Give worship to the Lord with fear, kissing his feet and giving him honour,

For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.

For you, Lord, will send a blessing on the upright man; your grace will be round him, and you will be his strength.

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

O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free;

If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

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

His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.

What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?

For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.

You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet;

The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than he may see: as for his haters, they are as nothing to him.

He keeps himself in a secret place like a lion in his hole, waiting to put his hands on the poor man, and pulling him into his net.

Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved.

The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.

He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.

And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

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

As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.

Now am I certain that the Lord gives salvation to his king; he will give him an answer from his holy heaven with the strength of salvation in his right hand.

You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.)

For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head.

He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever.

His glory is great in your salvation: honour and authority have you put on him.

For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.

He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.

You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel.

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.

The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.

All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.

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.

The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.

Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.

The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.

Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.

For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.

Give praise to the Lord on the corded instrument; make melody to him with instruments of music.

Make a new song to him; playing expertly with a loud noise.

Let the earth be full of the fear of the Lord; let all the people of the world be in holy fear of him.

He makes all their hearts; their works are clear to him.

See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;

For in him our hearts have joy; in his holy name is our hope.

Let your eyes be turned to him and you will have light, and your faces will not be shamed.

This poor man's cry came before the Lord, and he gave him salvation from all his troubles.

The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who have fear of him, to keep them safe.

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

Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

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.

All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The saviour of the poor man from the hands of the strong, of him who is poor and in need from him who takes his goods.

Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.

Put your life in the hands of the Lord; have faith in him and he will do it.

Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.

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

Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

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

The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

The Lord will not give him into their hands, or be against him when he is judged.

But he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I made a search for him and he was not there.

And the Lord will be their help, and keep them safe: he will take them out of the hands of the evil-doers, and be their saviour, because they had faith in him.

The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters.

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.

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment.

So will the king have a great desire for you, seeing how beautiful you are; because he is your lord, give him honour.

He puts an end to wars over all the earth; by him the bow is broken, and the spear cut in two, and the carriage burned in the fire.

He will give us our heritage, the glory of Jacob who is dear to him. (Selah.)

For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.

For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

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

He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.

Through God we will do great things, for through him our haters will be crushed under our feet.

May the seat of his authority be before God for ever; may mercy and righteousness keep him safe.

My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my salvation.

How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?

Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)

My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my hope.

Have faith in him at all times, you people; let your hearts go flowing out before him: God is our safe place. (Selah.)

The upright will be glad in the Lord and have hope in him; and all the lovers of righteousness will give him glory.

Make a song in honour of his name: give praise and glory to him.

The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.

He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah.)

My voice went up to him, and I was lifted up from the underworld.

God will give us his blessing; so let all the ends of the earth be in fear of him.

Let God be seen, and let his haters be put to flight; let those who are against him be turned back before him.

Make songs to God, make songs of praise to his name; make a way for him who comes through the waste lands; his name is Jah; be glad before him.

Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.

The heads of the haters of God will be crushed; even the head of him who still goes on in his evil ways.

To him who goes or the clouds of heaven, the heaven which was from earliest times; he sends out his voice of power.

Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand is turned; they make bitter the grief of him who is wounded by you.

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

Let the heavens and the earth give praise to him, the seas, and everything moving in them.

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