And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he does shall prosper.

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

You will break them with an iron rod. Like a potter's vessel you will shatter them."

For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.

For you bless [the] righteous. O Yahweh, like a shield you surround him [with] good favor.

Or else he will tear me apart like a lion, ripping to pieces, with none [to] deliver.

He lies in ambush {secretly,} like a lion in a thicket. He lies in ambush to seize [the] poor; he seizes [the] poor by catching him in his net.

In Yahweh I have taken refuge; how can you say to my soul, "Flee to your mountain [like] a bird"?

The words of Yahweh [are] pure words [like] silver refined in the crucible on the ground, refined seven times.

Will those who do evil ever learn? They devour my people like they devour bread, and never call on the LORD.

He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be upended.

O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, "Thou art my God, my goods are nothing like unto thee."

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

Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand.

And I ground them like dust {in the wind}, I emptied them out like mud of [the] streets.

and it [is] like a bridegroom who comes out of his bridal chamber. It is glad like a strong man to run [its] course.

You will make them like your fiery furnace at the time of your appearance. Yahweh will swallow them in his wrath and fire will consume them.

Many [enemies like] bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

They open their mouth against me [like] a lion tearing and roaring.

As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

Because dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has encircled me. Like the lion [they are at] my hands and my feet.

{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Deliver your people! Empower the nation that belongs to you! Care for them like a shepherd and carry them in your arms at all times!

He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.

Lord, when You showed Your favor,
You made me stand like a strong mountain;
when You hid Your face, I was terrified.

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

I have heard the slander of many; it is like terror all around me, as they conspire together and plot to take my life.

For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.)

Do not be like a horse [or] like a mule, without understanding; [that needs] his tackle--bridle and rein--for restraint [or he would not] come near you.

[He] gathered the waters of the sea like a heap. [He] put [the] deeps in storehouses.

Let thy merciful kindness, O LORD, be upon us, like as we do put our trust in thee.

Let them be like chaff before [the] wind, with the angel of Yahweh {driving them}.

All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

I went about grieving as if for my friend or brother;
I was bowed down with grief,
like one mourning a mother.

Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

Transgression speaks [like an oracle] to the wicked (godless) [deep] within his heart;
There is no fear (dread) of God before his eyes.

Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

Then he will bring forth your righteousness like the light, and your justice like the noonday.

But [the] wicked will perish, and the enemies of Yahweh [will be] like [the] splendor of [the] pastures. They vanish; in smoke they vanish.

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

For my iniquities have passed over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

But as for me, like [the] deaf I cannot hear, and [I am] like [the] mute [who] cannot open his mouth.

And [so] I am like a man who hears not, and in whose mouth there are no retorts.

"Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.

When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And to my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I am with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.

O LORD my God, great are the wondrous works which thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts, which are to us-ward; and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee. If I should declare them, and speak of them, they should be more than I am able to express.

Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God.

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.

The cruel words of my haters are like a crushing of my bones; when they say to me every day, Where is your God?

Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

Yet because of you we are killed all day long; we are treated like sheep at the slaughtering block.

My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.

All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.

The nations were angry, the kingdoms were moved; at the sound of his voice the earth became like wax.

The hill of Zion is like a fair plant, whereof all the land rejoiceth: upon the north side lieth the city of the great King.

Look at them shake uncontrollably, like a woman writhing in childbirth.

Like as we have heard, so see we in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God. God upholdeth the same forever. Selah.

Your name, God, like Your praise,
reaches to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is filled with justice.

For he sees wise men die; likewise the fool and the animal-like ones perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

you will end up like your ancestors' generation, never again to see the light of day!

Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

I will always give thanks unto thee, for that thou hast done: and I will hope in thy name, for thy saints like it well.

Will those who do evil ever learn? They devour my people like they devour bread, and never call on God.

Then they will be filled with terror—
terror like no other—
because God will scatter
the bones of those who besiege you.
You will put them to shame,
for God has rejected them.

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend.

His words are as smooth as butter, but he harbors animosity in his heart. His words seem softer than oil, but they are really like sharp swords.

I am surrounded by lions. I lie down with those who burn with fire that is, with people whose teeth are like spears and arrows whose tongues are like sharp swords.

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

Let them run [away] like water [that] runs off. [When] he bends [the bow], let his arrows [be] as though they were cut off.

As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth.

They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

Look what pours out of their mouths! They use their lips like swords, saying "Who will hear us?"

And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

You will add days to the days of the king, his years like [those of] {many generations}.

How long will you attack a man? All of you will be shattered like a leaning wall, a tottering fence.

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

For you, O God, tested us; you purified us like refined silver.

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

Let them be like smoke before the driving wind; as wax turning soft before the fire, so let them come to an end before the power of God.

Though you [men] lie down between the sheepfolds, [you will be like the] wings of a dove covered in silver and its pinions in yellow gold."

When the Almighty scattereth kings therein, It will gleam like snow in the gloom:

Sound your battle cry against the wild beast of the reeds, and the nations that assemble like a herd of calves led by bulls! They humble themselves and offer gold and silver as tribute. God scatters the nations that like to do battle.

My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner.

I am like a wonder to many, but You are my strong tower.

Your righteousness, O God, is very high; you have done great things; O God, who is like you?

May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like showers watering the earth.

May there be wide-stretching fields of grain in the land, shaking on the top of the mountains, full of fruit like Lebanon: may its stems be unnumbered like the grass of the earth.

For they are in no peril of death, but stand fast like a palace.

They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they are clothed with violent behaviour as with a robe.