Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.

Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us.

Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.

So now be wise, you kings: take his teaching, you judges of the earth.

For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.

O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)

There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.

For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.

You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.

But as for me, I will come into your house, in the full measure of your mercy; and in your fear I will give worship, turning my eyes to your holy Temple.

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.

My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?

For in death there is no memory of you; in the underworld who will give you praise?

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.

O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free;

So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.

God, who is the saviour of the upright in heart, is my breastplate.

God is the judge of the upright, and is angry with the evil-doers every day.

If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.

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

He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made

O Lord, our Lord, whose glory is higher than the heavens, how noble is your name in all the earth!

What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?

O Lord, our Lord, how noble is your name in all the earth!

But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.

Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people.

When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.

The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)

The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than he may see: as for his haters, they are as nothing to him.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.

He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.

He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.

Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.

The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations are gone from his land.

If the bases are broken down, what is the upright man to do?

The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.

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

Send help, Lord, for mercy has come to an end; there is no more faith among the children of men.

They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?

Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

The sinners are walking on every side, and evil is honoured among the children of men.

How long is my soul to be in doubt, with sorrow in my heart all the day? how long will he who is against me be given power over me?

And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved.

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.

Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.

Then were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the upright.

You have put to shame the thoughts of the poor, but the Lord is his support.

May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! when the fate of his people is changed by the Lord, Jacob will have joy and Israel will be glad.

As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.

The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.

I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.

Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.

You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.

The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.

Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.

The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.

He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.

For who is God but the Lord? or who is a Rock but our God?

He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.

Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.

The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.

It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.

Who is like a newly married man coming from his bride-tent, and is glad like a strong runner starting on his way.

His going out is from the end of the heaven, and his circle to the ends of it; there is nothing which is not open to his heat.

The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.

The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.

The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.

By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.

His glory is great in your salvation: honour and authority have you put on him.

Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.

A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.

I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.

My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.

For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.

For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations.

The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.

The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it.

To you, O Lord, my soul is lifted up.

Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.

Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.

The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.

See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.

For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.

For your mercy is before my eyes; and I have gone in the way of your good faith.

In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.

But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

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?

One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.

Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.