How blessed is the person, who does not take the advice of the wicked, who does not stand on the path with sinners, and who does not sit in the seat of mockers.

Kiss the son before he becomes angry, and you die where you stand. Indeed, his wrath can flare up quickly. How blessed are those who take refuge in him. A Davidic Psalm, when he fled from his son Absalom.

A Psalm of David, in his fleeing from the face of Absalom his son. Jehovah, how have my distresses multiplied! Many are rising up against me.

You people, how long will you malign my reputation? How long will you love what is vain and what is false? Interlude

See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the Lord will give ear to my cry.

And my soul is deeply distressed. But you, LORD, how long do I wait?

LORD, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth! You set your glory above the heavens!

LORD, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth! To the Director: Accompanied by female voices. A Davidic Psalm.

Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;

For the music director; by David. In the Lord I have taken shelter. How can you say to me, "Flee to a mountain like a bird!

They say, "We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?"

For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?

How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me?

How long shall I put counsels in my soul, grief in my heart the day? how long shall mine enemy rise up against me?

Who can tell how oft he offendeth? O cleanse thou me from my secret faults.

O Lord the king will delight in Your strength,
And in Your salvation how greatly will he rejoice!

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

Teach me how you want me to live; lead me along a level path because of those who wait to ambush me!

I will be happy and rejoice in your faithfulness, because you notice my pain and you are aware of how distressed I am.

For I hear what so many are saying, the terrifying news that comes from every direction. When they plot together against me, they figure out how they can take my life.

How great is Your goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who [reverently] fear You,
Which You have prepared for those who take refuge in You,
Before the sons of man!

How blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

How blessed is the person against whom the LORD does not charge iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

I will instruct and teach you about how you should live. I will advise you as I look you in the eye.

How blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he has chosen as his own inheritance.

Taste and see that the LORD is good! How blessed is the person who trusts in him!

Lord, how long will You look on [without action]?
Rescue my life from their destructions,
My only life from the young lions.

How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
The children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

“Lord, let me know my [life’s] end
And [to appreciate] the extent of my days;
Let me know how frail I am [how transient is my stay here].

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

How blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord and does not seek help from the proud or from liars!

For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, the Lord delivers him.

These things I [vividly] remember as I pour out my soul;
How I used to go along before the great crowd of people and lead them in procession to the house of God [like a choirmaster before his singers, timing the steps to the music and the chant of the song],
With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a great crowd keeping a festival.

How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

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

God says this to the evildoer: "How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant?

How can they have understanding, that are the workers of wickedness, eating up my people as it were bread, and calling not upon God?

Take heed unto me, and hear me, how piteously I mourn and complain.

because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

How far away I would flee;
I would stay in the wilderness.Selah

How is it that by remaining silent you can speak righteously? How can you judge people fairly?

No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.

which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

They return at evening, they howl and snarl like dogs,
And go [prowling] around the city.

They return at evening, they howl and snarl like dogs,
And go [prowling] around the city.

How long will you threaten a man? All of you are murderers, as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence.

They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses. (Selah)

They encourage one another to carry out their evil deed. They plan how to hide snares, and boast, "Who will see them?"

How blessed is the one whom you choose, and allow to live in your palace courts. May we be satisfied with the good things of your house -- your holy palace.

Say to God, “How awesome and fearfully glorious are Your works!
Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will pretend to be obedient to You.

Come and see the works of God,
He is awesome in His deeds toward the children of men.

Then those living on earth will know what you are like; all nations will know how you deliver your people.

It is well seen, O God, how thou goest; how thou, my God and King, goest in the sanctuary.

O God, you see how foolish I am; and my wrongdoing is clear to you.

You know how I am insulted, humiliated and disgraced; you can see all my enemies.

For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast wounded.

My mouth shall show forth Your righteousness and Your salvation all the day; for I do not know how many they are.

They say, "How does God know what we do? Is the sovereign one aware of what goes on?"

When I considered how to understand this,
It was too great an effort for me and too painful

Namely, how thou hast set them in a slippery places, that thou mayest cast them down headlong and destroy them.

How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!

As for me, how good for me it is that God is near! I have made the Lord GOD my refuge so I can tell about all your deeds. An instruction of Asaph

We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

Remember this, O Lord, the enemy has scoffed,
And a foolish and impious people has spurned Your name.

Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

Lo, he smote the stony rock, that the watery streams gushed out, and the streams flowed withal: but how can he give bread and provide flesh for his people?"

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

They did not remember what he had done, how he delivered them from the enemy,

How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:

How he turned their waters into blood, so that they might not drink of the rivers;

How he sent lice among them, to eat them up, and frogs to destroy them;

How he gave their fruits unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the grasshopper;

How he beat down their vineyards with hail stones, and their mulberry trees with the frost;

How he smote their cattle also with hail stones, and their flocks with hot thunderbolts;

How he sent upon them the furiousness of his wrath, anger, displeasure, and trouble, and sent evil angels among them;

How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

O Lord God, invincible warrior! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you?

He says, "How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)

See how Your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate You have acted arrogantly.

{To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.} How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

How blessed are those who live in your temple and praise you continually! (Selah)

How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!

O Lord who rules over all, how blessed are those who trust in you!

O Lord, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!

How blessed are the people who worship you! O Lord, they experience your favor.

How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

how Your enemies have ridiculed, Lord,
how they have ridiculed every step of Your anointed.

How to number our days, so grant us to know, That we may win us a heart that hath wisdom.

Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

Only observe it with your eyes, and you will see how the wicked are paid back.

O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

Indeed, look at your enemies, O Lord! Indeed, look at how your enemies perish! All the evildoers are scattered!

that they may show how true the LORD my strength is, and that there is no unrighteousness in him.

LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O Lord, the one whom you teach from your law,

Sing to the Lord! Praise his name! Announce every day how he delivers!