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,

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

There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.

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

For in death there is no memory of you; in the underworld who will give you praise?

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

The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

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.

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.

You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.

There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.

They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.

There are no words or language; their voice makes no sound.

His going out is from the end of the heaven, and his circle to the ends of it; there is nothing which is not open to his heat.

By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.

Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.

Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord 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 the workers of evil have come down: they have been made low, and will not be lifted up.

For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

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.

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.

And the daughters of Tyre will be there with an offering; those who have wealth among the people will be looking for your approval.

There is a river whose streams make glad the resting-place of God, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

Every one of them has gone back; they are unclean: there is not one who does good, no, not one.

They were in great fear, where there was no cause for fear: for the bones of those who make war on you have been broken by God; you have put them to shame, because God has no desire for them.

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

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

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

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.

The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.

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

There is little Benjamin ruling them, the chiefs of Judah and their army, the rulers of Zebulun and the rulers of Naphtali.

My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no support; I have come into deep waters, the waves are flowing over me.

My heart is broken by bitter words, I am full of grief; I made a search for some to have pity on me, but there was no one; I had no comforter.

Give their houses to destruction, and let there be no one in their tents.

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

But I am poor and in need; come to me quickly, O God; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O Lord.

In his days may the upright do well, living in peace as long as there is a moon in heaven.

May there be wide-stretching fields of grain in the land, shaking on the top of the mountains, full of fruit like Lebanon: may its stems be unnumbered like the grass of the earth.

And they say, How will the Lord see this? is there knowledge in the Most High?

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

We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.

There were the arrows of the bow broken, there he put an end to body-cover, sword, and fight. (Selah.)

Your way was in the sea, and your road in the great waters; there was no knowledge of your footsteps.

There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god.

Rahab and Babylon will be named among those who have knowledge of me; see, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man had his birth there.

And of Zion it will be said, This or that man had his birth there; and the Most High will make her strong.

The Lord will keep in mind, when he is writing the records of the people, that this man had his birth there. (Selah.)

The players on instruments will be there, and the dancers will say, All my springs are in you.

I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help:

May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?

For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?

Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.

There is the great, wide sea, where there are living things, great and small, more than may be numbered.

There go the ships; there is that great beast, which you have made as a plaything.

He gave the word, and there came the dog-fly, and insects over all the land.

He took his people out with silver and gold: there was not one feeble person among them.

They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.

He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.

And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town;

He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.

My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones.

For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.

Lord, there is no pride in my heart and my eyes are not lifted up; and I have not taken part in great undertakings, or in things over-hard for me.

They have ears, but no hearing; and there is no breath in their mouths.

For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.

For there is not a word on my tongue which is not clear to you, O Lord.

If I go up to heaven, you are there: or if I make my bed in the underworld, you are there.

Even there will I be guided by your hand, and your right hand will keep me.

See if there is any way of sorrow in me, and be my guide in the eternal way.

Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

Great is our Lord, and great his power; there is no limit to his wisdom.

At the outgoing of his word, the ice is turned to water; when he sends out his wind, there is a flowing of waters.