Not so the wicked. Instead, [they are] like the chaff that [the] wind scatters.

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,

As the kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers conspire together against the LORD and his anointed one, they say,

They say, "Let's tear off the shackles they've put on us! Let's free ourselves from their ropes!"

Then will his angry words come to their ears, and by his wrath they will be troubled:

They will be ruled by you with a rod of iron; they will be broken like a potter's vessel.

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

{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 am not afraid of myriads of people, That round about they have set against me.

You have put more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and new wine abound.

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

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.

My eyes are swollen from grief;
they grow old because of all my enemies.

Ashamed and troubled greatly are all mine enemies, They turn back -- ashamed in a moment!

lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

O Lord my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,

In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.

The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished.

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

when they prayed: "Have mercy on me, Lord! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!

Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.

Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they are men! Selah.

Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

Their ways always seem prosperous. Your judgments are on high, far away from them. They scoff at all their enemies.

They say to themselves, "We will not be moved throughout all time, and we will not experience adversity."

They wait in ambush in the villages, they kill the innocent in secret.

Their eyes secretly watch the helpless, lying in wait like a lion in his den. They lie in wait to catch the afflicted. They catch the afflicted when they pull him into their net.

The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.

To the Overseer. -- By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, 'They moved to Thy mountain for the bird?

For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

Yahweh [is] in his holy temple; Yahweh [is] in the heavens [on] his throne. His eyelids see; they test [the] children of humankind.

May the Lord rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!

Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

They say, “Through our tongues we have power;
our lips are our own—who can be our master?”

"Because of [the] oppression of [the] afflicted, because of [the] groaning of [the] poor, now I will rise up," Yahweh says. "I shall put [them] in [the] safety [for which] they long."

The Lord's words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined.

The ungodly walk on every side; when they are exalted, the children of men are put to rebuke.

lest mine enemy say, "I have prevailed against him." For if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it.

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.

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

Have all working iniquity not known? Those consuming my people have eaten bread, Jehovah they have not called.

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

With regard to [the] saints who [are] in the land, they [are the] noble ones in [whom is] all my desire.

their troubles multiply, they desire other gods. I will not pour out drink offerings of blood to their gods, nor will I make vows in the name of their gods.

from [the] {presence} of [the] wicked who destroy me, [those] enemies against my life, [they that] surround me.

Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:

Our steps now have compassed him;' Their eyes they set to turn aside in the land.

They are like a lion eager to tear,
like a young lion lurking in ambush.

From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion is in life, And with Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied with sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

They have children at their desire, and leave the rest of their substance for their babes. But as for me, I shall behold thy presence in righteousness: and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it.

And shake and tremble doth the earth, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake -- because He hath wrath.

He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.

He delivereth me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I.

They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me.

I pursue mine enemies, and overtake them, And turn back not till they are consumed.

I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,

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

Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.

At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,

[The] children of a foreign land {lost heart}, and they came trembling from their strongholds.

{Every day} [they] pour forth speech, and {every night} [they] tell knowledge.

The fear of Jehovah is clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah are true, They have been righteous -- together.

They are more desirable than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, Even liquid honey of the comb.

Even from the presumptuous, keep back thy servant, May they not have dominion over me, Then, shall I be blameless, and shall be acquitted from great transgression:

They -- they have bowed and have fallen, And we have risen and station ourselves upright.

You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.

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.

All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip -- shake the head,

They say, "Commit yourself to the Lord! Let the Lord rescue him! Let the Lord deliver him, for he delights in him."

They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

I count all my bones -- they look expectingly, They look upon me,

They apportion my garments to themselves, And for my clothing they cause a lot to fall.

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

And the fat ones of earth have eaten, And they bow themselves, Before Him bow do all going down to dust, And he who hath not revived his soul.

A whole generation will serve him; they will tell the next generation about the sovereign Lord.

They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is borne, that He hath made!

Also -- when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou art with me, Thy rod and Thy staff -- they comfort me.

{A Psalm of David.} The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

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

Remember Thy mercies, O Jehovah, And Thy kindnesses, for from the age are they.

All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and goodness and truth and faithfulness
To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.

For Your name’s sake, O Lord,
Pardon my wickedness and my guilt, for they are great.

The Lord shows his faithful followers the way they should live.

They experience his favor; their descendants inherit the land.

Intimacy with Yahweh, have they who revere him, His covenant also, he letteth them know.

See my enemies, for they have been many, And with violent hatred they have hated me.

When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.

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

Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.

Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!

Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.

Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

O Lord, do not let me be humiliated, for I call out to you! May evil men be humiliated! May they go wailing to the grave!