Let me tell of a decree, - Yahweh, hath said unto me, My son, thou art, I, to-day, have begotten thee:

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

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

Rise! Yahweh, Save me, my God. Surely thou hast smitten all my foes on the cheekbone, The teeth of the lawless, hast thou broken.

When I cry, answer me, O mine own righteous God, In a strait place, thou hast made room for me, Show me favour, and hear my prayer.

Multitudes, are saying, Who will show us prosperity? Lift thou upon us the light of thy countenance, O Yahweh.

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, - beyond the season when, their corn and their new wine, have increased.

In peace, will I lay me down and at once sleep; for, thou, Yahweh alone, wilt cause me, in security, to dwell.

To my words, give ear, O Yahweh, Understand thou my softly murmured prayer:

O Yahweh! in the morning, shalt thou hear my voice, In the morning, will I set in order unto thee, and keep watch;

For, not a GOD finding pleasure in lawlessness, art thou, and wrong can be no guest of thine:

Boasters, shall not station themselves, before thine eyes, - Thou hatest all workers of iniquity:

Thou wilt destroy them who speak falsehood, - The man of bloodshed and of deceit, Yahweh abhorreth.

That all may rejoice who seek refuge in thee, to times age-abiding, may shout in triumph, that thou wilt protect them, and they may leap for joy in thee who are lovers of thy Name.

For, thou, wilt bless the righteous man, O Yahweh, As with an all-covering shield - with good pleasure, wilt thou encompass him.

Yea, my soul, is dismayed greatly, Thou, then, O Yahweh - how long?

Rise! Yahweh! in thine anger, Lift thyself up, because of the haughty outbursts of mine adversaries, Stir up for me the justice thou hast commanded:

When, the assembly of peoples, gather round thee, then, above it - on high, do thou return!

Let the wrong of the lawless, I pray thee, come to an end, and establish thou him that is righteous, - for, a trier of hearts and reins, is God the righteous one.

Out of the mouth of children and sucklings, hast thou laid a foundation of strength, - because of thine adversaries, to make foe and avenger be still.

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

What was weak man, that thou shouldst make mention of him? or the son of the earthborn, that thou shouldst set him in charge?

That thou shouldst make him little less than messengers of God, with glory and honour, shouldst crown him?

For thou hast executed my right and my cause, Thou hast sat on the throne, judging righteously:

Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the lawless one, Their name, hast thou wiped out, to times age-abiding and beyond.

O enemy! complete are the desolations, evermore, - even cities, hast thou uprooted, The memory of, them, hath perished.

Thus let them who know thy Name, put confidence in thee, that thou hast not forsaken the searchers for thee, O Yahweh.

Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou stand afar off? Wherefore hide thyself, in times of destitution?

Wherefore hath the lawless one blasphemed God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it !

Thou hast seen! For, thou, mischief and misery, dost discern, to requite with thine own hand, Unto thee, doth, the unfortunate one, give himself up, To the fatherless, thou thyself, hast become a helper.

Shatter thou the arm of the lawless one, And, as for the wrongful, wilt thou not enquire for his lawlessness - wilt thou not find it ?

The longing of the patient, thou hast heard, O Yahweh, Thou wilt establish their heart, Thou wilt make attentive thine ear:

Thou, O Yahweh, wilt keep them, - Thou wilt guard him, from this generation unto times age-abiding.

How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou wholly forget me? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

Yahweh, is mine allotted portion and my cup, Thou, art maintaining my lot.

For thou wilt not abandon my soul to hades, neither wilt thou suffer thy man of lovingkindness, to see corruption:

Thou wilt cause me to know, the path of life, - Fulness of joys before thee, Pleasures at thy right hand evermore.

Thou hast tested my heart, hast made inspection by night, hast refined me until thou couldst find nothing, Had I devised evil, my mouth should not have transgressed:

Thou hast held fast my goings on to thy ways, My footsteps have not been shaken:

I, have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O GOD, - Incline thine ear unto me, Hear thou my speech:

Let thy lovingkindness be distinguished, thou Saviour of such as seek refuge from them who lift themselves up against thy right hand.

Guard me, as the pupil of the eye, - Under the shadow of thy wings, wilt thou hide me:

From men who are thy hand, O Yahweh, From the men of this age, whose portion, is among the living, and, with thy treasure, thou fillest their bosom, - They must be satisfied with sons, And must leave their abundance to their children: -

With the loving, thou didst show thyself loving, - With the blameless man, thou didst show thyself blameless;

With the pure, thou didst show thyself pure, But, with the perverse, thou didst show thyself ready to contend.

For, as for thee, an oppressed people, thou didst save, but, looks that were lofty, layedst thou low;

For, thou, didst light up my lamp, Yahweh my God, enlightened my darkness;

Thus didst thou grant me, as a shield, thy salvation, - and, thy right hand, sustained me, and, thy condescension, made me great.

Thou didst widen my stepping-places under me, so that, mine ankles, faltered not.

Thus didst thou gird me with strength, for the battle, Thou subduedst mine assailants under me.

As for my foes, thou didst give me their neck, and, as for them who hated me, I destroyed them.

Thus didst thou rescue me from the contentions of a people, - didst appoint me to be the head of nations, A people I had not known, served me:

Who hath delivered me from my foes, - Yea, from mine assailants, hast thou set me on high, From the man of violence, hast thou rescued me.

The longing of his heart, hast thou given him, and, the request of his lips, hast thou not withheld. Selah.

For thou wilt come to meet him, with the blessings of goodness, Thou wilt set on his head, a crown of pure gold.

Life, he asked of thee, Thou hast given it him, length of days, to times age-abiding and beyond.

Great is his glory, in thy salvation, Honour and majesty, wilt thou lay upon him;

For thou wilt appoint him blessings evermore, wilt cheer him with joy by thy countenance;

Thou wilt make them like a furnace of fire, at the time of thy presence, - Yahweh, in his anger, will swallow them up, and there shall consume them a fire:

Their fruit - out of the earth, wilt thou destroy, and their seed, from among the sons of men;

For thou wilt cause them to turn their back, Upon thy bow-strings, wilt thou make ready against their face.

My GOD, my GOD, why hast thou forsaken me? Far from saving me, The words of my loud lamentation?

My God! I keep crying - By day, and thou dost not answer, and, By night, and there is no rest for me.

But, thou, art holy, Who inhabitest the praises of Israel.

In thee, trusted our fathers, They trusted, and thou didst deliver them;

For, thou, art he that severed me from the womb, he that caused me to trust, upon the breasts of my mother;

Upon thee, was I cast from the time I was born, From the womb of my mother, my GOD, hast thou been.

Dried as a potsherd, is my strength, And, my tongue, is made to cleave to my gums, And, in the dust of death, wilt thou lay me.

But, thou, O Yahweh, be not far off, O my help! to aid me, make haste;

Save me from the mouth of the lion, - Yea, from the horns of wild beasts, hast thou delivered me.

Yea, though I walk through a valley death-shadowed, I will fear no harm, for, thou, art with me, Thy rod and thy staff, they, comfort me.

Thou spreadest before me a table, in face of mine adversaries, Thou hast anointed, with oil, my head, My cup, hath run over.

Thy ways, O Yahweh, let me know, Thy paths, teach thou me:

Guide me into thy truth and teach me, for, thou, art my delivering God, For thee, have I waited all the day:

The sins of my youth, and my transgressions, do not thou call to mind, - According to thine own lovingkindness, remember thou me, for the sake of thine own goodness, O Yahweh.

For the sake of thy Name, O Yahweh, Therefore wilt thou pardon mine iniquity, for great it is.

Turn thou unto me, and show me favour, for, alone and oppressed, I am.

To thee, said my heart - When thou saidst Seek ye my face - Thy face, O Yahweh, will I seek!

Do not hide thy face from me, Do not repulse, in thine anger, thine own servant, - My help, thou hast been, Do not send me away nor forsake me, O my saving God!

Wait thou for Yahweh, - Be strong, and let thy heart be bold, Wait, then, for Yahweh!

Unto thee, O Yahweh, do I cry, O my Rock! do not turn in silence from me, - lest, if thou turn from me in silence, I be like them who go down into the pit.

Give them, according to their deed, and, according to the wrong of their practices, - According to the work of their own hands, give thou unto them, Bring back their own dealing to themselves.

I will extol thee, O Yahweh, for thou hast drawn me up, - and not suffered my foes to rejoice over me.

O Yahweh! thou hast lifted, out of hades, my soul, Thou hast brought me back to life, from among those who were going down to the pit.

O Yahweh, in thy good-pleasure, hadst thou caused my mountain to stand, strong, - Thou didst hide thy face - I was dismayed!

Hear, O Yahweh, and show me favour, O Yahweh! become thou a helper unto me.

Thou hast turned my lamentation, into a dance for me, - Thou hast torn off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness:

Because, my mountain crag and my stronghold, thou art, Therefore, for the sake of thine own Name, wilt thou lead me and guide me?

Wilt thou bring me forth, out of the net which they have hidden for me? For, thou, art my refuge.

Into thy hand, do I commit my spirit - Thou hast ransomed me, O Yahweh, GOD most faithful.

I will indeed exult and rejoice, in thy lovingkindness, - In that thou hast looked upon my humiliation, thou hast taken note that in distresses was my life;

And hast not shut me up in the hand of the foe, Thou hast given standing, in a roomy place, unto my feet.

I, therefore. in thee, have put ray trust, O Yahweh, I have said, My God, thou art!

How great is thy goodness, which thou hast hidden away for them who revere thee, - Thou hast wrought for them who seek refuge in thee, in sight of the sons of men.

Thou wilt conceal them, in the secrecy of thine own presence, from the conspiracies of men, - Thou wilt hide them in a pavilion, from the strife of tongues.

But, I, had said in mine alarm, I am cut off from before thine eyes, - But, indeed, thou didst hear the voice of my supplication, when I cried for help unto thee.

My sin, would I own unto thee, and, mine iniquity, not hide, I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Yahweh, And, thou, didst forgive the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Thou, art a hiding-place for me, From distress, wilt thou preserve me, - With shouts of deliverance, wilt thou compass me about. Selah.

I will make thee discreet, I will point out to thee the way which thou must go, I will fix upon thee mine eye.

Do not ye become like a horse, like a mule, without discernment, - With the bit and bridle of his mouth, hast thou to restrain him, - He will not come near unto thee.