He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither. He will prosper in everything he does.

But this is not the case with the wicked. They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

You will break them with an iron rod, you will shatter them like pottery."

For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.

Indeed, you will bless the righteous one, LORD, like a large shield, you will surround him with favor. To the Director: With stringed instruments. On an eight-stringed harp. A Davidic Psalm

Otherwise, they will rip me to shreds like a lion, tearing me apart with no one to rescue me.

Their eyes secretly watch the helpless, lying in wait like a lion in his den. They lie in wait to catch the afflicted. They catch the afflicted when they pull him into their net.

For the music director; by David. In the Lord I have taken shelter. How can you say to me, "Flee to a mountain like a bird!

The words of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times over.

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."

He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.

He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.

I ground them like wind-swept dust; I emptied them out like dirt in the street.

which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, or like a champion who rejoices at the beginning of a race.

When you appear, you will set them ablaze like a fire furnace. In his wrath, the LORD will consume them, and the fire will devour them.

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

They open wide their mouths against me,
Like 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 [by anguish] within me.

My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery;
And my [dry] tongue clings to my jaws;
And You have laid me in the dust of death.

For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me;
A gang of evildoers has encircled me,
They pierced my hands and my feet.

To you I call, O Lord,
My rock, do not be deaf to me,
For if You are silent to me,
I will become like those who go down to the pit (grave).

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 makes Lebanon skip like a calf,
And Sirion (Mount Hermon) like a young, wild ox.

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 like 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 the horse or like the mule which have no understanding,
Whose trappings include bridle and rein to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to 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.

Make them like the chaff before the wind, as the messenger of the LORD pushes them aside.

All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like You,
Who rescues the afflicted from him who is too strong for him [to resist alone],
And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”

Like as for a friend, like as for a brother of mine own, I walked to and fro, As though mourning for a mother, I gloomily bowed myself down.

Like godless jesters at a feast,
They gnashed at me with their teeth [in malice].

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

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God,
Your judgments are like the great deep.
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.

For they will wither quickly like the grass,
And fade like the green herb.

And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.

But the wicked (ungodly) will perish,
And the enemies of the Lord will be like the glory of the pastures and like the fat of lambs [that is consumed in smoke],
They vanish—like smoke they vanish away.

I have seen a wicked, violent man [with great power]
Spreading and flaunting himself like a cedar in its native soil,

For my iniquities have gone over my head [like the waves of a flood];
As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

Yes, I am like a man who does not hear,
In whose mouth are no arguments.

“Surely every man walks around like a shadow [in a charade];
Surely they make an uproar for nothing;
Each one builds up riches, not knowing who will receive them.

“With rebukes You discipline man for sin;
You consume like a moth what is precious to him;
Surely every man is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]. Selah.

Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were.

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.

Like the shattering of my bones are the taunts of my oppressors, saying to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

You have made us like sheep to be eaten [as mutton]
And have scattered us [in exile] among the nations.

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

My heart overflows with a good theme;
I address my psalm to 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.

But man, with all his [self] honor and pomp, will not endure;
He is like the beasts that perish.

Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
Death will be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form and beauty shall be for Sheol to consume,
So that they have no dwelling [on earth].

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

A man [who is held] in honor,
Yet who lacks [spiritual] understanding and a teachable heart, is like the beasts that perish.

“These things you have done and I kept silent;
You thought that I was just like you.
Now I will reprimand and denounce you and state the case in order before your eyes.

Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;
I trust [confidently] in the lovingkindness of God forever 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 say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.

But it is you, a man like me, my close friend in whom I confided.

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 venom of a serpent;
They are like the deaf horned viper that stops up its ear,

Let them disappear like water that flows away! Let them wither like grass!

Let them be as a snail which melts away (secretes slime) as it goes along,
Like the miscarriage of a woman which never sees the sun.

Before your clay pots are placed on a fire of burning thorns whether green or ablaze wrath will sweep them away like a storm.

They return in the evening; they growl like a dog and prowl around outside the city.

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

They return in the evening; they growl like a dog and prowl around outside 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
So that you may murder him, all of you,
Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,

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.

When you men lie down among the sheepfolds, you are like the wings of the dove covered with silver, with its feathers in glittering 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.

Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!

He will descend like rain on the mown grass, like showers that drench the earth.

May there be an abundance of grain in the earth; on the tops of the mountains may it sway! May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon! May its crops be as abundant as 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.

Therefore pride is their necklace;
Violence covers them like a garment [like a long, luxurious robe].