O Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in his law will he exercise himself, day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the waterside, that will bring forth his fruit in due season. His leaf, also, shall not wither; and, look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.

Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment, neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: the Lord shall have them in derision.

Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure,

Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron, and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel."

Serve the LORD in fear, and rejoice unto him in reverence.

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and so ye perish from the right way. For his wrath shall be kindled shortly: blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

{A Psalm of David when he fled from the face of Absalom} LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise against me.

Many ones there be that say of my soul, "There is no help for him in his God." Selah.

{To the Chanter in Neginoth, a Psalm of David} Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! Thou hast set me at liberty when I was in trouble; have mercy upon me, and hearken unto my prayer.

O ye sons of men, how long will ye blaspheme mine honour, and have such pleasure in vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

Know this also, that the LORD hath chosen to himself the man that is godly; when I call upon the LORD, he will hear me.

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart, and in your chamber, and be still. Selah.

Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.

Thou hast put gladness in my heart since the time that their corn and wine and oil increased.

I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest; for it is thou, LORD, only that makest me dwell in safety.

{To the Chanter in Neginoth, a Psalm of David} Ponder my words, O LORD; consider my meditation.

My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O LORD. Early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wickedness; neither shall any evil dwell with thee.

Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy sight, for thou hatest all them that work vanity.

But as for me, I will come into thy house, even upon the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way plain before my face.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouths; they dissemble in their hearts. Their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Destroy thou them, O God; let them perish in their own imaginations! Cast them out in the multitude of their ungodliness; for they have rebelled against thee.

And let all them that put their trust in thee rejoice. They shall ever be giving of thanks, because thou defendest them. They that love thy name shall be joyful in thee;

{To the Chanter in Neginoth upon Sheminith, a Psalm of David} O LORD, rebuke me not in thine indignation, neither chasten me in thy displeasure.

For in death no man remembereth thee: and who will give thee thanks in the hell?

{Shiggaion of David, which he sang for the words of Cush the son of Benjamin} O LORD my God, in thee have I put my trust; save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me,

lest he devour my soul like a lion, and tear it in pieces, while there is none to help.

O LORD my God, if I have done any such thing, or if there be any wickedness in my hands,

Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and take me. Yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honor in the dust. Selah.

Stand up, O LORD, in thy wrath, lift up thyself, because of the indignation of mine enemies; arise up for me in the judgment that thou hast commanded.

The LORD shall judge the people; give sentence with me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to the innocence that is in me.

O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end; but guide thou the just. For the righteous God trieth the very hearts and reins.

For his travail shall come upon his own head, and his wickedness shall fall upon his own head, and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.

{To the Chanter upon Gittith, a Psalm of David} O LORD our governour; how excellent is thy name in all the world; thou hast set thy glory above the heavens!

Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands; and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet -

O LORD our governour, how excellent is thy name in all the world!

I will be glad and rejoice in thee; yea, my songs will I make of thy name, O thou most highest.

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou art set in the throne that judgest right.

For he shall judge the world in righteousness, and minister true judgment unto the people.

The LORD also will be a defense for the oppressed, even a refuge in due time of trouble.

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou, LORD, hast never failed them that seek thee.

O praise the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion; show the people of his doings.

And why? For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor.

That I may show all thy praises within the ports of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in thy salvation.

The Heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the same net which they hid privily, is their own foot taken.

The LORD is known to execute judgment; the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands. Selah.

Arise, LORD, and let no man have the upper hand; let the Heathen be judged in thy sight.

Why standest thou so far off, O LORD, and hidest thy face in the needful time of trouble?

While the ungodly hath the overhand, the poor must suffer persecution; let them be taken in the crafty wiliness that they have imagined!

For the ungodly hath made boast of his own heart's desire, and speaketh good of the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

The ungodly is so proud and full of indignation, that he careth not for God: neither is God in all his thoughts.

For he hath said in his heart, "Tush, I shall never be cast down; there shall no harm happen unto me."

He sitteth lurking in the thievish corners of the streets, and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder the innocent; his eyes are set against the poor.

For he lieth waiting secretly; even as a lion lurketh he in his den, that he may ravish the poor. He doth ravish the poor when he getteth him into his net.

He hath said in his heart, "Tush, God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face, so that he will never see it."

Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme God, while he doth say in his heart, "Tush, thou God careth not for it?"

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye then to my soul, that she should flee as a bird unto the hill?

The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's seat is in heaven. His eyes consider the poor, and his eyelids try the children of men.

The LORD alloweth the righteous; but the ungodly, and him that delighteth in wickedness, doth his soul abhor.

{To the Chanter upon Sheminith, a Psalm of David} Help me, LORD, for there is not one godly man left: for the faithful are diminished from among the children of men.

They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour; they do but flatter with their lips, and dissemble in their double heart.

The words of the LORD are pure words: even as the silver, which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire.

The ungodly walk on every side; when they are exalted, the children of men are put to rebuke.

How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so vexed in my heart? How long shall mine enemies triumph over me?

Consider, and hear me, O LORD my God. Lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death,

But my trust is in thy mercy, and my heart is joyful in thy salvation.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} The fool hath said in his heart, "Tush, there is no God." They are corrupt, and become abominable in their doings; there is none that doeth good, no not one.

But they are all gone out of the way, they are all together become abominable: there is none that doeth good, no not one.

There were they brought in great fear, even where no fear was; for God is in the generation of the righteous.

As for you, ye have made a mock at the counsel of the poor, because he putteth his trust in the LORD.

Who shall give salvation unto Israel out of Zion? When the LORD turneth the captivity of his people, then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

{A Psalm of David} Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? Who shall rest upon thy holy hill?

Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart.

He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour, and hath not slandered his neighbours.

He that sitteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes, and maketh much of them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappointeth him not, though it were to his own hindrance.

{Michtam of David} Preserve me, O God, for in thee have I put my trust.

All my delight is upon the saints that are in the earth, and upon such as excel in virtue.

The lot is fallen unto me in fair ground; yea I have a goodly heritage.

I will thank the LORD for giving me warning: my reins also chasten me in the night season.

I have set the LORD always before me; for he is on my righthand. Therefore I shall not fall.

Wherefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; my flesh also shall rest in hope.

For why? Thou shalt not leave my soul in hell, neither shalt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.

Thou shalt show me the path of life; in thy presence is the fulness of joy, and at thy righthand there is pleasure for evermore.

Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night season; thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wickedness in me, for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend.

O hold thou up my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps slip not.

Show thy marvelous loving-kindness, thou that art the Saviour of them which put their trust in thee, from such as resist thy righthand.

Keep me as the apple of an eye; hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

They are enclosed in their own fat, and their mouth speaketh proud things.

They lie waiting in our way on every side, watching to cast us down to the ground,

like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a lion's whelp, lurking in secret places.

From the men of thy hand, O LORD, from the men, I say, and from the evil world, which have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure.

They have children at their desire, and leave the rest of their substance for their babes. But as for me, I shall behold thy presence in righteousness: and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it.

{To the Chanter, of David, servant of the Lord, which said unto the Lord the words of this song, on the day in which the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and said} I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.

The LORD is my stony rock, and my defense, my Saviour, my God, and my might, in whom I will trust, my buckler, the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge. {TYNDALE: The LORD is my rock, my castle and my deliverer. God is my strength, and in him will I trust: my shield and the horn that defendeth me: mine high hold and refuge.}

3 I will call upon the LORD, which is worthy to be praised; so shall I be safe from mine enemies. {TYNDALE: I will praise and call on the LORD, and so shall be saved from mine enemies.}

In my trouble I will call upon the LORD, and complain unto my God. So he shall hear my voice out of his holy temple, and my complaint shall come before him: it shall enter even into his ears. {TYNDALE: In my tribulation I called to the LORD, and cried to my God. And he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry entered into his ears.}