Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.

Lord, how greatly are they increased who make attacks on me! in great numbers they come against me.

There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.

For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.

Be my guide, O Lord, in the ways of your righteousness, because of those who are against me; make your way straight before my face.

But let all those who put their faith in you be glad with cries of joy at all times, and let all the lovers of your name be glad in you.

For in death there is no memory of you; in the underworld who will give you praise?

My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.

Let all those who are against me be shamed and deeply troubled; let them be turned back and suddenly put to shame.

O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free;

If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

God, who is the saviour of the upright in heart, is my breastplate.

You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.

The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.

The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld.

He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.

You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?

How long is my soul to be in doubt, with sorrow in my heart all the day? how long will he who is against me be given power over me?

And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved.

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.

Lord, who may have a resting-place in your tent, a living-place on your holy hill?

As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.

Their sorrows will be increased who go after another god: I will not take drink offerings from their hands, or take their names on my lips.

I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night.

I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.

He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.

On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.

As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.

For who is God but the Lord? or who is a Rock but our God?

For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.

You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.

It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.

He makes me free from my haters; I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.

Who is like a newly married man coming from his bride-tent, and is glad like a strong runner starting on his way.

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

Your hand will make a search for all your haters; your right hand will be hard on all those who are against you.

But you are holy, O you who are seated among the praises of Israel.

I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,

But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from my mother's breasts.

You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel.

For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.

The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.

All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.

Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause.

All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness.

See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?

And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters who are round me: because of this I will make offerings of joy in his tent; I will make a song, truly I will make a song of praise to the Lord.

My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

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

Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.

The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.

O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!

O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.

Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered.

Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)

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

Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has taken for his heritage.

From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth;

The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who have fear of him, to keep them safe.

By experience you will see that the Lord is good; happy is the man who has faith in him.

Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything.

The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.

The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.

Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

The Lord will be the saviour of the souls of his servants, and no one who has faith in him will be put to shame.

O Lord, be on my side against those who are judging me; be at war with those who make war against me.

Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.

All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The saviour of the poor man from the hands of the strong, of him who is poor and in need from him who takes his goods.

Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.

Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.

Let those who are on my side give cries of joy; let them ever say, The Lord be praised, for he has pleasure in the peace of his servant.

O let there be no end to your loving mercy to those who have knowledge of you, or of your righteousness to the upright in heart.

Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.

For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.

He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.

The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.

Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.

Let those who say to me, Aha, aha! be surprised because of their shame.

Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May the Lord be great.

Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

Even my dearest friend, in whom I had faith, who took bread with me, is turned against me.

Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name will they be crushed under our feet who are violent against us.

But it is you who have been our saviour from those who were against us, and have put to shame those who had hate for us.