But his delight is only in the Law of Jehovah; and in His Law he meditates day and night.

Let us break their bands in two and cast away their cords from us.

O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.

The desolations of the enemy have come to an end forever, and You have destroyed the cities; their memorial has perished with them.

For by day and by night Your hand was heavy on me; my sap is turned into the droughts of summer. Selah.

My enemies speak evil of me, saying, When will he die, and his name perish?

My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day, Where is your God?

They go around her on her walls by day and night; and evil and sorrow are in her midst.

And You, O Jehovah, the God of Hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the nations; do not be merciful to any plotting evil. Selah.

A Song. A Psalm for the sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician. On Mahalath, to make humble. A Poem of Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before You.

In Your name they shall rejoice all the day; and in Your righteousness they shall be lifted up.

My enemies curse me all the day; and they who are mad against me are sworn against me.

You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and all their wisdom is swallowed up.

The dead do not praise Jehovah, nor do any who go down into silence.

Let not my heart turn aside to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men who work iniquity; and let me not eat of their delicacies.