but his delight is in Yahweh's law. On his law he meditates day and night.

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

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

Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:

Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him. A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son.

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

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

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

My soul is also in great anguish. But you, Yahweh -- how long?

May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly. A meditation by David, which he sang to Yahweh, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite.

Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.

If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.

He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.

Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High. For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.

Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens!

Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Death of the Son." A Psalm by David.

I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.

He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.

For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.

Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.

For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

His ways are prosperous at all times. He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.

He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble."

He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.

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

In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain!"

On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face. For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?

I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me. For the Chief Musician. By David.

He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;

He who doesn't slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;

In whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn't change;

he who doesn't lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken. A Poem by David.

I have set Yahweh 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, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form. For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said,

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

In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. 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 bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.

He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.

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

Yahweh also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.

He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, great lightning bolts, and routed them.

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

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

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

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

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

He makes my feet like deer's feet, and sets me on my high places.

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

They cried, but there was none to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn't answer them.

He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You 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, forevermore. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

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

May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,

May He grant you your heart's desire, and fulfill all your counsel.

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

The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!

He asked life of you, you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.

For the king trusts in Yahweh. Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved.

"He trusts in Yahweh; let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him."

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

For the kingdom is Yahweh's. He is the ruler over the nations.

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

They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it. A Psalm by David.

He makes me 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 on the seas, and established it on 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 Yahweh, righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Good and upright is Yahweh, therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.

He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.

What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.

The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.

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

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

Because they don't respect the works of Yahweh, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.

Blessed be Yahweh, because he has heard the voice of my petitions.

Yahweh is their strength. 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.

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!

Praise be to Yahweh, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.

Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

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

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

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

Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

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

Yahweh looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men.

From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,