Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.

You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.

Be my guide, O Lord, in the ways of your righteousness, because of those who are against me; make your way straight before my face.

But let all those who put their faith in you be glad with cries of joy at all times, and let all the lovers of your name be glad in you.

My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.

Let all those who are against me be shamed and deeply troubled; let them be turned back and suddenly put to shame.

You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.

The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.

For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.

He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.

Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved.

I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.

He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.

For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.

As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.

For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.

He makes me free from my haters; I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.

Your hand will make a search for all your haters; your right hand will be hard on all those who are against you.

I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,

The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.

All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.

Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause.

All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness.

The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.

See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.

My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord.

Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.

The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.

O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!

O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.

You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)

See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;

The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who have fear of him, to keep them safe.

Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything.

The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.

The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.

The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down.

Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

O Lord, be on my side against those who are judging me; be at war with those who make war against me.

Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.

Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.

Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.

Let those who are on my side give cries of joy; let them ever say, The Lord be praised, for he has pleasure in the peace of his servant.

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.

For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.

The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.

Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.

Let those who say to me, Aha, aha! be surprised because of their shame.

Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May the Lord be great.

Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.

But it is you who have been our saviour from those who were against us, and have put to shame those who had hate for us.

Because of this we are turned back by the attacker: those who have hate for us take our goods for themselves.

You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us.

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

High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth.

What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?

Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.

The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.

This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.)

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.

He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.

My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.

Take me out of the hands of the cruel ones, O my God; keep me safe from those who come up against me.

Give a safe place to those who have fear of you, where they may go in flight from before the bow. (Selah.)

For you have been my secret place, and my high tower from those who made war on me.

For you, O God, have made answer to my prayers; you have given me the heritage of those who give honour to your name.

O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.

The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

Those in the farthest parts of the earth have fear when they see your signs: the outgoings of the morning and evening are glad because of you.

Let God be seen, and let his haters be put to flight; let those who are against him be turned back before him.

A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.

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

Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.

Let not those who have hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of armies: let not those who are waiting for you be made low because of me, O God of Israel.

I am a cause of wonder to those in authority; a song to those who are given to strong drink.

Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my saviour, because of those who are against me.

Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish.

Let those who say Aha, aha! be turned back as a reward of their shame.

Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May God be great.

For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.

Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.

My tongue will be talking of your righteousness all the day; for those whose purpose is to do me evil have been crushed and put to shame.

May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust.

He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need.

For those who are far away from you will come to destruction: you will put an end to all those who have not kept faith with you.

O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?

Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of those who come against you goes up every day.

To you, O God, we give praise, to you we give praise: and those who give honour to your name make clear your works of power.

I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them.

The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.

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.