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

See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the Lord will give ear to my cry.

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

Go from me, all you workers of evil; for the Lord has given ear to the voice of my weeping.

The Lord has given ear to my request; the Lord has let my prayer come before him.

He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.

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

He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made

You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.

But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.

When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)

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

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.

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.

I will make a song to the Lord, because he has given me my reward.

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night.

Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.

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

You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great.

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

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,

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.

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

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.

For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.

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 make his righteousness clear to a people of the future because he has done this.

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.

May the Lord be praised, because he has given ear to the voice of my prayer.

May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.

Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered.

The sinner will be full of trouble; but mercy will be round the man who has faith in the Lord.

Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has taken for his heritage.

By experience you will see that the Lord is good; happy is the man who has faith in him.

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

The Lord will be the saviour of the souls of his servants, and no one who has faith in him will be put to shame.

Let those who are on my side give cries of joy; let them ever say, The Lord be praised, for he has pleasure in the peace of his servant.

In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

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

Even if he has a fall he will not be without help: for the hand of the Lord is supporting 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.

Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.

Your righteousness has not been folded away in my heart; I have made clear your true word and your salvation; I have not kept secret your mercy or your faith from the great meeting.

Though I am poor and in need, the Lord has me in mind; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O my God.

They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again.

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,

All this has come on us, but still we have kept you in our memory; and we have not been false to your word.

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

You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.

Your robes are full of the smell of all sorts of perfumes and spices; music from the king's ivory houses has made you glad.

God has taken his place in her; she will not be moved: he will come to her help at the dawn of morning.

Come, see the works of the Lord, the destruction which he has made in the earth.

God has gone up with a glad cry, the Lord with the sound of the horn.

The God of gods, even the Lord, has sent out his voice, and the earth is full of fear; from the coming up of the sun to its going down.

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

Every one of them has gone back; they are unclean: there is not one who does good, no, not one.

They were in great fear, where there was no cause for fear: for the bones of those who make war on you have been broken by God; you have put them to shame, because God has no desire for them.

Because it has been my saviour from all my trouble; and my eyes have seen the punishment of my haters.

My heart is deeply wounded, and the fear of death has come on me.

He has taken my soul away from the attack which was made against me, and given it peace; for great numbers were against me.

He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.

God has said in his holy place, I will be glad: I will make a division of Shechem, and the valley of Succoth will be measured out.

Once has God said, twice has it come to my ears, that power is God's:

Because he gives us life, and has not let our feet be moved.

Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.

But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer.

Praise be to God who has not taken away his good faith and his mercy from me.

The earth has given her increase; and God, even our God, will give us his blessing.

The war-carriage of God is among Israel's thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai to the holy place.

You have gone up on high, taking your prisoners with you; you have taken offerings from men; the Lord God has taken his place on the seat of his power.

I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.

I will give praise to the name of God with a song; I will give glory to him for what he has done.

Saying, God has given him up; go after him and take him, for he has no helper.

Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.

Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.

When the right time has come, I will be the judge in righteousness.

Gone is the wealth of the strong, their last sleep has overcome them; the men of war have become feeble.

At the voice of your wrath, O God of Jacob, deep sleep has overcome carriage and horse.

Is his mercy quite gone for ever? has his word come to nothing?

Has God put away the memory of his pity? are his mercies shut up by his wrath? (Selah.)

We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done.

But he, being full of pity, has forgiveness for sin, and does not put an end to man: frequently turning back his wrath, and not being violently angry.

The Lord has more love for the doors of Zion than for all the tents of Jacob.

For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.

My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you.

The heat of your wrath has gone over me; I am broken by your cruel punishments.

You have made your agreement with your servant of no effect: you have had no respect for his crown, it has come down even to the earth.

You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.

Because he has given me his love, I will take him out of danger: I will put him in a place of honour, because he has kept my name in his heart.

The seat of your power has been from the past; you are eternal.