Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers,

but his delight is in the law of LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. And whatever he does shall prosper.

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

He who sits in the heavens will laugh. LORD will have them in derision.

Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and vex them in his great displeasure.

Thou shall break them with a rod of iron, thou shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

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

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness. Thou have enlarged me in distress. Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

But know that LORD has set apart for himself him who is holy. LORD will hear when I call to him.

Stand in awe, and sin not. Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in LORD.

Thou have put gladness in my heart more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.

In peace I will both lay down and sleep, for thou, LORD, alone make me dwell in safety.

O LORD, in the morning thou shall hear my voice. In the morning I will direct to thee, and will keep watch.

For thou are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil shall not sojourn with thee.

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

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

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

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their inward part is very wickedness. Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongue they {deceive (LXX/NT)}.

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.

But let all those who take refuge in thee rejoice. Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defend them. Let those also who love thy name be joyful in thee.

O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, nor chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

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

O LORD my God, in thee do I take refuge. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

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

O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands,

let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it. Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

Arise, O LORD, in thine anger. Lift up thyself against the rage of my adversaries, and awake for me the justice thou have commanded.

And let the congregation of the peoples encompass thee about, and return thou on high over them.

LORD shall judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.

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

My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own scalp.

O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth, who has set thy glory upon the heavens!

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

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

I will be glad and exult in thee. I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.

When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish at thy presence.

For thou have maintained my right and my cause. Thou sit in the throne judging righteously.

The enemy have come to an end. They are desolate forever, and the cities which thou have overthrown. The very memory of them is perished,

and he will judge the world in righteousness. He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness.

LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble.

And those who know thy name will put their trust in thee, for thou, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek thee.

Sing praises to LORD, who dwells in Zion. Declare among the people his doings.

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

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

LORD has made himself known. He has executed justice. The wicked man is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

Arise, O LORD, let not man prevail. Let the nations be judged in thy sight.

Put them in fear, O LORD. Let the nations know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Why do thou stand afar off, O LORD? Why do thou hide thyself in times of trouble?

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

The wicked man, in the pride of his countenance, [says], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

He says in his heart, I shall not be moved. To all generations I shall not be in adversity.

He sits in the lurking-places of the villages. In the covert places he murders the innocent man. His eyes are secretly set against the poor man.

He lurks in secret as a lion in his covert. He lays in wait to catch the poor man. He catches the poor man when he draws him in his net.

He says in his heart, God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.

Why does the wicked man despise God, and say in his heart, Thou will not require [it]?

In LORD I take refuge. How will ye say to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain.

For, lo, the wicked bend the bow. They make ready their arrow upon the string that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

LORD is in his holy temple. LORD's throne is in heaven. His eyes, behold, his eyelids try, the sons of men.

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

Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says LORD. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.

The words of LORD 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.

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him, [lest] my adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

But I have trusted in thy loving kindness. My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that does good.

They are all gone aside. They are together become filthy. There is none who does good, no, not one.

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

O that the salvation of Israel came out of Zion! When LORD brings back the captivity of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.

LORD, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart,

in whose eyes a reprobate is despised, but who honors those who fear LORD, he that swears to his own hurt, and changes not,

Preserve me, O God, for in thee do I take refuge.

As for the sanctified who are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

The lines are fallen to me in pleasant places. Yea, I have a fine heritage.

I will bless LORD, who has given me counsel. Yea, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices. My flesh also shall dwell in {hope (LXX/NT)}.

Thou have proved my heart. Thou have visited me in the night. Thou have tried me, and find nothing. I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

They are enclosed in their own fat. With their mouth they speak proudly.

They have now encompassed us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast down to the earth.

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 LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in [this] life, and whose belly thou fill with thy treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy form.

LORD 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.

In my distress I called upon LORD, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry before him came into his ears.

LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.

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 LORD was my stay.

He also brought me forth into a large place. He delivered me because he delighted in me.

Therefore LORD has 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 LORD is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

There is no speech nor language {in which (LXX)} their voice is not heard.

Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tabernacle for the sun,

Moreover by them thy servant is warned. In keeping them there is great reward.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my rock, and my redeemer.

LORD answer thee in the day of trouble. The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high,