Therefore the wicked will not escape judgment, nor will sinners have a place in the assembly of the righteous.

"I have set my king on Zion, my holy mountain."

Let me announce the decree of the LORD that he told me: "You are my son, today I have become your father.

LORD, I have so many persecutors! Many are rising up against me!

You have given me more joy in my heart than at harvest times, when grain and wine abound.

Declare them guilty, God! Let them fall by their own schemes. Drive them away because of their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

LORD, my God, if I have done this thing, if there is injustice on my hands,

if I have rewarded those who did me good with evil, if I have plundered my enemy without justification,

Get up, LORD, in your anger! Rise up, because of the fury of my enemies; Arouse yourself for me; you have ordained justice.

Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have established strength on account of your adversaries, in order to silence the enemy and vengeful foe.

For you have brought about justice for me and my cause; you sit on the throne judging righteously.

Those who know your name will trust you, for you have not forsaken those who seek you, LORD.

The nations have sunk down into the pit they made, their feet are ensnared in the trap they set.

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

The wicked will turn back to where the dead are all the nations that have forgotten God.

But you do see! You take note of trouble and grief in order to take the matter into your own hand. The helpless one commits himself to you; you have been the orphan's helper.

Look, the wicked have bent their bow and placed their arrow on the string, to shoot from the darkness at the upright in heart.

Help, LORD, for godly people no longer exist; trustworthy people have disappeared from humanity.

How long must I struggle in my soul at night and have sorrow in my heart during the day? How long will my enemy rise up against me?

Otherwise, my enemy will say, "I have overcome him;" Otherwise, my persecutor will rejoice when I am shaken.

As for me, I have trusted in your gracious love, my heart will rejoice in your deliverance.

All have turned away, together they have become corrupt; no one practices what is good, not even one.

I told the LORD, "You are my master, I have nothing good apart from you."

Those who hurry after another god will have many sorrows; I will not present their drink offerings of blood, nor will my lips speak their names.

The boundary lines have fallen in pleasant places for me; truly, I have a beautiful heritage.

I have set the LORD before me continuously; because he stands at my right hand, I will stand firm.

When you probe my heart, and examine me at night; when you refine me, you will find nothing wrong, for I have determined that I will not transgress with my mouth.

As for the ways of mankind, I have, according to the words of your lips, avoided the ways of the violent.

Because my steps have held fast to your paths, my footsteps have not faltered.

from the wicked who have afflicted me, from my enemies who have surrounded me.

They are imprisoned by their own prosperity, they have boasted proudly with their mouth.

Now they have encircled our paths and are determined to cast us down to the ground.

from men, LORD, by your hand from men who belong to this world, whose reward is only in this life. But as for your treasured ones, may their stomachs be full, may their children have an abundance, and may they leave wealth to their offspring.

because I have kept the ways of the LORD, and I have not wickedly departed from my God;

You have given to me the shield of your deliverance, and your right hand holds me up; your gentleness made me great.

You have made my enemies turn their back to me, and I will destroy those who hate me.

You have granted him the desire of his heart, and have not withheld what his lips requested. Interlude

His glory is great because of your deliverance, you have given him honor and majesty.

Indeed, you have given him eternal blessings; you will make him glad with the joy of your presence.

My God! My God! Why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from delivering me from my groaning words?

My God, I cry out to you throughout the day, but you do not answer; and throughout the night, but I have no rest.

I was dependent on you from birth; from my mother's womb you have been my God.

Many bulls have surrounded me; the vicious bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

My strength is dried up like broken pottery; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth, and you have brought me down to the dust of death.

For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of those who practice of evil has encircled me. They gouged my hands and my feet.

Deliver me from the mouth of the lion, from the horns of the wild oxen. You have answered me.

Guide me in your truth and teach me; for you are the God who delivers me. All day long I have waited for you.

Turn toward me and have mercy on me, for I am lonely and oppressed.

The troubles of my heart have increased; bring me out of my distress!

Look how many enemies I have gained! They hate me with a vicious hatred.

Vindicate me, LORD, because I have walked in integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

I have asked one thing from the LORD; it is what I really seek: that I may remain in the LORD's Temple all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD; and to inquire in his Temple.

Do not hide your face from me; do not turn away in anger from your servant. You have been my help, therefore do not abandon or forsake me, God of my salvation.

Do not hand me over to the desires of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen up against me; even the one who breathes out violence.

I exalt you, LORD, for you have lifted me up, and my enemies could not gloat over me.

Hear me, LORD, and have mercy on me! LORD, help me!

You have turned my mourning into dancing; you took off my sackcloth and clothed me with a garment of joy,

In you, LORD, I have taken refuge. Let me never be ashamed. Because you are righteous, deliver me!

Into your hands I commit my spirit; for you have redeemed me, LORD God of truth.

I despise those who trust vain idols; but I have trusted in the LORD.

You have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy, but you have set my feet in a sturdy place.

Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am in distress. My eyes have been consumed by my grief along with my soul and my body.

My life is consumed by sorrow, my years with groaning. My strength has faltered because of my iniquity; my bones have been consumed.

I have become an object of reproach to all my enemies, especially to my neighbors. I have become an object of fear to my friends, and whoever sees me outside runs away from me.

I have heard the slander of many; it is like terror all around me, as they conspire together and plot to take my life.

Let me not be ashamed, LORD, for I have called upon you. Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in the next life.

How great is your goodness that you have reserved for those who fear you, that you have set in place for those who take refuge in you, in the presence of the children of men.

When I said in my panic, "I have been cut off in your sight," then you surely heard the voice of my prayer in my plea to you for help.

The wicked have many sorrows, but gracious love surrounds those who trust in the LORD.

Indeed, our heart will rejoice in him, because we have placed our trust in his holy name.

A righteous person will have many troubles, but the LORD will deliver him from them all.

Don't let them say in their hearts, "Yes! We got what we wanted." Don't let them say, "We have swallowed him up."

There, those who do evil have fallen; They have been thrown down, and they cannot get up. Davidic

Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked people.

They will not experience shame in times of trouble; in times of famine they will have plenty.

I once was young and now I am old, but I have not seen a righteous person forsaken or his descendants begging for bread.

The LORD helps and delivers them; he will deliver them from the wicked, and he will save them because they have sought refuge in him. A Davidic Psalm: As a Reminder.

because your arrows have sunk deep into me, and your hand has come down hard on me.

My body is unhealthy due to your anger, and my bones have no rest due to my sin.

My wounds have putrefied and festered because of my foolishness.

Indeed, I have become like a man who hears nothing, and in whose mouth there is no rebuke.

Because I have placed my hope in you, LORD, you will answer, Lord, my God.

Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude

How long, LORD, will I wait expectantly? I have placed my hope in you.

Stop scourging me, since I have been crushed by your heavy hand.

LORD, my God, You have done great things: marvelous works and your thoughts toward us. There is no one who compares to you! I will try to recite your actions, even though there are too many to number.

You take no delight in sacrifices and offerings you have prepared my ears to listen you require no burnt offerings or sacrifices for sin.

Then I said, "Here I am! I have come! In the scroll of the book it is written about me.

In the great congregation I have proclaimed the righteous good news. Behold, I did not seal my lips, LORD, as you know.

I have not ignored your righteousness in my heart; instead, I have proclaimed your faithfulness and deliverance. I have not concealed your gracious love and truthfulness from the great congregation.

Innumerable evils have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me so that I cannot see. They are more in number than the hair on my head, and my courage has forsaken me.

As for me, I said, "LORD, be gracious to me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you!"

My tears have been my food day and night, while people keep asking me all day long, "Where is your God?"

I will ask God, my Rock, "Why have you forsaken me? Why do I go around mourning under the enemy's oppression?"

Since you are the God who strengthens me, why have you forsaken me? Why do I go around mourning under the enemy's oppression?"

All this came upon us, yet we did not forsake you, and we have not dealt falsely with your covenant;

Our hearts have not turned away; our steps have not swerved from your path.

For we have collapsed in the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.

My heart is overflowing with good news; I speak what I have composed to the king; my tongue is like the pen of an articulate scribe.

All your clothes are scented with myrrh, aloes, and cassia. From ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.