For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.

Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased.

So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.

That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.

O Lord, our Lord, whose glory is higher than the heavens, how noble is your name in all the earth!

You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.

What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?

For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.

So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.

Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah.)

His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than he may see: as for his haters, they are as nothing to him.

To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared.

See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.

Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;

The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.

He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.

You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.

I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.

By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.

More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.

Now am I certain that the Lord gives salvation to his king; he will give him an answer from his holy heaven with the strength of salvation in his right hand.

Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done.

One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.

And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters who are round me: because of this I will make offerings of joy in his tent; I will make a song, truly I will make a song of praise to the Lord.

My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

By experience you will see that the Lord is good; happy is the man who has faith in him.

What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?

For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated.

He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.

The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

Give attention to the good man, and take note of the upright; because the end of that man is peace.

I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.

Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.

You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.

O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.

I have given news of righteousness in the great meeting; O Lord, you have knowledge that I have not kept back my words.

For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them.

They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again.

But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, lifting me up, so that I may give them their punishment.

By this I see that you have pleasure in me, because my hater does not overcome me.

My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever.

Your children will take the place of your fathers; so that you may make them rulers over all the earth.

Be at peace in the knowledge that I am God: I will be lifted up among the nations, I will be honoured through all the earth.

So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.

For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.

Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.

Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed whiter than snow.

Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.

O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.

You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)

For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.

Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.

O God, be lifted up higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.

Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens, let your glory be over all the earth.

So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.

Put an end to them in your wrath, put an end to them, so that they may not be seen again; let them see that God is ruling in Jacob and to the ends of the earth. (Selah.)

So that your loved ones may be made safe, let your right hand be my salvation, and give me an answer.

So will I make songs in praise of your name for ever, giving to God that which is right day by day.

Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.

Once has God said, twice has it come to my ears, that power is God's:

So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.

So that men may see your way on the earth, and your salvation among all nations.

So that your foot may be red with blood, and the tongues of your dogs with the same.

Make clear that strength is God's: he is lifted up over Israel, and his power is in the clouds.

Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.

Take me from the grip of the sticky earth, so that I may not go down into it; let me be lifted up from the deep waters.

Let their eyes be blind so that they may not see; let their bodies for ever be shaking.

This will be more pleasing to the Lord than an ox, or a young ox of full growth.

For God will be the saviour of Zion, and the builder of the towns of Judah; so that it may be their resting-place and heritage.

My mouth will make clear your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for they are more than may be measured.

You will make me greater than before, and give me comfort on every side.

Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.

You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.

But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.

Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.

You are shining and full of glory, more than the eternal mountains.

You keep my eyes from sleep; I am so troubled that no words come.

He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children;

So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children;

So that they might put their hope in God, and not let God's works go out of their minds, but keep his laws;

The sea was cut in two so that they might go through; the waters were massed together on this side and on that.

See, the rock was cut open by his power, so that the water came rushing out, and overflowing streams; is he able to give us bread? is he able to get meat for his people?

In the memory that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their saviour.

So he kept in mind that they were only flesh; a breath which is quickly gone, and will not come again.

So that their rivers were turned to blood, and they were not able to get drink from their streams.

He took them on safely so that they had no fear; but their haters were covered by the sea.

So that he went away from the holy place in Shiloh, the tent which he had put among men;

You made ready a place for it, so that it might take deep root, and it sent out its branches over all the land.

Why are its walls broken down by your hands, so that all who go by may take its fruit?

I am the Lord your God, who took you up from the land of Egypt: let your mouth be open wide, so that I may give you food.

So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes.

For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.

Will you not give us life again, so that your people may be glad in you?