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

Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate on a vain thing?

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

Then He shall speak to them in His anger, and trouble them in His wrath.

I will declare the decree of Jehovah. He has said to Me, You are My Son; today I have begotten You.

I cried to Jehovah with my voice, and He heard me out of His holy hill. Selah.

Salvation belongs to Jehovah. Your blessing is on Your people. Selah.

To the Chief Musician, for stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness; You gave room to me in trouble; have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

But know that Jehovah has set apart the godly for Himself. Jehovah hears when I call to Him.

To the Chief Musician, for flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O Jehovah; consider my meditation.

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

My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Jehovah; in the morning I will direct my prayer to You, and I will look up.

To the Chief Musician, for eight-stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in Your anger, nor chasten me in the heat of Your fury.

A song of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O Jehovah my God, in You I put my trust; save me from all who pursue me, and deliver me,

lest he tear my soul like a lion, tearing it in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.

if I have rewarded evil to my friend, or if I have delivered one oppressing me without cause;

Arise, O Jehovah, in Your anger; lift up Yourself because of the rage of my enemies, and awake for me to the judgment which You have commanded.

Jehovah shall judge the people; judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity on me.

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

God judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

I will praise Jehovah according to His righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Jehovah most high.

To the Chief Musician, on the harp. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens!

Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings You have ordained strength, because of ones vexing You, to cause the enemy and the avenger to cease.

To the Chief Musician. To die for the Son. A Psalm of David. I will praise You, O Jehovah, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works.

I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

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

Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwells in Zion; declare among the nations His deeds.

Why do You stand afar off, O Jehovah? Will You hide in times of trouble?

He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation, never in evil!

He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den. He lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

Why do the wicked condemn God? He has said in his heart, You will not judge.

You have seen it; for You behold mischief and vexation, to repay it with Your hand. The poor commits himself to You; You are the Helper of the fatherless.

Jehovah, 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, so that the man of the earth may no more terrify.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. I put my trust in Jehovah; how can you say to me, Flee like a bird to the mountains;

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

To the Chief Musician, on eight. A Psalm of David. Help, Jehovah, for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the sons of men.

that has said, With our tongue we shall do much; our lips are our own; who is lord over us?

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long will You forget me, O Jehovah? Forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

I will sing to Jehovah, because He has rewarded me.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God! They acted corruptly; they have done abominable works, there is none who does good.

Jehovah looked down from Heaven on the sons of men, to see if there were any who understood and sought God.

he does not backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;

in whose eyes the reprobate is despised, but he honors those who fear Jehovah; he has sworn to his hurt, and does not change it;

A Secret Treasure of David. Watch over me, O God; for in You do I put my trust.

Oh my soul, you have said to Jehovah, You are my Lord; I have no goodness apart from You.

As to the saints in the earth, they are the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yea, I have a beautiful inheritance.

For You will not leave My soul in hell; You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption.

A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O Jehovah; listen to my cry; Give ear to my prayer, for it is not in lips of deceit.

You have proved my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me, and You will find nothing; my thoughts do not pass beyond my mouth.

I have called on You, for You will hear me, O God; bow down Your ear to me; hear my speech.

they have now hemmed in our steps, they have set their eyes to bow me to the earth,

their likeness is like a lion that longs to tear, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.

from men by Your hand, O Jehovah, from men of the world whose portion is in this life, and whose belly You fill with Your treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and will leave their riches to their babes.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul; and he said: I love You, O Jehovah, my strength.

I will call on Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.

In my distress I called on Jehovah, and I cried to my God; He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry came before Him, into His ears.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too strong for me.

They went before me in the day of my calamity; but Jehovah was my stay.

Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.

And Jehovah has returned to me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.

As for God, His way is perfect; the Word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield to all those who trust in Him.

He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of bronze is bent by my arms.

They cried, but there was none to save; even to Jehovah, but He did not answer them.

As soon as they hear of Me, they shall obey Me; the sons of strangers shall bow down to Me.

Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Jehovah, among the nations, and sing praises to Your name,

magnifying the salvations to His king, and working mercy to His anointed, to David, and to his seed forevermore.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the expanse proclaims His handiwork.

Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.

Their line has gone out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world. In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun,

and he comes forth as a bridegroom from his canopy; he rejoices as a strong man to run a race,

going forth from the end of the heavens, and its course is to their ends. And there is nothing hid from its heat.

The Precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; the Commandments of Jehovah are pure, giving light to the eyes.

more to be desired than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

and keep Your servant back from presumptuous sins; do not let them rule over me; then I shall be upright, and I shall be innocent of great transgression.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. May Jehovah hear you in the day of trouble, the name of the God of Jacob set you on high,

May He grant you according to your own heart, and fulfill all your plans.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The king shall rejoice in Your strength, O Jehovah; and in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

He asked life from You; You give to him length of days forever and ever.

For they intended evil against You; they imagined a wicked thing; they are not able to prevail.

To the Chief Musician, on the deer of the dawn. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me, and are far from my deliverance, and from the words of my groaning?

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not answer; and in the night, and am not silent.

They cried to You, and were delivered; they trusted in You, and were not ashamed.

For You are He who took Me out of the womb, causing Me to trust while on My mother's breasts.

Be not far from Me; for trouble is near, for there is none to help.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and My tongue clings to My jaws;

But You, O Jehovah, be not far from Me; O My strength, hurry to help Me!

I will declare Your name to My brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise You.

For He has not despised nor hated the affliction of the afflicted; and He has not hidden His face from him, but when he cried to Him, He heard.

All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to Jehovah; and all the families of the nations shall worship before You.

All the fat ones on the earth shall eat and worship; all those who go down to the dust shall bow before Him; and none can keep alive his own soul.

A seed shall serve Him; it shall be spoken of Jehovah to the coming generation.

They shall come, and shall declare His righteousness to a people that shall yet be born, that He has done this.

He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, and has not sworn deceitfully.

A Psalm of David. To You, O Jehovah, I lift up my soul.

O my God, I trust in You; do not let me be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me.

Lead me in Your truth, and teach me; for You are the God of my salvation; on You I wait all the day long.

Do not remember the sins of my youth, or my rebellings; according to Your mercy remember me for Your goodness' sake, O Jehovah.