How happy the man, who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless, - and, in the way of sinners, hath not stood, and, in the seat of scoffers, hath not sat;

Let me tell of a decree, - Yahweh, hath said unto me, My son, thou art, I, to-day, have begotten thee:

With my voice - unto Yahweh, do I cry, and he hath answered me out of his holy mountain. Selah.

Know ye, then, that Yahweh hath set apart the man of lovingkindness for himself: Yahweh, will hear, when I cry to him.

My face, is all sunken with sorrow, - it hath aged, because of all mine adversaries.

Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity, for Yahweh hath heard the voice of my weeping:

Yahweh, hath heard my supplication, Yahweh, will receive, my prayer.

O Yahweh my God, If I have done this, If there hath been perversity in my hands:

If he turn not, his sword, will he whet, - his bow, hath he bent, and made ready:

But, for himself, hath he made ready the weapons so deadly, His arrows, he, so fiery, would make:

O enemy! complete are the desolations, evermore, - even cities, hast thou uprooted, The memory of, them, hath perished.

Show me favour, O Yahweh! Behold my humiliation due to them who hate me, Lift me on high out of the gates of death;

To be known is Yahweh, by the sentence he hath executed, By the doing of his own hands, is he about to strike down the lawless one. Refunding music. Selah.

For the lawless one hath boasted over the longing of his soul, and, the robber, hath blasphemed Yahweh.

He hath said in his heart, I shall not be shaken, - From generation to generation, shall I be in no misfortune.

He hath said in his heart, GOD hath forgotten, - He hath veiled his face, Oh he hath never seen!

Wherefore hath the lawless one blasphemed God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it !

Yahweh, putteth, the righteous, to the test, - But the lawless one and the lover of violence, his soul doth hate.

I will sing to Yahweh, for he hath dealt beautifully with me.

The impious hath said in his heart - There is no God! They have acted corruptly, they have done an abominable deed, there is none that doeth good.

Hath not carried slander on his tongue, hath not done his friend a wrong, nor, a reproach, taken up against his neighbour;

Despised in his sight, is the reprobate, but, them who revere Yahweh, he doth honour, he hath sworn to his neighbour, and will not change;

His silver, hath he not put out on interest, nor, a bribe against the innocent, hath he taken. He that doeth these things, shall not be shaken unto times age-abiding.

I will bless Yahweh, who hath counselled me, - Surely, by night, shall mine impulses admonish me.

Therefore, hath my heart rejoiced, and mine honour exulted, Yea, my flesh, shall settle down securely;

As for GOD, blameless is his way, The speech of Yahweh hath been proved, A shield, he is to all who seek refuge in him.

The GOD, who hath avenged me, - and subjugated peoples under me:

Who hath delivered me from my foes, - Yea, from mine assailants, hast thou set me on high, From the man of violence, hast thou rescued me.

Yet through all the earth, hath gone forth their voice, - and, to the end of the world, their sayings, - For the sun, hath he set up a tent therein;

Now, do I know that Yahweh, hath saved, his Anointed One, - He answereth him out of his holy heavens, by the mighty saving deeds of his own right hand.

Yahweh, hath saved the king. Answer us, then, on the day when we call.

Thy hand, will find out, all thy foes, Thine own right hand, will find out them who hate thee.

Like water, am I poured out, and, put out of joint, are all my bones, - My heart, hath become, like wax, it is melted in the midst of my body;

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the humbling of the patient one, neither hath he hid his face from him, but, when he cried for help unto him, he heard.

Thou spreadest before me a table, in face of mine adversaries, Thou hast anointed, with oil, my head, My cup, hath run over.

For, he, upon the seas, hath founded it, and upon the currents, doth make it firm.

The clean of hands, and pure of heart, - who hath not uplifted, to falsehood, his soul, nor sworn deceitfully,

The distresses of my heart, hath he relieved, - and, out of my straits, brought me forth.

Behold my foes, for they abound, - and, with the hatred of violence, do they hate me.

For, thy lovingkindness, hath been before mine eyes, and I have walked to and fro in thy faithfulness;

Blessed be Yahweh, Because he hath heard the voice of my supplication.

Yahweh, is my strength and my shield, In him, hath trusted my heart, and I have found help, - Therefore hath my heart danced for joy, and, with my song, do I praise him.

The voice of Yahweh, is upon the waters, - The GOD of glory, hath thundered, Yahweh, is upon mighty waters;

The voice of Yahweh, is breaking cedars, Now hath Yahweh, broken down, the cedars of Lebanon!

And hath made them leap like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion, like the bull-calf of wild-oxen;

The voice of Yahweh, causeth the gazelles to bring forth, and hath stript forests; and, in his own temple, every one there, is saying, Glory!

Yahweh, at the Flood, was seated, And Yahweh hath taken his seat, as king, unto times age-abiding.

I hate such as give heed to false vanities, I, then, in Yahweh, have set my hope.

For, consumed with sorrow, is my life, and my years with sighing, - My strength hath staggered with my humiliation, and, my bones, are without marrow.

Blessed be Yahweh, for he hath made wonderful his lovingkindness for me, in a fortified city.

Many pains, hath the lawless one, - But, he that trusteth in Yahweh, Lovingkindness, shall compass him about.

Yahweh, hath frustrated the counsel of nations, hath brought to nothing the devices of peoples.

How happy the nation whose God is, Yahweh, The people he hath chosen as his own inheritance!

Out of the heavens, hath Yahweh looked, He hath seen all the sons of men:

Out of his settled place of abode, hath he fixed his gaze on all the inhabitants of the earth:

Our own soul, hath waited for Yahweh, Our help and our shield, is he!

I enquired of Yahweh, and he hath answered me, And, out of all my terrors, hath he rescued me.

The messenger of Yahweh encampeth around them who revere him, Thus hath he delivered them.

They made outcry, and Yahweh heard, And, out of all their straits, hath he rescued them.

There shall reach him a ruin he could not know, - Yea, his own net which he hath hidden, shall capture him, Into that ruin, shall he fall!

Let not them who are falsely my foes rejoice over me, As for them who hate me without cause, let them not wink the eye!

Yea they have opened wide against me their mouth, They have said, Aha! Aha! our own eye, hath seen!

Let them shout in triumph and rejoice, who are desiring my justification; And let them say continually, Yahweh be magnified, Who hath taken pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

For he flattereth himself too much in his own eyes, to find his iniquity - to hate it .

The words of his mouth, are iniquity and deceit, he hath left off to show discretion by doing well:

Thus hath Yahweh helped them, thus hath he delivered them, - He will deliver them from the lawless, and will save them, because they have sought refuge in him.

O My Lord! before thee, is all my longing, and, my sighing, from thee, hath not been hid:

My heart, fluttereth, my strength hath forsaken me, and, as for the light of mine eyes, even they, are not with me:

And, my foes, are alive - have become strong, - and multiplied are they who hate me for false cause:

How happy the man, Who hath made Yahweh his confidence, who hath not turned unto the haughty, nor gone aside unto falsehood.

For there have closed in upon me, misfortunes beyond number, Mine iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see, They have become more than the hairs of my head, And, my courage, hath forsaken me!

Together - against me, do all who hate me whisper among themselves, Against me, devise they hurt for me.

An infliction of the Abandoned One hath been fixed upon him, and, now that he hath lien down, he will not again rise.

Even the man whom I used to salute, in whom I put confidence, who used to eat my bread, - hath magnified his heel against me!

My tears have been my food day and night, While it hath been said unto me all the day, Where is thy God?

Thou sufferest us to turn back from the adversary, And, they who hate us, have plundered at will:

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

All this, hath come upon us, Yet had we not forgotten thee, Neither had we dealt falsely with thy covenant;

Overflowed hath my heart, with an excellent theme, I will recite my poem concerning the king, Be, my tongue, like the pen of a scribe who is skilled.

Most beautiful thou art, beyond the sons of men, Graciousness hath been poured forth by thy lips, For this cause, hath God blessed thee, to times age-abiding.

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated lawlessness, - For this cause, hath God, thine own God, anointed thee, With the oil of gladness, beyond thy partners.

A river! whose channels, shall gladden the city of God, The Most High, hath hallowed his habitation.

Nations have roared, Kingdoms have tottered, He hath uttered his voice, Earth melteth.

Come! view the doings of Yahweh, - Who hath set desolations in the earth;

He chooseth for us our inheritance, The excellence of Jacob, which he hath loved. Selah.

God hath ascended with a shout, Yahweh, with the sound of a horn.

God, hath become king, over the nations, God, hath taken his seat upon his holy throne.

But, a son of earth, though wealthy, cannot tarry, He hath made himself a by-word - Beasts, they resemble:

A son of earth though wealthy, who discerneth not, Hath made himself a by-word, Beasts, they resemble.

El, Elohim, Yahweh, hath spoken, and culled the earth, From the rising of the sun, unto the going in thereof:

Let our God come, and let him not keep silence! A fire - before him, shall devour, And, around him, hath it become exceeding tempestuous:

If thou sawest a thief, then didst thou run with him, - And, with adulterers, hath been thy chosen life;

The impious hath said in his heart, There is no God! They have acted corruptly, They have wrought abominable perversity, There is none that doeth good: -

There have they been in great dread where no dread was, Because, God, hath scattered the bones of thy besieger, - Thou hast put him to shame, Because, God, had, rejected, them.

For, out of all distress, hath he rescued me, - And, upon my foes, hath, mine own eye, looked.

For it is, not an enemy, that reproacheth me, Or I could bear it, - Not one that hath hated me, who, against me, hath magnified himself, Or I might hide myself from him;

At evening and morning and high noon, have I been wont to lament and complain, And he hath heard my voice!

He hath completely redeemed my soul, out of the attack upon me, For, in multitudes, were they in conflict with me.

He hath thrust forth his hands, against them he was wont to salute, he hath violated his covenant;

Show me favour, O God, For weak man hath panted for me, All the day, a fighter oppresseth me: