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.

O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)

Send them to destruction, O Lord; let their evil designs be the cause of their fall; let them be forced out by all their sins; because they have gone against your authority.

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.

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.

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;

So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.

Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)

You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.

What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?

He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.

Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?

You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

If the bases are broken down, what is the upright man to do?

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

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

May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! when the fate of his people is changed by the Lord, Jacob will have joy and Israel will be glad.

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

I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.

Let my cause come to your ears, O Lord, give attention to my cry; give ear to my prayer which goes not out from false lips.

There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.

The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.

He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.

He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.

For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.

They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.

Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.

They will be wasting away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.

It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.

Day after day it sends out its word, and night after night it gives knowledge.

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

His going out is from the end of the heaven, and his circle to the ends of it; there is nothing which is not open to his heat.

He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever.

I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,

But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from my mother's breasts.

I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.

I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.

All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.

The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it.

My eyes are turned to the Lord at all times; for he will take my feet out of the net.

The troubles of my heart are increased: O take me out of my sorrows.

O keep my soul, and take me out of danger: let me not be shamed, for I have put my faith in you.

Give Israel salvation, O God, out of all his troubles.

That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done.

Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.

Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.

Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.

And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.

The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.

For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.)

I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)

For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.

For he gave the word, and it was done; by his order it was fixed for ever.

I will be blessing the Lord at all times; his praise will be ever in my mouth.

My soul will say great things of the Lord: the poor in spirit will have knowledge of it and be glad.

What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?

Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.

The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.

Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

O Lord, be on my side against those who are judging me; be at war with those who make war against me.

And my soul will have joy in the Lord; it will be glad in his salvation.

My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.

Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.

Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.

Let not the foot of pride come against me, or the hand of the evil-doers put me out of my place.

Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.

Put your life in the hands of the Lord; have faith in him and he will do it.

For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.

The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

Be waiting for the Lord, and keep his way; and you will be lifted up, and have the land for your heritage: when the evil-doers are cut off, you will see it.

And the Lord will be their help, and keep them safe: he will take them out of the hands of the evil-doers, and be their saviour, because they had faith in him.

Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? my hope is in you.

I was quiet, and kept my mouth shut; because you had done it.

By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.

And he put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God; numbers have seen it with fear, and put their faith in the Lord.

O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.

Then I said, See, I come; it is recorded of me in the roll of the book,

For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them.

Be pleased, O Lord, to take me out of danger; O Lord, come quickly and give me help.

May the Lord God of Israel be praised, through eternal days and for ever. So be it. So be it.

Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.

O send out your light and your true word; let them be my guide: let them take me to your holy hill, and to your tents.

It has come to our ears, O God, our fathers have given us the story, of the works which you did in their days, in the old times,

For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them.

But it is you who have been our saviour from those who were against us, and have put to shame those who had hate for us.

Our pride is in God at all times, to his name we give praise for ever. (Selah.)

But now you have sent us away from you, and put us to shame; you do not go out with our armies.

You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us.

Our hearts have not gone back, and our steps have not been turned out of your way;

If the name of our God has gone out of our minds, or if our hands have been stretched out to a strange god,

Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart.

For our souls are crushed down to the dust: our bodies are stretched out on the earth.

Put on your sword, make it ready at your side, O strong chief, with your glory and power.