I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory and the lifter up of my head.

Arise, O Jehovah; save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness; Thou hast set me at large when I was in distress: Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

Many there are that say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

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

In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.

O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch.

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee.

The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight: Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

But let all those that take refuge in thee rejoice, Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

For thou wilt bless the righteous; O Jehovah, thou wilt compass him with favor as with a shield.

My soul also is sore troubled: And thou, O Jehovah, how long?

Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.

And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about; And over them return thou on high.

O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.

Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:

I will be glad and exult in thee; I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.

Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

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.

Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it ?

Thou hast seen it ; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;

Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah, Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.

How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

O my soul , thou hast said unto Jehovah, Thou art my Lord: I have no good beyond thee.

Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot.

For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.

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

Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

Show thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that take refuge in thee From those that rise up against them .

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.

With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.

For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.

Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy right hand hath holden me up, And thy gentleness hath made me great.

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

He rescueth me from mine enemies; Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.

Who can discern his errors? Clear thou me from hidden faults .

Thou hast given him his heart's desire, And hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah

For thou meetest him with the blessings of goodness: Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head.

He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him, Even length of days for ever and ever.

His glory is great in thy salvation: Honor and majesty dost thou lay upon him.

For thou makest him most blessed for ever: Thou makest him glad with joy in thy presence.

Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.

Their fruit wilt thou destroy from the earth, And their seed from among the children of men.

For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.

Be thou exalted, O Jehovah, in thy strength: So will we sing and praise thy power.

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.

But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

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

But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust when I was upon my mother's breasts.

I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.

Save me from the lion's mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.

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.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou hast anointed my head with oil; My cup runneth over.

Guide me in thy truth, and teach me; For thou art the God of my salvation; For thee do I wait all the day.

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness'sake, O Jehovah.

The troubles of my heart are enlarged: Oh bring thou me out of my distresses.

When thou saidst , Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.

Hide not thy face from me; Put not thy servant away in anger: Thou hast been my help; Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Wait for Jehovah: Be strong, and let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.

Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

I will extol thee, O Jehovah; for thou hast raised me up, And hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

O Jehovah my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

Thou, Jehovah, of thy favor hadst made my mountain to stand strong: Thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.

Hear, O Jehovah, and have mercy upon me: Jehovah, be thou my helper.

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.

For thou art my rock and my fortress; Therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me.

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

Into thy hand I commend my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Jehovah, thou God of truth.

I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;

And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a large place.

But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah: I said, Thou art my God.

Oh how great is thy goodness, Which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, Which thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in thee, Before the sons of men!

In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man: Thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, And mine iniquity did I not hide: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah; And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah

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.