Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of the scornful.

He who sits [enthroned] in the heavens laughs [at their rebellion];
The [Sovereign] Lord scoffs at them [and in supreme contempt He mocks them].

I will make clear the Lord's decision: he has said to me, You are my son, this day have I given you being.

Rise, O Jehovah! save me, my God. Because Thou hast smitten All mine enemies on the cheek. The teeth of the wicked Thou hast broken.

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.} When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness: in pressure thou hast enlarged me; be gracious unto me, and hear my prayer.

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

There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.

Thou hast given joy in my heart, From the time their corn and their wine Have been multiplied.

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

The boastful station not themselves before Thine eyes: Thou hast hated all working iniquity.

My eyesight has faded because of grief, it has dimmed because of all my enemies.

Get away from me, all of you who practice evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.

The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD receives my prayer.

Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.

God is a righteous judge,
And a God who has indignation every day.

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

He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons;
He makes His arrows fiery shafts.

That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.

He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the hole which he made.

{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.

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 consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

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

The enemy has perished, reduced to ruins forever. You uprooted their cities, the very memory of them vanished.

But the Lord abides forever;
He has established His throne for judgment,

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

Sing praises to the Lord, who rules in Zion! Tell the nations what he has done!

As an avenger of blood, he remembers them; he has not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

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

The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

He is secure at all times. He has no regard for your commands; he disdains all his enemies.

He has said in his heart, I will not be moved: through all generations I will never be in trouble.

The wicked say to themselves, "God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it."

Why has the wicked spurned God?
He has said to himself, “You will 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.

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

“If the foundations [of a godly society] are destroyed,
What can the righteous do?”

The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.

Send help, Lord, for mercy has come to an end; there is no more faith among the children of men.

that has said, With our tongue we shall do much; our lips are our own; who is lord over us?

I will sing to the LORD, for he has dealt bountifully with me. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds;
There is no one who does good.

The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there are any who understand,
Who seek after God.

in whose eyes the reprobate is despised, but he honors those who fear Jehovah; he has sworn to his hurt, and does not change it;

he has not put out his money at interest, nor has he taken a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall not be moved forever.

O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;

To the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent thou hast said, In them is all my delight.

I will bless the LORD who has counseled me; indeed, my conscience instructs me during the night.

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Thou hast held fast my goings on to thy ways, My footsteps have not been shaken:

The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.

On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.

yet their message goes out into all the world, and their words to the ends of the earth. He has set up a tent for the sun in the heavens,

The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.

Who has full knowledge of his errors? make me clean from secret evil.

Now I know that the LORD has delivered his anointed; he has answered him from his sanctuary with the strength of his right hand of deliverance.

Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

For thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness; thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head.

Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him -- length of days, Age-during -- and for ever.

His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.

For the king has faith in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High he will not be moved.

{To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

Upon thee, was I cast from the time I was born, From the womb of my mother, my GOD, hast thou been.

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.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me;
A gang of evildoers has encircled me,
They pierced my hands and my feet.

Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

For He has not despised nor detested the suffering of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He listened.

All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.

They will come and declare His righteousness
To a people yet to be born—that He has done it [and that it is finished].

Thou arrangest before me a table, Over-against my adversaries, Thou hast anointed with oil my head, My cup is full!

For He has founded it upon the seas
And established it upon the streams and the rivers.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to what is false,
Nor has sworn [oaths] deceitfully.

For Thy name's sake, O Jehovah, Thou hast pardoned mine iniquity, for it is great.

If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure.

O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.

Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.

Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Because they do not consider
what the Lord has done
or the work of His hands,
He will tear them down and not rebuild them.

Blessed be the Lord,
Because He has heard the voice of my supplication.

LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise him.

{A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.} I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

And in my prosperity I said, "I shall never be removed." And why? Thou, LORD, of thy goodness, hast made my hill so strong.

LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;