How happy the man, who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless, - and, in the way of sinners, hath not stood, and, in the seat of scoffers, hath not sat;

Let me tell of a decree, - Yahweh, hath said unto me, My son, thou art, I, to-day, have begotten thee:

I will not be afraid of myriads of people, who, round about, have set themselves against me.

Know ye, then, that Yahweh hath set apart the man of lovingkindness for himself: Yahweh, will hear, when I cry to him.

O Yahweh! in the morning, shalt thou hear my voice, In the morning, will I set in order unto thee, and keep watch;

O Yahweh, our Lord! How majestic is thy Name, in all the earth, Who hast set thy splendour upon the heavens.

What was weak man, that thou shouldst make mention of him? or the son of the earthborn, that thou shouldst set him in charge?

For thou hast executed my right and my cause, Thou hast sat on the throne, judging righteously:

But, Yahweh, unto times age-abiding, will sit, Ready for judgment, is his throne;

His ways are firm at all times, On high, are thy righteous regulations, out of his sight, As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them:

He hath said in his heart, I shall not be shaken, - From generation to generation, shall I be in no misfortune.

He hath said in his heart, GOD hath forgotten, - He hath veiled his face, Oh he hath never seen!

Wherefore hath the lawless one blasphemed God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it !

On every side, the lawless, march about, - when worthlessness is exalted by the sons of men.

The impious hath said in his heart - There is no God! They have acted corruptly, they have done an abominable deed, there is none that doeth good.

Despised in his sight, is the reprobate, but, them who revere Yahweh, he doth honour, he hath sworn to his neighbour, and will not change;

I have set Yahweh before me continually, because he is on my right hand, I shall not be shaken!

They confronted me, in the day of my necessity, Then became Yahweh my stay:

The GOD who girded me with strength, and set forth, as blameless, my way:

Who hath delivered me from my foes, - Yea, from mine assailants, hast thou set me on high, From the man of violence, hast thou rescued me.

Yet through all the earth, hath gone forth their voice, - and, to the end of the world, their sayings, - For the sun, hath he set up a tent therein;

For thou wilt come to meet him, with the blessings of goodness, Thou wilt set on his head, a crown of pure gold.

Their fruit - out of the earth, wilt thou destroy, and their seed, from among the sons of men;

Ye that revere Yahweh, praise him, All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him, And, stand in awe of him, all ye seed of Israel.

My seed, shall serve him, It shall he recounted, of the Lord, to a generation that shall come:

His soul, with prosperity, shall tarry, and, his seed, shall possess the land.

I have not sat with men of deceit, nor, with dissemblers, would I enter;

I have hated the convocation of evil-doers, and, with lawless men, would I not sit;

For he will hide me in his pavilion, in the day of calamity, - He will conceal me, in the secrecy of his tent, Within a rock, will he set me on high.

To thee, said my heart - When thou saidst Seek ye my face - Thy face, O Yahweh, will I seek!

Yahweh, at the Flood, was seated, And Yahweh hath taken his seat, as king, unto times age-abiding.

But, I, said, in my tranquility, I shall not be shaken to times age-abiding!

I hate such as give heed to false vanities, I, then, in Yahweh, have set my hope.

For I have heard the whispering of many - A terror round about! When they have sat in conclave together against me, to take away my life, have they intrigued.

I, therefore. in thee, have put ray trust, O Yahweh, I have said, My God, thou art!

How great is thy goodness, which thou hast hidden away for them who revere thee, - Thou hast wrought for them who seek refuge in thee, in sight of the sons of men.

But, I, had said in mine alarm, I am cut off from before thine eyes, - But, indeed, thou didst hear the voice of my supplication, when I cried for help unto thee.

My sin, would I own unto thee, and, mine iniquity, not hide, I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Yahweh, And, thou, didst forgive the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Yea they have opened wide against me their mouth, They have said, Aha! Aha! our own eye, hath seen!

Young, have I been, moreover am old, - Yet have I not seen, A righteous man forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread:

All day long, is he showing favour and lending, his seed, therefore, shall have a blessing.

For, Yahweh, loveth justice, and will not forsake his men of lovingkindness, Unto times age-abiding, have the perverse been destroyed, - and the seed of the lawless, been cut off.

For I said, Lest they rejoice over me! When my feet were tottering, against me, have they magnified themselves:

I said, to myself, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue, - I will put on my mouth a muzzle, So long as the lawless is before me.

So he brought me up, Out of the destroying pit, Out of the swampy mire, - And set, upon a cliff, my feet, Making firm my steps:

Then, said I - Lo! I am come, In the written scroll, is it prescribed for me;

I, said - O Yahweh, show me favour, heal thou my soul, for I have sinned against thee:

My tears have been my food day and night, While it hath been said unto me all the day, Where is thy God?

Why shouldst thou be sat down, O my soul? And why shouldst thou moan over me? Wait thou for God, for yet shall I praise him, As the triumph of my presence and my God.

Come! view the doings of Yahweh, - Who hath set desolations in the earth;

God, hath become king, over the nations, God, hath taken his seat upon his holy throne.

Thou wouldst sit down - Against thine own brother, wouldst thou speak, Against thine own mother's son, wouldst thou expose a fault: -

These things, hast thou done, and I have kept silence, Thou thoughtest that I should really be like thyself, I will convict thee, yea I will set thine offences in order before thine eyes.

The impious hath said in his heart, There is no God! They have acted corruptly, They have wrought abominable perversity, There is none that doeth good: -

For, aliens, have risen up against me, And, men of violence, have sought my life, They have not set God before them. Selah.

Then I said - Oh that there were given me a pinion, like a dove, I would fly away and be at rest:

GOD will hear, Yea He will humble them who aforetime sat enthroned . Selah.With whom are no changings, Neither have they revered God.

Rescue me from my foes, O my God, From them who lift themselves up against me, wilt thou set me on high:

Let him retain his seat age-abidingly before God, Appoint that, lovingkindness and faithfulness, my watch over him!

Do not trust in extortion, Nor, with robbery, become vain, As for wealth, when it beareth fruit, Do not set thereon your heart.

They strengthen for them a wicked word, They talk of hiding snares, They have said, Who can see them?

Thou hast set a crown upon thy year of bounty, And, thy tracks, drop fatness;

Who hath set our soul among the living, And hath not suffered, our foot, to slip.

Said My Lord, From Bashan, will I bring back, - I will bring back from the depths of the sea:

They who sit in the gate talk against me, - And against me are the songs of them who imbibe strong drink.

I, then, am humbled and in pain, Thy salvation, O God, may it set me on high.

Yea, the seed of his servants, shall inherit it, And, the lovers of his Name, shall settle down therein.

Thou wilt increase my greatness, And, on every side, wilt comfort me.

From extortion, and, violence, he Redeemeth their life, And precious is their flood in his sight.

They have set, in the heavens, their mouth, And, their tongue, marcheth through the earth.

Surely, in slippery places, dost thou set them, - Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger.

Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine appointed meeting, They have set their ensigns as tokens!

They have said in their heart, Let us suppress them altogether, They have burned up all the meeting-places of GOD in the land.

Thou, didst set up all the bounds of the earth, As for summer and winter, thou, didst form them!

Surely I will take a set time, - I, with equity, will judge:

I have said to the boasters, Do not boast, And to the lawless, Do not lift up a horn;

Then said I - An affliction to me, it is, The changing of the right hand of the Most High.

When he set up a testimony in Jacob, And, a law, appointed in Israel, - Which he commanded our fathers, That they might make them known to their children;

That they might set, in Elohim, their confidence, - And not forget the doings of El, But, his commandments, might observe;

Yea they spake against Elohim, - They said, Can GOD prepare a table in the desert?

When he set, in Egypt, his signs, And his wonders, in the plain of Zoan;

And he set forth, like sheep, his people, And guided them, like a flock in the desert;

So he gave up the habitation of Shiloh, The tent he had set up among Men;

Let the groaning of the prisoner, come in before thee, - According to the greatness of thine arm, Set free them who are appointed to death.

Raise a melody, and strike the timbrel, The lyre so sweet, with the harp:

I took away, from the burden, his shoulder, his hands, from the clay, were set free.

Deliver the weak sad the needy, Out of the hand of the lawless, make rescue.

I, said, Gods, ye are, Yea, sons of the Highest, are ye all;

They have said - Come, and let us wipe them out from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.

Who said - Let us take a possession foe ourselves, The pastures of God!

O God, the insolent, have arisen against me, And, the assembly of tyrants, have sought my life, And have not set thee before them.

But, of Zion, it shall be said - This man and that were born in her, And the Highest himself shall establish her.

For I said, To times age-abiding, shall lovingkindness be built up, As for the heavens, thou wilt establish thy faithfulness therein.

Unto times age-abiding, will I establish thy seed, And will build up, unto generation after generation, thy throne. Selah.

And I will set, in the sea, his hand, And, in the rivers, his right hand;

Therefore will I appoint, to futurity, his seed, And his throne as the days of the heavens.

His seed, age-abidingly, shall remain, And, his throne, be like the sun before me;

Thou causest man to return unto dust, And hast said - Return, ye sons of Adam!

Thou hast set, Our iniquities before thee, Our secret near the luminary of thy face.

There shall fall, at thy side, a thousand, Yea, myriads, at thy right hand, Unto thee, shall it not come nigh;