BOOK I
(Psalms 1–41)How happy is the man
who does not follow the advice of the wicked
or take the path of sinners
or join a group of mockers!

He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.

Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?

But as for me, I will come into your house, in the full measure of your mercy; and in your fear I will give worship, turning my eyes to your holy Temple.

Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

I was wearied with my sighing all the night I shall make my bed to swim with my tears; I shall make my couch to flow.

Mine eye fell away from grief; it grew old among all mine enemies.

He dug a pit and hollowed it out
but fell into the hole he had made.

His mischief will return on his own head,
And his violence will come down on the top of his head [like loose dirt].

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.

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

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

Lord, you have heard the request of the oppressed; you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.

{To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.} Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.

The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him;" Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

He who doesn't slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

He that hath not given his money upon usury, nor taken reward against the innocent. Whoso doeth these things shall never fall.

The cords fell to me in sweetnesses; also the inheritance was bountiful upon me.

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

Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.

Thou {made known to (LXX/NT)} me the path of life. {Thou will fill me of joy with thy countenance (LXX/NT)}.

From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; yea, he flew fast upon the wings of the wind.

For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.

I will follow upon mine enemies, and overtake them; neither will I turn again till I have destroyed them. {TYNDALE: I followed mine enemies and destroyed them, and turned not again until I had consumed them.}

I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.

The strange children shall fail, and be afraid out of their prisons. {TYNDALE: And the aliens that shrink away shall tremble for fear in their defended places.}

The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.

Who has full knowledge of his errors? make me clean from secret evil.

He will give to thee according to thy heart, and fill up all thy counsel

We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will cover over: Jehovah will fill up all our petitions.

They will collapse and fall, and we will rise and stand firm.

All thine enemies shall feel thine hand; thy righthand shall find out them that hate thee.

Yes, you are the one who brought me out from the womb and made me feel secure on my mother's breasts.

They apportion my garments to themselves, And for my clothing they cause a lot to fall.

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 arrangest before me a table, Over-against my adversaries, Thou hast anointed with oil my head, My cup is full!

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Do not keep in mind my sins when I was young, or my wrongdoing: let your memory of me be full of mercy, O Lord, because of your righteousness.

The Lord always proves faithful and reliable to those who follow the demands of his covenant.

His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.

{A Psalm of David} Be thou my Judge, O LORD, for I walk innocently. My trust hath been also in the LORD; therefore shall I not fall.

In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.

The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.

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

Pity me, O Jehovah, for straits are to me: mine eye fell away; with trouble my soul and my belly.

For my life was finished in sorrow, and my years in sighing: my strength was weak in mine iniquity, and my bones fell away.

More than to all mine oppressors, I am become exceedingly a reproach, even to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that see me without flee from me.

Love the Lord, all you faithful followers of his! The Lord protects those who have integrity, but he pays back in full the one who acts arrogantly.

If I was silent, my bones fell away in my groaning all the day.

The sinner will be full of trouble; but mercy will be round the man who has faith in the Lord.

He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

Let the earth be full of the fear of the Lord; let all the people of the world be in holy fear of him.

Let their way be dark and full of danger; let them be troubled by the angel of the Lord.

Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

I paced about as for my friend or my brother, and fell down mourning as one weeps for one's mother.

The words of his mouth are unrighteous and full of deceit; he hath left off to behave himself wisely, and to do good.

He devises iniquity on his bed and is determined to follow a path that is not good. He does not resist evil.

They abundantly relish the fatness of thy house, - And out of the full stream of thine own pleasures, thou givest them to drink.

There those who [are perverse and] do evil have fallen;
They have been thrust down and cannot rise.

For as grass hastening they shall be cut down, and as the greenness of grass they shall fall away.

A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good, and dwell for evermore.

but the LORD will not let him fall into his hands. He will not be condemned when he is put on trial.

My wounds are foul and festering
because of my foolishness.

For my loins are full of burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.

For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.

For I confess my iniquity;
I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

O Jehovah, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; I shall know how I fail.

From all my transgressions deliver me, A reproach of the fool make me not.

Blessed [is] the man who makes Yahweh his trust and does not turn to [the] proud and [to those who] fall away [to] a lie.

Why art thou so full of heaviness, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? Put thy trust in God; for I will give him thanks for the help of his countenance.

All day long I feel humiliated and am overwhelmed with shame,

Thou art the fairest among the children of men; full of grace are thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for ever.

Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

Your robes are full of the smell of all sorts of perfumes and spices; music from the king's ivory houses has made you glad.

She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

because when he dies he will not take [away] any [of it]. His wealth will not follow down after him.

The God of gods, even the Lord, has sent out his voice, and the earth is full of fear; from the coming up of the sun to its going down.

I know all the fowl of the mountains, and the roaming creatures of the field are mine:

Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.

Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.

{To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.