Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.

Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me.

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, More than they have when their grain and their new wine are increased.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.

Hold them guilty, O God; Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions; For they have rebelled against thee.

All mine enemies shall be put to shame and sore troubled: They shall turn back, they shall be put to shame suddenly.

Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.

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.

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

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

In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.

They are all gone aside; they are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And call not upon Jehovah?

There were they in great fear; For God is in the generation of the righteous.

As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.

They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.

I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.

I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.

They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.

As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.

They are bowed down and fallen; But we are risen, and stand upright.

For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.

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

They gape upon me with their mouth, As a ravening and a roaring lion.

For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.

I may count all my bones; They look and stare upon me.

They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart 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, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.

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

Yea, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein.

Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame: They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause.

Remember, O Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindness; For they have been ever of old.

Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.

When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

Because they regard not the works of Jehovah, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.

Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my stronghold.

Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, Yea, unto my neighbors exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintance: They that did see me without fled from me.

For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, They devised to take away my life.

For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, Else they will not come near unto thee.

They looked unto him, and were radiant; And their faces shall never be confounded.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.

Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit; Without cause have they digged a pit for my soul.

Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.

They reward me evil for good, To the bereaving of my soul.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted my soul with fasting; And my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; They did tear me, and ceased not:

Like the profane mockers in feasts, They gnashed upon me with their teeth.

For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

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

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.

For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for Jehovah, they shall inherit the land.

They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil; And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall consume; In smoke shall they consume away.

For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.

For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together; The end of the wicked shall be cut off.

And Jehovah helpeth them, and rescueth them; He rescueth them from the wicked, and saveth them, Because they have taken refuge in him.

For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me ; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.

For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

But mine enemies are lively, and are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up riches , and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward; They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.

For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.

All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.

An evil disease,'say they , cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable unto them.

Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.

Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; They are in the heart of the king's enemies.

With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led: They shall enter into the king's palace.

For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.

They saw it, then were they amazed; They were dismayed, they hasted away.

They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

Their inward thought is, that their houses'shall continue for ever, And their dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.

They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.

He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.

Then will thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt-offering and in whole burnt-offering: Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

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.

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

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And call not upon God?