The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

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

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

{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?

The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

{To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

{A Psalm of David.} The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.

I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

{To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.} As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

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

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.

Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.

As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

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

That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.

So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.

To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.

Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.

He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.

{A Psalm for Solomon.} Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?