The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

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.

A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they multiplied that trouble me? many are they that rise up against me.

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

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 the LORD.

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

To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are agitated.

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.

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passeth through the paths of the seas.

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

When my enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

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

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

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

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thy ear to hear:

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

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

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

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

The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

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.

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

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

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thy eyes behold the things that are equal.

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thy ear to me, and hear my speech.

They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

From men who are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, who have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion around him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them who hated me: for they were too strong for me.

For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?

He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.

I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they have fallen under my feet.

There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honey-comb.

We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfill all thy petitions.

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

They are brought down and fallen: but we are raised, and stand upright.

For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

They cried to thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

All they that are fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

My eyes are ever towards the LORD; for he will pluck my feet out of the net.

The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.

Consider my enemies, for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy honor dwelleth.

Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

Bow down thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me.

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from them that persecute me.

Be of good courage, and he will strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near to thee.

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.

For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

They looked to him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.

The LORD is nigh to them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into my own bosom.

I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath ceased to be wise, and to do good.

Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as are of upright deportment.

For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the earth; and they that are cursed by him shall be cut off.

The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he will exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

For my iniquities have gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

My wounds are offensive, and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

For my loins are filled with a lothsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

But my enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.