Know that the Lord has set apart
the faithful for Himself;
the Lord will hear when I call to Him.

The Lord has revealed Himself;
He has executed justice,
striking down the wicked
by the work of their hands.Higgaion. Selah

He says to himself, “I will never be moved—
from generation to generation without calamity.”

He says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He hides His face and will never see.”

Why has the wicked person despised God?
He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.”

But You Yourself have seen trouble and grief,
observing it in order to take the matter into Your hands.
The helpless entrusts himself to You;
You are a helper of the fatherless.

for in his own eyes he flatters himself too much
to discover and hate his sin.

Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.
He sets himself on a path that is not good
and does not reject evil.

Though he praises himself during his lifetime—
and people praise you when you do well for yourself—

And it will be said of Zion,
“This one and that one were born in her.”
The Most High Himself will establish her.

What man can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?Selah

He Himself will deliver you from the hunter’s net,
from the destructive plague.

He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe,
spreading out the sky like a canopy,

Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself,
like a belt he always wears.

For Yahweh has chosen Jacob for Himself,
Israel as His treasured possession.