Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.

He is like a tree planted beside streams of water
that bears its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.

Therefore the wicked will not survive the judgment,
and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous.

Why do the nations rebel
and the peoples plot in vain?

The kings of the earth take their stand,
and the rulers conspire together
against the Lord and His Anointed One:

The One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the Lord ridicules them.

Then He speaks to them in His anger
and terrifies them in His wrath:

“I have consecrated My King
on Zion, My holy mountain.”

Pay homage to the Son or He will be angry
and you will perish in your rebellion,
for His anger may ignite at any moment.
All those who take refuge in Him are happy.

Many say about me,
“There is no help for him in God.”Selah

But You, Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, and the One who lifts up my head.

I am not afraid of the thousands of people
who have taken their stand against me on every side.

Rise up, Lord!
Save me, my God!
You strike all my enemies on the cheek;
You break the teeth of the wicked.

Salvation belongs to the Lord;
may Your blessing be on Your people.Selah

For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic psalm.Answer me when I call,
God, who vindicates me.
You freed me from affliction;
be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

Know that the Lord has set apart
the faithful for Himself;
the Lord will hear when I call to Him.

Be angry and do not sin;
on your bed, reflect in your heart and be still.Selah

Offer sacrifices in righteousness
and trust in the Lord.

Many are saying, “Who can show us anything good?”
Look on us with favor, Lord.

You have put more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and new wine abound.

I will both lie down and sleep in peace,
for You alone, Lord, make me live in safety.

For You are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil cannot dwell with You.

The boastful cannot stand in Your presence;
You hate all evildoers.

But I enter Your house
by the abundance of Your faithful love;
I bow down toward Your holy temple
in reverential awe of You.

Lord, lead me in Your righteousness
because of my adversaries;
make Your way straight before me.

For there is nothing reliable in what they say;
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.

Punish them, God;
let them fall by their own schemes.
Drive them out because of their many crimes,
for they rebel against You.

But let all who take refuge in You rejoice;
let them shout for joy forever.
May You shelter them,
and may those who love Your name boast about You.

For You, Lord, bless the righteous one;
You surround him with favor like a shield.

For the choir director: with stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Davidic psalm.Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger;
do not discipline me in Your wrath.

For there is no remembrance of You in death;
who can thank You in Sheol?

A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite.Yahweh my God, I seek refuge in You;
save me from all my pursuers and rescue me

or they will tear me like a lion,
ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.

Yahweh my God, if I have done this,
if there is injustice on my hands,

if I have done harm to one at peace with me
or have plundered my adversary without cause,

may an enemy pursue and overtake me;
may he trample me to the ground
and leave my honor in the dust.Selah

Rise up, Lord, in Your anger;
lift Yourself up against the fury of my adversaries;
awake for me;
You have ordained a judgment.

Let the assembly of peoples gather around You;
take Your seat on high over it.

Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous.
The One who examines the thoughts and emotions
is a righteous God.

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

His trouble comes back on his own head,
and his violence falls on the top of his head.

When I observe Your heavens,
the work of Your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which You set in place,

all the sheep and oxen,
as well as the animals in the wild,

When my enemies retreat,
they stumble and perish before You.

For You have upheld my just cause;
You are seated on Your throne as a righteous judge.

He judges the world with righteousness;
He executes judgment on the nations with fairness.

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble.

Those who know Your name trust in You
because You have not abandoned
those who seek You, Yahweh.

Sing to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;
proclaim His deeds among the nations.

For the One who seeks an accounting
for bloodshed remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

so that I may declare all Your praises.
I will rejoice in Your salvation
within the gates of Daughter Zion.

The nations have fallen into the pit they made;
their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.

Rise up, Lord! Do not let man prevail;
let the nations be judged in Your presence.

Put terror in them, Lord;
let the nations know they are only men.Selah

Lord, why do You stand so far away?
Why do You hide in times of trouble?

In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue the afflicted;
let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;
the one who is greedy curses and despises the Lord.

In all his scheming,
the wicked arrogantly thinks:
“There is no accountability,
since God does not exist.”

He waits in ambush near the villages;
he kills the innocent in secret places.
His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;

he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.
He lurks in order to seize the afflicted;
he seizes the afflicted and drags him in his net.

Why has the wicked person despised God?
He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.”

But You Yourself have seen trouble and grief,
observing it in order to take the matter into Your hands.
The helpless entrusts himself to You;
You are a helper of the fatherless.

For the choir director. Davidic.I have taken refuge in the Lord.
How can you say to me,
“Escape to the mountain like a bird!

For look, the wicked string the bow;
they put the arrow on the bowstring
to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

When the foundations are destroyed,
what can the righteous do?”

The Lord is in His holy temple;
the Lord’s throne is in heaven.
His eyes watch; He examines everyone.

He will rain burning coals and sulfur on the wicked;
a scorching wind will be their portion.

For the choir director: according to Sheminith. A Davidic psalm.Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains;
the loyal have disappeared from the human race.

They lie to one another;
they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.

They say, “Through our tongues we have power;
our lips are our own—who can be our master?”

“Because of the oppression of the afflicted
and the groaning of the poor,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord.
“I will put the one who longs for it in a safe place.”

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

How long will I store up anxious concerns within me,
agony in my mind every day?
How long will my enemy dominate me?

Consider me and answer, Lord my God.
Restore brightness to my eyes;
otherwise, I will sleep in death.

But I have trusted in Your faithful love;
my heart will rejoice in Your deliverance.

For the choir director. Davidic.The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”
They are corrupt; they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.

The Lord looks down from heaven on the human race
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.

All have turned away;
all alike have become corrupt.
There is no one who does good,
not even one.

Will evildoers never understand?
They consume My people as they consume bread;
they do not call on the Lord.

Oh, that Israel’s deliverance would come from Zion!
When the Lord restores the fortunes of His people,
Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.

A Davidic psalm.Lord, who can dwell in Your tent?
Who can live on Your holy mountain?

The one who lives honestly, practices righteousness,
and acknowledges the truth in his heart—

who despises the one rejected by the Lord
but honors those who fear the Lord,
who keeps his word whatever the cost,

who does not lend his money at interest
or take a bribe against the innocent—
the one who does these things will never be moved.

A Davidic Miktam.Protect me, God, for I take refuge in You.

As for the holy people who are in the land,
they are the noble ones.
All my delight is in them.

The boundary lines have fallen for me
in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

I keep the Lord in mind always.
Because He is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.

For You will not abandon me to Sheol;
You will not allow Your Faithful One to see decay.

You reveal the path of life to me;
in Your presence is abundant joy;
in Your right hand are eternal pleasures.

My steps are on Your paths;
my feet have not slipped.

I call on You, God,
because You will answer me;
listen closely to me; hear what I say.

Protect me as the pupil of Your eye;
hide me in the shadow of Your wings

They are like a lion eager to tear,
like a young lion lurking in ambush.

With Your hand, Lord, save me from men,
from men of the world
whose portion is in this life:
You fill their bellies with what You have in store;
their sons are satisfied,
and they leave their surplus to their children.

But I will see Your face in righteousness;
when I awake, I will be satisfied with Your presence.

I called to the Lord in my distress,
and I cried to my God for help.
From His temple He heard my voice,
and my cry to Him reached His ears.

He rode on a cherub and flew,
soaring on the wings of the wind.

He reached down from heaven
and took hold of me;
He pulled me out of deep waters.

They confronted me in the day of my distress,
but the Lord was my support.