For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

A psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom.Lord, how my foes increase!
There are many who attack me.

Many are saying of my soul, 'There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah.

Let there be fear in your hearts, and do no sin; have bitter feelings on your bed, but make no sound. (Selah.)

There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift up the light of your countenance upon us.

For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.

For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart is mischiefs, An open grave is their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

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

Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.

O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,

{With bald-faced pride} [the] wicked will not seek [God]. There is no God in any of his thoughts.

For he hath said in his heart, "Tush, I shall never be cast down; there shall no harm happen unto me."

Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.

Send help, Lord, for mercy has come to an end; there is no more faith among the children of men.

To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, 'God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.

Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one -- seeking God.

The whole have turned aside, Together they have been filthy: There is not a doer of good, not even one.

There they have feared a fear, For God is in the generation of the righteous.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

Out of the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and coals of fire.

They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them.

There is no speech, and there are no words. Their voice hath not been heard.

His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

Thou wilt make them like a furnace of fire, at the time of thy presence, - Yahweh, in his anger, will swallow them up, and there shall consume them a fire:

My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me.

Be not far from me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper.

A Davidic psalm.The Lord is my shepherd;
there is nothing I lack.

When there drew near against me evil-doers to devour my flesh, mine adversaries, and mine enemies - mine! - they, stumbled and fell!

Though there pitch against me - a camp, my heart shall not fear, - Though there come up against me - a battle, still, am I confident.

Do not give me up unto the desire of mine adversaries, for there have risen up against me witnesses that are false, and he that fanneth up violence.

The voice of Yahweh, causeth the gazelles to bring forth, and hath stript forests; and, in his own temple, every one there, is saying, Glory!

For [there is] a moment in his anger; [there is] a lifetime in his favor. Weeping lodges for the evening, but in the morning [comes] rejoicing.

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

For this reason every one of your faithful followers should pray to you while there is a window of opportunity. Certainly when the surging water rises, it will not reach them.

There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

There shall reach him a ruin he could not know, - Yea, his own net which he hath hidden, shall capture him, Into that ruin, shall he fall!

There rise up witnesses helping forward violence and wrong, What I know not, they demand of me:

But, in mine overthrow, have they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together, - There gathered themselves together against me foolish men, and I knew it not, They have torn in pieces, and not been silent;

O Lord, how long are you going to just stand there and watch this? Rescue me from their destructive attacks; guard my life from the young lions!

They gape upon me with their mouths, saying, "There! There! We see it with our eyes!"

Let them not say in their hearts, "There! There! So would we have it!" Neither let them say, "We have devoured him."

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.} The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

O let there be no end to your loving mercy to those who have knowledge of you, or of your righteousness to the upright in heart.

There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

Turn away from evil and do what is good,
and dwell there forever.

The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever.

But he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I made a search for him and he was not there.

Observe [the] blameless and look at [the] upright, for [there is] a future for a man of peace.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

And [so] I am like a man who hears not, and in whose mouth there are no retorts.

Hot was my heart within me, While I was musing, there was kindled a fire, I spake with my tongue!

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.

For there have closed in upon me, misfortunes beyond number, Mine iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see, They have become more than the hairs of my head, And, my courage, hath forsaken me!

Let them be desolate, and rewarded with shame, that say unto me, "There! There!"

Though I am poor and in need, the Lord has me in mind; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O my God.

You, by your power, defeated nations and settled our fathers on their land; you crushed the people living there and enabled our ancestors to occupy it.

And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

There be some that put their trust in their goods, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches.

Like sheep are they laid in Sheol: Death feedeth on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their comeliness shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for them.

Our God shall come, and not keep silence: there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him.

Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

{To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

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

Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

Fear and trembling, would enter me, And there would have overwhelmed me - a horror!

Then I said - Oh that there were given me a pinion, like a dove, I would fly away and be at rest:

Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.

He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.

God will hear, and afflict them: he that is seated of old, (Selah) ... because there is no change in them, and they fear not God.

The {buttery words} of his mouth were smooth, but [there was] battle in his heart. His words were smoother than oil, but they [were] drawn swords.

Those who watch me all day have harassed me, for there are many who fight against me out of conceit.

Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men?

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

They run and set themselves against me though there is no guilt in me;
Stir Yourself to meet and help me, and see [what they are doing]!

Let them go wandering up and down in search of food, and be there all night if they have not enough.

Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in man.

One thing, hath God spoken, Two things, there are which I have heard, That, power, belongeth unto God;

God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.
There will be silence before You, and praise in Zion, O God,
And to You the vow will be performed.

He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

Those whose resting-place was there, even the poor, were comforted by your good things, O God.

When the Almighty scattered the kings there,
It was snowing in Zalmon.

Why do ye look with envy, ye many-peaked mountains, upon the mount that God hath desired for his abode? yea, Jehovah will dwell there for ever.

God's chariots were many thousands. The Lord was there with them at Sinai in holiness.

You have ascended on high; you have led away captives. You have received gifts [from] among humankind, and even [from the] rebellious, so that Yah God may dwell [there].

There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

Their tower is desolated, In their tents there is no dweller.

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

The seed of his servants will have their part in it, and there the lovers of his name will have rest.