Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers,

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.

Let us break their bonds apart, and cast away their cords from us.

Now therefore be wise, O ye kings. Be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

Many there are who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

But know that LORD has set apart for himself him who is holy. LORD will hear when I call to him.

Many there are who say, Who will show us good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

But as for me, in the abundance of thy loving kindness I will come into thy house. In thy fear I will worship toward thy holy temple.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their inward part is very wickedness. Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongue they {deceive (LXX/NT)}.

For thou will bless the righteous man, O LORD. Thou will encompass him with favor as with a shield. Selah.

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

For in death there is no remembrance of thee. In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?

lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

LORD shall judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.

My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

God is a righteous judge. Yea, a God who has indignation every day.

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

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

what is man that thou remember him? And the son of man that thou succor him?

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

The enemy have come to an end. They are desolate forever, and the cities which thou have overthrown. The very memory of them is perished,

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

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

In the pride of the wicked man the poor man is hotly pursued. Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

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.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

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.

LORD is King forever and ever. The nations have perished out of his land.

to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may no more be appalling.

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

LORD is in his holy temple. LORD's throne is in heaven. His eyes, behold, his eyelids try, the sons of men.

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

who have said, With our tongue will we prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?

The words of LORD are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace on the earth, purified seven times.

The wicked walk on every side when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that does good.

They are all gone aside. They are together become filthy. There is none who does good, no, not one.

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, and call not upon LORD?

There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor because LORD is his refuge.

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

As for the sanctified who are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup. Thou maintain my lot.

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

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices. My flesh also shall dwell in {hope (LXX/NT)}.

As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the ways of a violent man.

Keep me as the apple of the eye. Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

They have now encompassed us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast down to the earth.

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

from men by thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in [this] life, and whose belly thou fill with thy treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy form.

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.

I will call upon LORD, who is worthy to be praised. So I shall be saved from my enemies.

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.

For who is God, except LORD? And who is a rock, besides our God,

Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.

As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.

There is no speech nor language {in which (LXX)} their voice is not heard.

which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoices as a strong man to run his course.

His going forth is from the end of the heavens, and his circuit to the ends of it, and there is nothing hid from the heat of it.

The law of LORD is perfect, restoring the soul. The testimony of LORD is sure, making a simple man wise.

The precepts of LORD are right, rejoicing the heart. The commandment of LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

The fear of LORD is clean, enduring forever. The ordinances of LORD are true, [and] righteous altogether.

Moreover by them thy servant is warned. In keeping them there is great reward.

Save, LORD! Let the King answer us when we call.

His glory is great in thy salvation. Honor and majesty thou do lay upon him.

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

Be not far from me, for trouble is near, for there is none to help.

They gape upon me with their mouth, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws, and thou have brought me into the dust of death.

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

LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.

The earth is LORD's, and the fullness thereof, the world, and those who dwell therein.

This is the generation of those who seek after him, who seek thy face, [even] Jacob. Selah.

Who is the King of glory? LORD strong and mighty, LORD mighty in battle.

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.

All the paths of LORD are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

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.

For thy loving kindness is before my eyes, and I have walked in thy truth.

in whose hands is wickedness, and their right hand is full of bribes.

But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.

LORD is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? LORD is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?

Deliver me not over to the will of my adversaries. For FALSE witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise him.

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

The voice of LORD is upon the waters. The God of glory thunders, even LORD upon many waters.

The voice of LORD is powerful. The voice of LORD is full of majesty.

LORD sat [as King] at the Flood. Yea, LORD sits as King forever.

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy [is] in the morning.

As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved.

What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? Shall it declare thy truth?

For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are wasted away.

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