The Lord is near to the heartbroken
And He saves those who are crushed in spirit (contrite in heart, truly sorry for their sin).

For those blessed by God will [at last] inherit the land,
But those cursed by Him will be cut off.

For innumerable evils have encompassed me;
My sins have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see.
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has failed me.

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let those who love Your salvation say continually,
“The Lord be magnified!”

My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit;
A broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.

But the king will rejoice in God;
Everyone who swears by Him [honoring the true God, acknowledging His authority and majesty] will glory,
For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.

Surely God will shatter the head of His enemies,
The hairy scalp of one who goes on in his guilty ways.

They said in their heart, “Let us completely subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

We have become an object of taunting to our neighbors [because of our humiliation],
A derision and mockery to those who encircle us.

To those who honor and keep His covenant,
And remember to do His commandments [imprinting His word on their hearts].

They forgot God their Savior,
Who had done such great things in Egypt,

But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways [in unresponsiveness to God],
The Lord will lead them away with those who do evil.
Peace be upon Israel.

How blessed and favored are the people in such circumstance;
How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored] are the people whose God is the Lord!