For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!

Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

Many are saying of my soul, 'There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah.

And Thou, O Jehovah, art a shield for me, My honour, and lifter up of my head.

I -- I have lain down, and I sleep, I have waked, for Jehovah sustaineth me.

Sons of men! till when is my glory for shame? Ye love a vain thing, ye seek a lie. Selah.

In peace together I lie down and sleep, For Thou, O Jehovah, alone, In confidence dost cause me to dwell!

Be attentive to the voice of my cry, My king and my God, For unto Thee I pray habitually.

Jehovah, at morning Thou hearest my voice, At morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out.

For not a God desiring wickedness art Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.

And I, in the abundance of Thy kindness, I enter Thy house, I bow myself toward Thy holy temple in Thy fear.

For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart is mischiefs, An open grave is their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

For Thou blessest the righteous, O Jehovah, As a buckler with favour dost compass him!

Favour me, O Jehovah, for I am weak, Heal me, O Jehovah, For troubled have been my bones,

Turn back, O Jehovah, draw out my soul, Save me for Thy kindness' sake.

For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?

Turn from me all ye workers of iniquity, For Jehovah heard the voice of my weeping,

Rise, O Jehovah, in Thine anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of mine adversaries, And awake Thou for me: Judgment Thou hast commanded:

Yea, for him He hath prepared Instruments of death, His arrows for burning pursuers He maketh.

For I see Thy heavens, a work of Thy fingers, Moon and stars that Thou didst establish.

For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.

Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.

O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.

And Jehovah to the age abideth, He is preparing for judgment His throne.

And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.

For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,

Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave it, Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

Jehovah is king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!

To the Overseer. -- By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, 'They moved to Thy mountain for the bird?

For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind is the portion of their cup.

For righteous is Jehovah, Righteousness He hath loved, The upright doth His countenance see!'

To the Overseer, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men:

Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety him who doth breathe for it.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? -- for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me?

I do sing to Jehovah, For He hath conferred benefits upon me!

There they have feared a fear, For God is in the generation of the righteous.

A Secret Treasure of David. Preserve me, O God, for I did trust in Thee.

Thou hast said to Jehovah, 'My Lord Thou art;' My good is not for thine own sake;

For the holy ones who are in the land, And the honourable, all my delight is in them.

Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance is for me.

For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption.

Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys is with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!

I -- I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.

Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it.

From the brightness over-against Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire.

And thunder in the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice, Hail and coals of fire.

He delivereth me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I.

They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me.

For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.

For all His judgments are before me, And His statutes I turn not from me.

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

For Thou -- Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

For by Thee I run -- a troop! And by my God I leap a wall.

For who is God besides Jehovah? And who is a rock save our God?

Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of brass was brought down by my arms.

And Thou girdest me with strength for battle, Causest my withstanders to bow under me.

Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.

Into all the earth hath their line gone forth, And to the end of the world their sayings, For the sun He placed a tent in them,

The fear of Jehovah is clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah are true, They have been righteous -- together.

Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

For Thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, Thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold.

Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him -- length of days, Age-during -- and for ever.

For Thou makest him blessings for ever, Thou dost cause him to rejoice with joy, By Thy countenance.

For the king is trusting in Jehovah, And in the kindness of the Most High He is not moved.

Thou makest them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Thy presence. Jehovah in His anger doth swallow them, And fire doth devour them.

For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

For Thou makest them a butt, When Thy strings Thou preparest against their faces.

To the Overseer, on 'The Hind of the Morning.' -- A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring?

All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip -- shake the head,

'Roll unto Jehovah, He doth deliver him, He doth deliver him, for he delighted in him.'

For thou art He bringing me forth from the womb, Causing me to trust, On the breasts of my mother.

Be not far from me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper.

And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.

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

And Thou, O Jehovah, be not far off, O my strength, to help me haste.

Ye who fear Jehovah, praise ye Him, All the seed of Jacob, honour ye Him, And be afraid of Him, all ye seed of Israel.

For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth.

The humble do eat and are satisfied, Praise Jehovah do those seeking Him, Your heart doth live for ever.

For to Jehovah is the kingdom, And He is ruling among nations.

My soul He refresheth, He leadeth me in paths of righteousness, For His name's sake,

Also -- when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou art with me, Thy rod and Thy staff -- they comfort me.

Only -- goodness and kindness pursue me, All the days of my life, And my dwelling is in the house of Jehovah, For a length of days!

For He on the seas hath founded it, And on the floods He doth establish it.

Cause me to tread in Thy truth, and teach me, For Thou art the God of my salvation, Near Thee I have waited all the day.

Remember Thy mercies, O Jehovah, And Thy kindnesses, for from the age are they.

Sins of my youth, and my transgressions, Do not Thou remember. According to Thy kindness be mindful of me, For Thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.

For Thy name's sake, O Jehovah, Thou hast pardoned mine iniquity, for it is great.

The secret of Jehovah is for those fearing Him, And His covenant -- to cause them to know.

Mine eyes are continually unto Jehovah, For He bringeth out from a net my feet.

Turn Thou unto me, and favour me, For lonely and afflicted am I.

See my enemies, for they have been many, And with violent hatred they have hated me.

Keep my soul, and deliver me, Let me not be ashamed, for I trusted in Thee.

Integrity and uprightness do keep me, For I have waited on Thee.

By David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not.

For Thy kindness is before mine eyes, And I have walked habitually in Thy truth.

By David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?