The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished.

Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course.

For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

Oh how great is thy goodness, Which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, Which thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in thee, Before the sons of men!

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

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, Else they will not come near unto thee.

Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward; They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.

My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I speak the things which I have made touching the king: My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest.

Make me to hear joy and gladness, That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely.

Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away, Like the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.

For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.

Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, when I was in distress.

Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell in it for ever.

Thy God hath commanded thy strength: Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

To him that rideth upon the heaven of heavens, which are of old; Lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.

My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises unto thee; And my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; And mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.

For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;

They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,

He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them.

And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had gotten.

So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;

But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.

And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.

Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight.

And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

Yea, Jehovah will give that which is good; And our land shall yield its increase.

Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?

This shall be written for the generation to come; And a people which shall be created shall praise Jehovah.

(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

The trees of Jehovah are filled with moisture , The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

The covenant which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,

And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them.

For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof.

The stone which the builders rejected Is become the head of the corner.

This is the day which Jehovah hath made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Confirm unto thy servant thy word, Which is in order unto the fear of thee.

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.

I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate on thy statutes.

They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;

Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, endureth for ever; Forsake not the works of thine own hands.

Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

He giveth to the beast his food, And to the young ravens which cry.

He hath also established them for ever and ever: He hath made a decree which shall not pass away.