And he is as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth.

Thou shalt break them with a sceptre of iron, as a potter's vessel thou shalt dash them in pieces.

Kiss the chosen lest he shall be angry, and ye perish in the way when his anger shall kindle as a little. Happy all they putting their trust in him.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.

For Thou blessest the righteous, O Jehovah, As a buckler with favour dost compass him!

The voice of my sorrow is a weariness to me; all the night I make my bed wet with weeping; it is watered by the drops flowing from my eyes.

Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.

Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous.
The One who examines the thoughts and emotions
is a righteous God.

God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.

That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.

what [is] a human being that you think of him? and a child of humankind that you care for him?

For You have upheld my just cause;
You are seated on Your throne as a righteous judge.

And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

As an avenger of blood, he remembers them; he has not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain;

For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of righteousness: the upright will see his face.

Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one -- seeking God.

Despised in his eyes is a rejected one, And those fearing Jehovah he doth honour. He hath sworn to suffer evil, and changeth not;

It is as if I have been given fertile fields or received a beautiful tract of land.

I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Now they surround us at our [every] step. They {intend} {to pin} [me] to the ground.

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

As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.

For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,

He maketh my feet like hart's feet, and setteth me up on high. {TYNDALE: And maketh my feet as swift as a hind's, and setteth me fast upon my high hold.}

Thus didst thou grant me, as a shield, thy salvation, - and, thy right hand, sustained me, and, thy condescension, made me great.

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

The law of the LORD is an undefiled law, converting the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, and giveth wisdom unto simple.

Also -- Thy servant is warned by them, 'In keeping them is a great reward.'

Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

Do not be so distant from me, for trouble is at hand; indeed, there is no deliverer.

They gape upon me with their mouth, As a ravening and a roaring lion.

Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws.

This is a generation of those seeking Him. Seeking Thy face, O Jacob! Selah.

In whose hand is a wicked device, And their right hand is full of bribes.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?

Jehovah is their strength, And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

The voice of the LORD is mighty in operation; the voice of the LORD is a glorious voice.

And He causeth them to skip as a calf, Lebanon and Sirion as a son of Reems,

For [there is] a moment in his anger; [there is] a lifetime in his favor. Weeping lodges for the evening, but in the morning [comes] rejoicing.

By Your favor and grace, O Lord, you have made my mountain stand strong;
You hid Your face, and I was horrified.

For my life is at an end with sorrow, and my years with sighing. My strength stumbles because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

Happy [is] a person to whom Yahweh does not impute iniquity and in whose spirit there is not deceit.

For this reason every one of your faithful followers should pray to you while there is a window of opportunity. Certainly when the surging water rises, it will not reach them.

Be ye not as a horse, as a mule, which have no understanding: whose trappings must be bit and bridle, for restraint, or they will not come unto thee.

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power.

Let Thy kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, As we have waited for Thee!

As if a friend, as if my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.

Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and your strong purpose is as high as the clouds.

Thy righteousness is as mountains of God, Thy judgments are a great deep. Man and beast Thou savest, O Jehovah.

For with Thee is a fountain of life, In Thy light we see light.

He will bring forth your righteousness as a light, and your justice as the noonday sun.

Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of LORD [is] as the fat of lambs: they shall disintegrate; they shall disintegrate away into smoke.

For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.

I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; For there is a happy end to the man of peace.

The LORD helps and delivers them; he will deliver them from the wicked, and he will save them because they have sought refuge in him. A Davidic Psalm: As a Reminder.

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

For mine iniquities passed over my head: as a heavy lifting up they will be loaded above me.

But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

And I as a man that heard not, and not in his mouth confutations

I was as silent as a mute person; I said nothing, not even something good, and my distress deepened.

Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah

Surely a man walks about as a [mere] {shadow}; surely in vain they bustle about. He heaps up [possessions] but does not know who [will] gather them [in].

With reproofs against iniquity, Thou hast corrected man, And dost waste as a moth his desirableness, Only, vanity is every man. Selah.

Let them be desolate as a reward for their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

To the Overseer. -- An Instruction. By sons of Korah. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God.

As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

You have given us as sheep [for] food, and among the nations you have scattered us.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness.

For the music director; according to the tune of "Lilies;" by the Korahites, a well-written poem, a love song. My heart is stirred by a beautiful song. I say, "I have composed this special song for the king; my tongue is as skilled as the stylus of an experienced scribe."

Your throne, God, is forever and ever;
the scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. 'For the Virgins.' -- A song. God is to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.

There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

Jehovah of Hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob. Selah.

Jehovah of hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob! Selah.

For Jehovah Most High is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth.

He picked out for us a special land to be a source of pride for Jacob, whom he loves. (Selah)

God is known in her palaces as a high fortress.

This, their way, is a folly to them, And yet, their followers, with their mouth, approve. Selah.

They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.

Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what was evil in your sight. As a result, you are just in your pronouncement and clear in your judgment.

My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit;
A broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.

Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.

"Look, here is a young man who refused to make God his strength; instead, he trusted in his great wealth and made his wickedness his strength.

And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,

Lo, God is a helper to me, The Lord is with those supporting my soul,

May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them!

And I say, 'Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,

Wickedness is at the center of it; fraud and lies never leave its streets.

His mouth is as smooth as butter, while war is in his heart. His words were as smooth as olive oil, while his sword is drawn.

My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.