but his delight is in the law of LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. And whatever he does shall prosper.

He who sits in the heavens will laugh. LORD will have them in derision.

Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and vex them in his great displeasure.

Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

LORD, how my adversaries are increased! Many are those who rise up against me.

But thou, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory and he who lifts up of my head.

I cry to LORD with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.

O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.

My soul also is greatly troubled. And thou, O LORD, how long?

And let the congregation of the peoples encompass thee about, and return thou on high over them.

If a man does not repent, he will whet his sword. He has bent his bow, and made it ready.

He has also prepared for him the instruments of death. He makes his arrows fiery.

Behold [the wicked man], he travails with iniquity. Yea, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

He has made a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

I will give thanks to LORD according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of LORD Most High.

O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth, who has set thy glory upon the heavens!

O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

I will be glad and exult in thee. I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.

but LORD will endure forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment,

and he will judge the world in righteousness. He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness.

LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble.

For he who makes inquiry for blood remembers them. He does not forget the cry of the poor.

LORD has made himself known. He has executed justice. The wicked man is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

The wicked man, in the pride of his countenance, [says], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

His ways are profane at all times. Thy judgments are far above out of his sight. As for all his adversaries, he puffs at them.

He says in his heart, I shall not be moved. To all generations I shall not be in adversity.

He sits in the lurking-places of the villages. In the covert places he murders the innocent man. His eyes are secretly set against the poor man.

He lurks in secret as a lion in his covert. He lays in wait to catch the poor man. He catches the poor man when he draws him in his net.

He crouches, he bows down, and helpless men fall by his strong men.

He says in his heart, God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.

In LORD I take refuge. How will ye say to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain.

He will rain snares upon sinners. Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

For LORD is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright man shall behold his face.

Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says LORD. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.

How long, O LORD? Will thou forget me forever? How long will thou hide thy face from me?

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

I will sing to LORD because he has dealt bountifully with me.

He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart,

he who does no slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor,

in whose eyes a reprobate is despised, but who honors those who fear LORD, he that swears to his own hurt, and changes not,

he who puts not his money out to interest, nor takes a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.

I {beheld (LXX/NT)} LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

In my distress I called upon LORD, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry before him came into his ears.

Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken because he was angry.

He also bowed the heavens, and came down, and thick darkness was under his feet.

And he rode upon a cherub, and flew. Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.

He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.

And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them, Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.

He sent from on high, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

He also brought me forth into a large place. He delivered me because he delighted in me.

LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me.

As for God, his way is perfect. The word of LORD is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

He makes my feet like hinds' [feet], and sets me upon my high places.

He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of brass.

They cried, but there was none to save, even to LORD, but he answered them not.

He rescues me from my enemies. Yea, thou lift me up above those who rise up against me. Thou deliver me from the violent man.

He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.

Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tabernacle for the sun,

LORD answer thee in the day of trouble. The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high,

Now I know that LORD saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.

The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD. And in thy salvation how greatly he shall rejoice!

He asked life from thee. Thou gave it him, even length of days forever and ever.

For the king trusts in LORD. And through the loving kindness of the Most High he shall not be moved.

He trusted on LORD. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.

But thou are he who took me out of the womb. Thou made me trust upon my mother's breasts.

For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, neither has he hid his face from him, but when he cried to him, he heard.

For the kingdom is LORD's, and he is the ruler over the nations.

All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, that he has done it.

He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

For he has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

He who has clean hands, and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.

He shall receive a blessing from LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Who is this King of glory? LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah.

Good and upright is LORD. Therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.

The meek he will guide in justice, and the meek he will teach his way.

What man is he who fears LORD? Him he shall instruct in the way that he shall choose.

The friendship of LORD is with those who fear him, and he will show them his covenant.

My eyes are ever toward LORD, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.

For in the day of trouble he will hide me in his pavilion. In the covert of his tabernacle he will hide me. He will lift me up upon a rock.

because they regard not the works of LORD, nor the operation of his hands. He will break them down and not build them up.

Blessed be LORD, because he has heard the voice of my supplications.

LORD is their strength, and he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

He makes them also to skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox.

O how great is thy goodness, which thou have laid up for those who fear thee, which thou have wrought for those who take refuge in thee before the sons of men!

Blessed be LORD, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked, but he who trusts in LORD, loving kindness shall encompass him about.

He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of LORD.

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in store-houses.

For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood fast.

LORD brings the counsel of the nations to naught. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

Blessed is the nation whose God is LORD, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

LORD looks from heaven. He beholds all the sons of men.

From the place of his habitation he looks forth upon all the inhabitants of the earth;