He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.

For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.

Then will his angry words come to their ears, and by his wrath they will be troubled:

I will make clear the Lord's decision: he has said to me, You are my son, this day have I given you being.

Make your request to me, and I will give you the nations for your heritage, and the farthest limits of the earth will be under your hand.

They will be ruled by you with a rod of iron; they will be broken like a potter's vessel.

O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)

See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the Lord will give ear to my cry.

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

I will take my rest on my bed in peace, because you only, Lord, keep me safe.

Let the voice of my cry come to you, my King and my God; for to you will I make my prayer.

My voice will come to you in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I send my prayer to you, and keep watch.

You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.

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.

For you, Lord, will send a blessing on the upright man; your grace will be round him, and you will be his strength.

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

The meeting of the nations will be round you; take your seat, then, over them, on high.

The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.

His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.

I will give praise to the Lord for his righteousness; I will make a song to the name of the Lord Most High.

I will give you praise, O Lord, with all my heart; I will make clear all the wonder of your works.

I will be glad and have delight in you: I will make a song of praise to your name, O Most High.

When my haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you.

And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

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.

So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.

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

For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.

The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

He has said in his heart, I will not be moved: through all generations I will never be in trouble.

He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.

Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?

Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:

In the Lord put I my faith; how will you say to my soul, Go in flight like a bird to the mountain?

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

For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of righteousness: the upright will see his face.

The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.

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

Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

You will keep them, O Lord, you will keep them safe from this generation for ever.

Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?

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?

But I have had faith in your mercy; my heart will be glad in your salvation.

I will make a song to the Lord, because he has given me my reward.

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.

May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! when the fate of his people is changed by the Lord, Jacob will have joy and Israel will be glad.

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 have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.

For you will not let my soul be prisoned in the underworld; you will not let your loved one see the place of death.

You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.

I will give you my love, O Lord, my strength.

The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

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.

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.

You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.

I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.

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.

From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.

They will be wasting away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.

Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.

Keep your servant back from sins of pride; let them not have rule over me: then will I be upright and free from great sin.

We will be glad in your salvation, and in the name of our God we will put up our flags: may the Lord give you all your requests.

Now am I certain that the Lord gives salvation to his king; he will give him an answer from his holy heaven with the strength of salvation in his right hand.

Some put their faith in carriages and some in horses; but we will be strong in the name of the Lord our God.

The king will be glad in your strength, O Lord; how great will be his delight in your salvation!

For the king has faith in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High he will not be moved.

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

You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.

Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.

Be lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we make songs in praise of your power.

I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers: I will give you praise among the people.

My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers.

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 ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.

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.

A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.

They will come and make his righteousness clear to a people of the future because he has done this.

The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.

Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.

He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them.

If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure.

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

The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.

My eyes are turned to the Lord at all times; for he will take my feet out of the net.

I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.

I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;

But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

I have a safe resting-place for my feet; I will give praise to the Lord in the meetings of the people.

For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put 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.

When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search.

When my father and my mother are turned away from me, then the Lord will be my support.

Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.