I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, 'My Son Thou art, I to-day have brought thee forth.

Be attentive to the voice of my cry, My king and my God, For unto Thee I pray habitually.

Jehovah, at morning Thou hearest my voice, At morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out.

For not a God desiring wickedness art Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.

Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall from their own counsels, In the abundance of their transgressions Drive them away, Because they have rebelled against Thee.

And rejoice do all trusting in Thee, To the age they sing, and Thou coverest them over, And those loving Thy name exult in Thee.

For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?

'The Erring One,' by David, that he sung to Jehovah concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah, my God, in Thee I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me.

And a company of peoples compass Thee, And over it on high turn Thou back,

Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.

I rejoice and exult in Thee, I praise Thy Name, O Most High.

They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.

Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave it, Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

A Secret Treasure of David. Preserve me, O God, for I did trust in Thee.

From before thee my judgment doth go out; Thine eyes do see uprightly.

I -- I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.

To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith: -- I love Thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

For by Thee I run -- a troop! And by my God I leap a wall.

Therefore I confess Thee among nations, O Jehovah, And to Thy name I sing praise,

Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Jehovah doth answer thee, In a day of adversity, The name of the God of Jacob doth set thee on high,

He doth send thy help from the sanctuary, And from Zion doth support thee,

He doth give to thee according to thy heart, And all thy counsel doth fulfil.

Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him -- length of days, Age-during -- and for ever.

For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

In Thee did our fathers trust -- they trusted, And Thou dost deliver them.

Unto Thee they cried, and were delivered, In Thee they trusted, and were not ashamed.

On Thee I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of my mother Thou art my God.

I declare Thy name to my brethren, In the midst of the assembly I praise Thee.

Of Thee my praise is in the great assembly. My vows I complete before His fearers.

Remember and return unto Jehovah, Do all ends of the earth, And before Thee bow themselves, Do all families of the nations,

By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, my soul I lift up.

My God, in Thee I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed, Let not mine enemies exult over me.

Also let none waiting on Thee be ashamed, Let the treacherous dealers without cause be ashamed.

Cause me to tread in Thy truth, and teach me, For Thou art the God of my salvation, Near Thee I have waited all the day.

Keep my soul, and deliver me, Let me not be ashamed, for I trusted in Thee.

Integrity and uprightness do keep me, For I have waited on Thee.

To Thee said my heart 'They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.'

By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit.

Hear the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee, In my lifting up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

A Psalm. -- A song of the dedication of the house of David. I exalt Thee, O Jehovah, For Thou hast drawn me up, and hast not let mine enemies rejoice over me.

Jehovah my God, I have cried to Thee, And Thou dost heal me.

Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, And unto Jehovah I make supplication.

What gain is in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth?

So that honour doth praise Thee, and is not silent, O Jehovah, my God, to the age I thank Thee!

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age, In Thy righteousness deliver me.

And I on Thee -- I have trusted, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou art my God.'

O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol.

How abundant is Thy goodness, That Thou hast laid up for those fearing Thee,

Thou hast wrought for those trusting in Thee, Before sons of men. Thou hidest them in the secret place of Thy presence, From artifices of man, Thou concealest them in a tabernacle, From the strife of tongues.

And I -- I have said in my haste, 'I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,' But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee.

My sin I cause Thee to know, And mine iniquity I have not covered. I have said, 'I confess concerning My transgressions to Jehovah,' And Thou -- Thou hast taken away, The iniquity of my sin. Selah.

For this doth every saintly one pray to Thee, As the time to find. Surely at an overflowing of many waters, Unto him they come not.

I cause thee to act wisely, And direct thee in the way that thou goest, I cause mine eye to take counsel concerning thee.

Be ye not as a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.

Let Thy kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, As we have waited for Thee!

All my bones say, 'Jehovah, who is like Thee, Delivering the poor from the stronger than he, And the poor and needy from his plunderer.'

I thank Thee in a great assembly, Among a mighty people I praise Thee.

For with Thee is a fountain of life, In Thy light we see light.

Draw out Thy kindness to those knowing Thee, And Thy righteousness to the upright of heart.

And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

Look unto Jehovah, and keep His way, And He doth exalt thee to possess the land, In the wicked being cut off -- thou seest!

Lord, before Thee is all my desire, And my sighing from Thee hath not been hid.

Because for Thee, O Jehovah, I have waited, Thou dost answer, O Lord my God.

Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age is as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity is every man set up. Selah.

And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope -- it is of Thee.

Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And to my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I am with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.

Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.

All seeking Thee rejoice and are glad in Thee, Those loving Thy salvation say continually, 'Jehovah is magnified.'

I -- I said, 'O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'

As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.

To the Overseer. -- An Instruction. By sons of Korah. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God.

In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

And I go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, the joy of my rejoicing. And I thank Thee with a harp, O God, my God.

By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,

All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.

Thou hast been beautified above the sons of men, Grace hath been poured into thy lips, Therefore hath God blessed thee to the age.

As to Thy majesty -- prosper! -- ride! Because of truth, and meekness -- righteousness, And Thy right hand showeth Thee fearful things.

Thine arrows are sharp, -- Peoples fall under Thee -- In the heart of the enemies of the king.

Thou hast loved righteousness and hatest wickedness, Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee, Oil of joy above thy companions.

Myrrh and aloes, cassia! all thy garments, Out of palaces of ivory Stringed instruments have made thee glad.

In divers colours she is brought to the king, Virgins -- after her -- her companions, Are brought to thee.

I make mention of Thy name in all generations, Therefore do peoples praise Thee, To the age, and for ever!

For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)

Hear, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against thee, God, thy God am I.

Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings Are before Me continually.

If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine is the world and its fulness.

And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.

And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee -- to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?

Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.

These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.

Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done the evil thing in Thine eyes, So that Thou art righteous in Thy words, Thou art pure in Thy judging.

I teach transgressors Thy ways, And sinners unto Thee do return.

Also -- God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.

I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done it, And I wait on Thy name for it is good before Thy saints!

There they feared a fear -- there was no fear, For God hath scattered the bones of him Who is encamping against thee, Thou hast put to shame, For God hath despised them.

With a free will-offering I sacrifice to Thee, I thank Thy name, O Jehovah, for it is good,

Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.

And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee!

The day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee.