How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!

The king says, "I will announce the Lord's decree. He said to me: 'You are my son! This very day I have become your father!

When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,

For the music director; by the Lord's servant David, who sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord rescued him from the power of all his enemies, including Saul. He said: "I love you, Lord, my source of strength!

The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one's life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.

May my words and my thoughts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my sheltering rock and my redeemer.

You are holy; you sit as king receiving the praises of Israel.

The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

You prepare a feast before me in plain sight of my enemies. You refresh my head with oil; my cup is completely full.

For he set its foundation upon the seas, and established it upon the ocean currents.

In my self-confidence I said, "I will never be upended."

How great is your favor, which you store up for your loyal followers! In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter in you.

I jumped to conclusions and said, "I am cut off from your presence!" But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

Then I confessed my sin; I no longer covered up my wrongdoing. I said, "I will confess my rebellious acts to the Lord." And then you forgave my sins. (Selah)

Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

As for me, I said: "O Lord, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you!

The Lord who commands armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector! (Selah)

The Lord who commands armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector! (Selah)

Against you -- you above all -- I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.

Look, I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness. (Selah)

My enemies will turn back when I cry out to you for help; I know that God is on my side.

Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.

Your enemies roar in the middle of your sanctuary; they set up their battle flags.

They set your sanctuary on fire; they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground.

You set up all the boundaries of the earth; you created the cycle of summer and winter.

I said, "I will remember God while I groan; I will think about him while my strength leaves me." (Selah)

I said, "During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully." I tried to make sense of what was happening.

Then I said, "I am sickened by the thought that the sovereign One might become inactive.

He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,

He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors, in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

How long will this go on, O Lord? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?

Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a psalm of Asaph. O shepherd of Israel, pay attention, you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep! You who sit enthroned above the winged angels, reveal your splendor!

In the sight of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh reveal your power! Come and deliver us!

It said: "I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were released from holding the basket.

I said, 'Listen, my people! I will warn you! O Israel, if only you would obey me!

who said, "Let's take over the pastures of God!"

Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations?

I mention Rahab and Babylon to my followers. Here are Philistia and Tyre, along with Ethiopia. It is said of them, "This one was born there."

But it is said of Zion's residents, "Each one of these was born in her, and the sovereign One makes her secure."

You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.

For I say, "Loyal love is permanently established; in the skies you set up your faithfulness."

The Lord said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant:

Then you spoke through a vision to your faithful followers and said: "I have energized a warrior; I have raised up a young man from the people.

Though a thousand may fall beside you, and a multitude on your right side, it will not reach you.

The rules you set down are completely reliable. Holiness aptly adorns your house, O Lord, forever.

For forty years I was continually disgusted with that generation, and I said, 'These people desire to go astray; they do not obey my commands.'

So I made a vow in my anger, 'They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.'"

Fire goes before him; on every side it burns up his enemies.

The Lord demonstrates his power to deliver; in the sight of the nations he reveals his justice.

I stay awake; I am like a solitary bird on a roof.

in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,

He does not always accuse, and does not stay angry.

You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again.

The king authorized his release; the ruler of nations set him free.

They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

Appoint an evil man to testify against him! May an accuser stand at his right side!

A psalm of David. Here is the Lord's proclamation to my lord: "Sit down at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool!"

that he might seat him with princes, with the princes of his people.

I had faith when I said, "I am severely oppressed."

The Lord is on my side, I am not afraid! What can people do to me?

The Lord is on my side as my helper. I look in triumph on those who hate me.

I stay away from the evil path, so that I might keep your instructions.

I said, "O Lord, rescue me from those who lie with their lips and those who deceive with their tongue.

A song of ascents, by David. I was glad because they said to me, "We will go to the Lord's temple."

Indeed, the leaders sit there on thrones and make legal decisions, on the thrones of the house of David.

A song of ascents, by David. "If the Lord had not been on our side" -- let Israel say this! --

if the Lord had not been on our side, when men attacked us,

At that time we laughed loudly and shouted for joy. At that time the nations said, "The Lord has accomplished great things for these people."

The one who weeps as he walks along, carrying his bag of seed, will certainly come in with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves of grain.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table.

He said, "I will not enter my own home, or get into my bed.

The Lord made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said, "I will place one of your descendants on your throne.

If your sons keep my covenant and the rules I teach them, their sons will also sit on your throne forever."

He said, "This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.

By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion.

Remember, O Lord, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, "Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!"

You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives.

If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea,

Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me. (Selah)

They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.

Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.

The Lord gives sight to the blind. The Lord lifts up all who are bent over. The Lord loves the godly.