I will declare the decree: Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; I this day have begotten thee.

But know that Jehovah hath set apart the pious man for himself: Jehovah will hear when I call unto him.

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with thee.

Mine eye wasteth away through grief; it hath grown old because of all mine oppressors.

Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping.

Jehovah hath heard my supplication; Jehovah receiveth my prayer.

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

And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning.

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:

O enemy! destructions are ended for ever. Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished.

But Jehovah sitteth for ever; he hath ordained his throne for judgment.

For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.

Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah; consider mine affliction from them that hate me, lifting me up from the gates of death:

Jehovah is known by the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

He saith 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.

I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath dealt bountifully with me.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, they have done abominable works: there is none that doeth good.

Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

And Jehovah hath recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

And thou didst give me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand held me up; and thy condescending gentleness hath made me great.

The God who hath avenged me, and hath subjected the peoples to me;

Who hath delivered me from mine enemies: yea, thou hast lifted me up above them that rose up against me; from the man of violence hast thou delivered me.

Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their language to the extremity of the world. In them hath he set a tent for the sun,

Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him: but when he cried unto him, he heard.

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.

He that hath blameless hands and a pure heart; who lifteth not up his soul unto vanity, nor sweareth deceitfully:

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

Blessed be Jehovah, for he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

Blessed be Jehovah; for he hath shewn me wondrously his loving-kindness in a strong city.

Many sorrows hath the wicked; but he that confideth in Jehovah, loving-kindness shall encompass him.

Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance!

Evil shall destroy the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall bear their guilt.

Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.

Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; let them not wink with the eye that hate me without cause.

And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen it.

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good.

The little that the righteous hath is better than the abundance of many wicked;

My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me.

But mine enemies are lively, they are strong; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied:

And he brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock; he hath established my goings:

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, praise unto our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall confide in Jehovah.

Blessed is the man that hath made Jehovah his confidence, and turneth not to the proud, and to such as turn aside to lies.

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head: and my heart hath failed me.

All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt.

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.

Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;

All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

Thou art fairer than the sons of men; grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.

Come, behold the works of Jehovah, what desolations he hath made in the earth:

He hath made wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariots in the fire.

He hath chosen our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

{A Psalm. Of Asaph.} God, Elohim-Jehovah, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.

{To the chief Musician. On Mahalath: an instruction. Of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God! They have corrupted themselves, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

There were they in great fear, where no fear was; for God scattereth the bones of him that encampeth against thee. Thou hast put them to shame, for God hath despised them.

For he hath delivered me out of all trouble; and mine eye hath seen its desire upon mine enemies.

Fear and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hateth me that hath magnified himself against me then would I have hidden myself from him;

He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle against me: for there were many about me.

He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.

He will send from the heavens and save me; he hath covered with reproach him that would swallow me up. Selah. God hath sent forth his loving-kindness and his truth.

God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

Once hath God spoken, twice have I heard this, that strength belongeth unto God.

Who hath set our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

Come, hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

But God hath heard; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his loving-kindness from me!

{To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm: a Song.} Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered, and let them that hate him flee before him.

Thy flock hath dwelt therein: thou hast prepared in thy goodness, for the afflicted, O God!

Why do ye look with envy, ye many-peaked mountains, upon the mount that God hath desired for his abode? yea, Jehovah will dwell there for ever.

Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.

For the zeal of thy house hath devoured me, and the reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.

Deliver me out of the mire, let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the depths of waters.

Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

Saying, God hath forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver.

For he will deliver the needy who crieth, and the afflicted, who hath no helper;

Lift up thy steps unto the perpetual desolations: everything in the sanctuary hath the enemy destroyed.

Remember this, that an enemy hath reproached Jehovah, and a foolish people have contemned thy name.

Hath his loving-kindness ceased for ever? hath his word come to an end from generation to generation?

Hath God forgotten to be gracious? or hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

We will not hide them from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which he hath done.

And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.

Even the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant thou madest strong for thyself.

For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head.

Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she layeth her young, thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, my King and my God.

Shew me a token for good, that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed; for thou, Jehovah, hast helped me and comforted me.

I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:

Thy fierce anger hath gone over me; thy terrors have brought me to nought:

But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

Jehovah reigneth, he hath clothed himself with majesty: Jehovah hath clothed himself, he hath girded himself with strength; yea, the world is established, it shall not be moved.

Ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints, he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

{A Psalm.} Sing ye unto Jehovah a new song: for he hath done wondrous things; his right hand and his holy arm hath wrought salvation for him.