I will declare the decree: Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; I this day have begotten thee.

Thou shalt break them with a sceptre of iron, as a potter's vessel thou shalt dash them in pieces.

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

Arise, Jehovah; save me, my God! For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheekbone, thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.} When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness: in pressure thou hast enlarged me; be gracious unto me, and hear my prayer.

Thou hast put joy in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their new wine was in abundance.

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

Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; in the morning will I address myself to thee, and will look up.

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

Insolent fools shall not stand before thine eyes; thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth a man of blood and deceit.

And all that trust in thee shall rejoice: for ever shall they shout joyously, and thou wilt protect them; and they that love thy name shall exult in thee.

For thou, Jehovah, wilt bless the righteous man; with favour wilt thou surround him as with a shield.

And my soul trembleth exceedingly: and thou, Jehovah, till how long?

Arise, Jehovah, in thine anger; lift thyself up against the raging of mine oppressors, and awake for me: thou hast commanded judgment.

And the assembly of the peoples shall encompass thee; and for their sakes return thou on high.

Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous man; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established praise because of thine adversaries, to still the enemy and the avenger.

When I see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast established;

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

Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and splendour.

Thou hast made him to rule over the works of thy hands; thou hast put everything under his feet:

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest on the throne, judging righteously.

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

O enemy! destructions are ended for ever. Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished.

And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

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

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

Thou hast seen it, for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched 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 hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,

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

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

Thou my soul hast said to Jehovah, Thou art the Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; --

To the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent thou hast said, In them is all my delight.

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 allow thy Holy One to see corruption.

Thou wilt make known to me the path of life: thy countenance is fulness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word.

When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.

I have called upon thee, for thou answerest me, O God. Incline thine ear unto me, hear my speech.

Shew wondrously thy loving-kindnesses, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

From men who are thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of this age: their portion is in this life, and their belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure; they have their fill of sons, and leave the rest of their substance to their children.

With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; with the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;

With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.

For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.

For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

And thou didst give me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand held me up; and thy condescending gentleness hath made me great.

Thou didst enlarge my steps under me, and mine ankles have not wavered.

And thou girdedst me with strength to battle; thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.

And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, and those that hated me I destroyed.

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; thou hast made me the head of the nations: a people I knew not doth serve me.

Who hath delivered me from mine enemies: yea, thou hast lifted me up above them that rose up against me; from the man of violence hast thou delivered me.

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

For thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness; thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head.

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

His glory is great through thy salvation; majesty and splendour hast thou laid upon him.

For thou hast made him to be blessings for ever; thou hast filled him with joy by thy countenance.

Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thy presence; Jehovah shall swallow them up in his anger, and the fire shall devour them:

Their fruit shalt 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 thy bowstring against their face.

Be thou exalted, Jehovah, in thine own strength: we will sing and celebrate thy power.

{To the chief Musician. Upon Aijeleth-Shahar. A Psalm of David.} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou far from my salvation, from the words of my groaning?

My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me:

And thou art holy, thou that dwellest amid the praises of Israel.

Our fathers confided in thee: they confided, and thou didst deliver them.

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

I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou art my God from my mother's belly.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death.

But thou, Jehovah, be not far from me; O my strength, haste thee to help me.

Save me from the lion's mouth. Yea, from the horns of the buffaloes hast thou answered me.

Yea, though 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.

Make me to walk in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to thy loving-kindness remember thou me, for thy goodness' sake, Jehovah.

For thy name's sake, O Jehovah, thou wilt indeed pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

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.

{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, if thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

{A Psalm of David: dedication-song of the house.} I will extol thee, Jehovah; for thou hast delivered me, and hast not made mine enemies to rejoice over me.

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

Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol, thou hast quickened me from among those that go down to the pit.

Jehovah, by thy favour thou hadst made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.

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

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

Draw me out of the net that they have hidden for me; for thou art my strength.

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

I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving-kindness, for thou hast seen mine affliction; thou hast known the troubles of my soul,

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

But I confided in thee, 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 trust in thee, before the sons of men!

Thou keepest them concealed in the secret of thy presence from the conspiracies of man; thou hidest them 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 I covered not; I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah, and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee at a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they will not reach him.

Thou art a hiding-place for me; thou preservest me from trouble; thou dost encompass me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

I will instruct thee and teach thee the way in which thou shalt go; I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my only one from the young lions.

Thou hast seen it, Jehovah: keep not silence; O Lord, be not far from me.

Thy righteousness is like the high mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: thou, Jehovah, preservest man and beast.

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