Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

but his delight is in the Law of the LORD. On his Law he meditates day and night.

He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his Anointed, saying,

"Yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion."

I will tell of the decree. The LORD said to me, "You are my son. Today I have become your father.

Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.

You shall rule them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."

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

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

I cry to the LORD with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.

I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me on every side.

Arise, LORD. Save me, my God. For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. Put your trust in the LORD.

Many say, "Who will show us any good?" LORD, let the light of your face shine on us.

Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for to you do I pray.

The arrogant shall not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.

But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house. I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.

Lead me, LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.

Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?

My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.

Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.

LORD, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,

if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),

Arise, LORD, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.

Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.

He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.

The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

I will give thanks to the LORD according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

From the lips of babes and infants you have ordained praise, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;

what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?

You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:

All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,

The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.

The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.

The LORD will also be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.

Have mercy on me, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death;

that I may show forth all your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.

The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

Why do you stand far off, LORD? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns the LORD.

The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

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

Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

The LORD is King forever and ever. The nations will perish out of his land.

LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

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

If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

The LORD is in his holy temple. The LORD is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.

On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

"Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."

The words of the LORD are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.

The LORD looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who did understand, who did seek after God.

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

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

You would frustrate the plans of the lowly, but the LORD is his refuge.

Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion. When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips.

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

Hear, LORD, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't go out of deceitful lips.

As for the works of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

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

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

from men by your hand, LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.

The LORD is my Rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my Rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.

Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.

Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.

He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.

He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.

The LORD also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.

Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.

They came on me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.

The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

As for God, his way is perfect. The word of the LORD is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.

You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.

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

You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.