous—
And though people praise you when you do well for yourself—

May our God come and not keep silent;
Fire devours before Him,
And around Him a mighty tempest rages.

The [empty-headed] fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt and evil, and have committed repulsive injustice;
There is no one who does good.

Every one of them has turned aside and fallen away;
Together they have become filthy and corrupt;
There is no one who does good, no, not even one.

Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel,
Who alone does wonderful things.

They say, “How does God know?
Is there knowledge [of us] with the Most High?”

O God, why have You rejected us forever?
Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?

We do not see our symbols;
There is no longer any prophet [to guide us],
Nor does any among us know for how long.

You are the [awesome] God who works [powerful] wonders;
You have demonstrated Your power among the people.

For He [graciously] remembered that they were mere [human] flesh,
A wind that goes and does not return.

A senseless man [in his crude and uncultivated state] knows nothing,
Nor does a [self-righteous] fool understand this:

Yet they say, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob (Israel) notice it.”

But our God is in heaven;
He does whatever He pleases.

The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous:
The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.

The right hand of the Lord is exalted;
The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.

To Him who alone does great wonders,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

He does not delight in the strength (military power) of the horse,
Nor does He take pleasure in the legs (strength) of a man.