Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;

And he is as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth.

He that dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh, the Lord shall have them in derision.

{A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.} Jehovah, how many are they that trouble me, many they that rise up against me!

I will not fear for myriads of the people that have set themselves against me round about.

But know that Jehovah hath set apart the pious man for himself: Jehovah will hear when I call unto him.

Thou hast put joy in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their new wine was in abundance.

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with thee.

Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth a man of blood and deceit.

And all that trust in thee shall rejoice: for ever shall they shout joyously, and thou wilt protect them; and they that love thy name shall exult in thee.

If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;)

Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous man; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.

He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.

And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah; consider mine affliction from them that hate me, lifting me up from the gates of death:

That I may declare all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will be joyful in thy salvation.

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.

The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, all the nations that forget God.

Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.

To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.

For behold, the wicked bend the bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may in darkness shoot at the upright in heart.

Jehovah trieth the righteous one; but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth.

Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, they have done abominable works: there is none that doeth good.

Jehovah looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

They have all gone aside, they are together become corrupt: there is none that doeth good, not even one.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When Jehovah turneth again the captivity of his people, Jacob shall be glad, Israel shall rejoice.

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth from his heart.

He that slandereth not with his tongue, doeth not evil to his companion, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;

In whose eyes the depraved person is contemned, and who honoureth them that fear Jehovah; who, if he have sworn to his own hurt, changeth it not;

He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

To the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent thou hast said, In them is all my delight.

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another: their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, and I will not take up their names into my lips.

Shew wondrously thy loving-kindnesses, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

From the wicked that destroy me, my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.

{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 had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies and out of the hand of Saul. And he said,} I will love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me; for they were mightier than I.

For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.

For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

As for God, his way is perfect; the word of Jehovah is tried: he is a shield to all that trust in him.

And thou girdedst me with strength to battle; thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.

And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, and those that hated me I destroyed.

Who hath delivered me from mine enemies: yea, thou hast lifted me up above them that rose up against me; from the man of violence hast thou delivered me.

Now know I that Jehovah saveth his anointed; he answereth him from the heavens of his holiness, with the saving strength of his right hand.

Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

And thou art holy, thou that dwellest amid the praises of Israel.

All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying:

But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou didst make me trust, upon my mother's breasts.

Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and revere him, all ye the seed of Israel.

My praise is from thee, in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise Jehovah that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, and he that cannot keep alive his own soul.

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.

{Of David. A Psalm.} The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

For it was he that founded it upon seas, and established it upon floods.

He that hath blameless hands and a pure heart; who lifteth not up his soul unto vanity, nor sweareth deceitfully:

This is the generation of them that seek unto him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed: they shall be ashamed that deal treacherously without cause.

What man is he that feareth Jehovah? him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.

The secret of Jehovah is with them that fear him, that he may make known his covenant to them.

That I may cause the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and declare all thy marvellous works.

One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to inquire of him in his temple.

{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, if thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol, thou hast quickened me from among those that go down to the pit.

That my glory may sing psalms of thee, and not be silent. Jehovah my God, I will praise thee for ever.

Draw me out of the net that they have hidden for me; for thou art my strength.

I have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah.

More than to all mine oppressors, I am become exceedingly a reproach, even to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that see me without flee from me.

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee, before the sons of men!

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye that hope in Jehovah.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee at a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they will not reach him.

Many sorrows hath the wicked; but he that confideth in Jehovah, loving-kindness shall encompass him.

Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance!

Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his loving-kindness,

The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

Taste and see that Jehovah is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him!

Fear Jehovah, ye his saints; for there is no want to them that fear him.

The young lions are in need and suffer hunger; but they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good.

What man is he that desireth life, and loveth days, that he may see good?

The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, to cutoff the remembrance of them from the earth:

Jehovah is nigh to those that are of a broken heart, and saveth them that are of a contrite spirit.

Evil shall destroy the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall bear their guilt.

Jehovah redeemeth the soul of his servants; and none of them that trust in him shall bear guilt.

{A Psalm of David.} Strive, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me; fight against them that fight against me:

Let them be put to shame and confounded that seek after my life; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that devise my hurt:

All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the afflicted from one stronger than he, yea, the afflicted and the needy from him that spoileth him!

I behaved myself as though he had been a friend, a brother to me; I bowed down in sadness, as one that mourneth for a mother.

Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; let them not wink with the eye that hate me without cause.

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine adversity; let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

Let them exult and rejoice that delight in my righteousness; and let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified, who delighteth in the prosperity of his servant.

He deviseth wickedness up on his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good: he abhorreth not evil.

Continue thy loving-kindness unto them that know thee, and thy righteousness to the upright in heart;

{A Psalm of David.} Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, and be not envious of them that work unrighteousness;

Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him that prospereth in his way, because of the man that bringeth mischievous devices to pass.

For evil-doers shall be cut off; but those that wait on Jehovah, they shall possess the land.