Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.

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.

As for the ungodly, it is not so with them: but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth.

He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.

Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

So now, you kings, do what is wise; you rulers of the earth, submit to correction!

Pay homage to the Son or He will be angry
and you will perish in your rebellion,
for His anger may ignite at any moment.
All those who take refuge in Him are happy.

I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness; Thou hast set me at large when I was in distress: Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

How long, exalted men, will my honor be insulted?
How long will you love what is worthless
and pursue a lie?Selah

But understand this: the LORD has set apart the godly for himself! The LORD will hear me when I cry out to him!

Be angry, yet do not sin. Think about this when upon your beds, and be silent. Interlude

You have put joy in my heart,
More than [others know] when their wheat and new wine have yielded abundantly.

In peace I will lie down and sleep {at once}, for you alone, O Yahweh, make me dwell safely.

For the music director, to be accompanied by wind instruments; a psalm of David. Listen to what I say, Lord! Carefully consider my complaint!

Jehovah, at morning Thou hearest my voice, At morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out.

But as for me, I will enter Your house through the abundance of Your steadfast love and tender mercy;
At Your holy temple I will bow [obediently] in reverence for You.

Lord, lead me in your righteousness because of those who wait to ambush me, remove the obstacles in the way in which you are guiding me!

For there is nothing reliable in what they say;
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.

Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

But let all those who put their faith in you be glad with cries of joy at all times, and let all the lovers of your name be glad in you.

For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield. For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm by David.

To the Chief Musician, for eight-stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in Your anger, nor chasten me in the heat of Your fury.

And my soul is deeply distressed. But you, LORD, how long do I wait?

Turn back, O Jehovah, draw out my soul, Save me for Thy kindness' sake.

The voice of my sorrow is a weariness to me; all the night I make my bed wet with weeping; it is watered by the drops flowing from my eyes.

Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free;

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

O Lord my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,

If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

Rise, O Jehovah, in Thine anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of mine adversaries, And awake Thou for me: Judgment Thou hast commanded:

And a company of peoples compass Thee, And over it on high turn Thou back,

God is a righteous judge, And He is not angry at all times.

If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, [the] moon and [the] stars which you set in place--

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Yet You have made him a little lower than God,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

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

Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.

Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.

For he sought out bloods, be remembered them: he forget not the cry of the humble.

Be gracious to me, Lord;
consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.
Lift me up from the gates of death,

The nations sank into the pit they made: in the net they hid, their foot was taken by it

The LORD has made himself known, executing judgment. The wicked are ensnared by what their hands have made. Interlude

Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,

Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the Lord.

The wicked, in the pride of his countenance,'saith , He will not require it . All his thoughts are, There is no God.

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

He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

To judge the orphan and the dejected, that the man of the earth shall no more add to make afraid.

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.

If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

May the Lord rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!

For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face. For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

To the Chief Musician, on eight. A Psalm of David. Help, Jehovah, for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the sons of men.

The LORD shall root out all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things,

Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; who is lord and master over us?”

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

The Lord's words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined.

The wicked wander everywhere,
and what is worthless is exalted by the human race.

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

How long must I struggle in my soul at night and have sorrow in my heart during the day? How long will my enemy rise up against me?

Look at me! Answer me, LORD, my God! Give light to my eyes! Otherwise, I will sleep in death;

lest mine enemy say, "I have prevailed against him." For if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it.

Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They are corrupt and commit evil deeds; not one of them practices what is good.

Yahweh, out of the heavens, looked down over the sons of men, - to see whether there was one that showed wisdom, enquiring after God: -

They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

As for you, ye have made a mock at the counsel of the poor, because he putteth his trust in the LORD.

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.

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right. He who speaks honestly in his heart.

In whose eyes the depraved person is contemned, and who honoureth them that fear Jehovah; who, if he have sworn to his own hurt, changeth it not;

He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

It belongeth unto the holy ones, whom, in his own land, Yahweh, ennobleth, In whom is all his delight

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.

Fair are the places marked out for me; I have a noble heritage.

I will bless Yahweh who advises me; yes, [at] night my {innermost being} instructs me.

I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

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

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

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

When you probe my heart, and examine me at night; when you refine me, you will find nothing wrong, for I have determined that I will not transgress with my mouth.

Concerning what people do:
by the word of Your lips
I have avoided the ways of the violent.

I call on You, God,
because You will answer me;
listen closely to me; hear what I say.

Show wondrously your acts of loyal love, O Savior of those who take refuge at your right hand from those who rise up against [them].

Now they surround us at our [every] step. They {intend} {to pin} [me] to the ground.

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

From men with Your hand, O Lord,
From men of the world [these moths of the night] whose portion [of enjoyment] is in this life—idle and vain,
And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And they leave what they have left [of wealth] to their children.

They have children at their desire, and leave the rest of their substance for their babes. But as for me, I shall behold thy presence in righteousness: and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it.