Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

Therefore, men fear Him; He does not respect any who are wise in heart.

On what are its bases sunk, or who cast its cornerstone,

The waters are hidden like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

Can you send lightnings, that they may go, and say to you, Here we are?

Their young ones are strong, they multiply with grain; they go forth and do not return to them again.

And his young brood also sucks up blood; and where the dead are, there he is.

He hangs his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.

His bones are like tubes of bronze; his bones are like bars of iron.

The rows of shields are his pride, shut up with a close seal;

they are joined one to another, they clasp each other so that they can not be separated.

His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.

The folds of his flesh are joined together, cast firm on him; he cannot be moved.

The mighty are afraid from his rising; they are beside themselves from the crashing.

An arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned by him into stubble.

Darts are counted as straw; he laughs at the shaking of a javelin.

Points of potsherds are under him; he spreads sharp pointed marks on the mire.

The wicked are not so, but are like chaff which the wind drives away.

I will declare the decree of Jehovah. He has said to Me, You are My Son; today I have begotten You.

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish from the way, when His wrath is kindled in but a little time. Blessed are all who put their trust in Him.

A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O Lord, how my foes have increased! Many are the ones who rise up against me.

Many are saying of my soul, There is no deliverance for him in God. Selah.

But You, O Jehovah, are a shield for me; my glory, the One who lifts up my head.

There are many who say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift up the light of Your face on us.

For You are not a God that enjoys wickedness; nor shall evil dwell with You.

Have mercy on me, O Jehovah, for I am weak; O Jehovah, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man, that You visit him?

Put them in fear, O Jehovah, let the nations know they are but men. Selah.

His ways are always perverted; Your judgments are high, out of his sight. As for all his enemies, he puffs at them.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue are mischief and vanity.

He sits in the hiding-places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the poor.

You have seen it; for You behold mischief and vexation, to repay it with Your hand. The poor commits himself to You; You are the Helper of the fatherless.

If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

that has said, With our tongue we shall do much; our lips are our own; who is lord over us?

The Words of Jehovah are pure Words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

All have gone aside, together they are filthy; there is none who does good, no, not one.

Oh my soul, you have said to Jehovah, You are my Lord; I have no goodness apart from You.

As to the saints in the earth, they are the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

You will make Me know the way of life; in Your presence is fullness of joys. At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly,

from men by Your hand, O Jehovah, from men of the world whose portion is in this life, and whose belly You fill with Your treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and will leave their riches to their babes.

There is no speech nor are there words; their voice is not heard.

The Precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; the Commandments of Jehovah are pure, giving light to the eyes.

The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of Jehovah are true and righteous altogether,

For they intended evil against You; they imagined a wicked thing; they are not able to prevail.

To the Chief Musician, on the deer of the dawn. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me, and are far from my deliverance, and from the words of my groaning?

But You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

For You are He who took Me out of the womb, causing Me to trust while on My mother's breasts.

I was cast on You from the womb; You are My God from My mother's belly.

I am poured out like water, and all My bones are spread apart; My heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of My bowels.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Lead me in Your truth, and teach me; for You are the God of my salvation; on You I wait all the day long.

Remember, O Jehovah, Your tender mercies and Your loving-kindnesses; for they are from eternity.

All the paths of Jehovah are mercy and truth to those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.

My eyes are ever toward Jehovah; for He shall pluck my feet out of the net.

The troubles of my heart are enlarged; bring me out of my distresses.

Look on my enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

For You are my rock and my fortress; and for Your name's sake lead me and guide me.

Bring me out of the net that they hid for me, for You are my strength.

But I trusted in You, O Jehovah; I said, You are my God.

My times are in Your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall circle me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

For the Word of Jehovah is right; and all His works are in truth.

The eyes of Jehovah are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry.

Jehovah is near to the broken-hearted; and saves those who are of a contrite spirit.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Jehovah delivers him out of them all.

Let not those who are my lying enemies rejoice over me, those who hate me without cause wink with the eye.

The words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.

Your righteousness is like the great mountains; Your judgments are a great deep; O Jehovah, You keep man and beast.

There the evil-doers have fallen; they are cast down, and cannot rise.

But the wicked shall pass, and the enemies of Jehovah shall be like the beauty of pastures; they are consumed, like smoke they perish.

The steps of a good man are ordered by Jehovah; and He delights in his way.

For Jehovah loves judgment and does not forsake His saints; they are kept forever; but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Wait on Jehovah, and keep His way, and He shall lift you up to inherit the earth; when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

But the sinners are destroyed together; the end of the wicked is cut off.

For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

For my loins are filled with a burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.

And I am as a man who hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

And my enemies are lively; they are strong; and my haters increase by deception.

To the Chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue; I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked are before me.

Surely a man walks about like a shadow! Surely they are in an uproar in vain. He heaps up, and does not know who shall gather them.

O Jehovah my God, many things You have done, Your wonderful works and Your thoughts which are toward us; they cannot be set in order to You; I will declare and speak, for they are more than can be numbered.

For evils without number have hemmed me in; my sins have taken hold on me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me.

But I am poor and needy; Jehovah will care for me; You are my help and my deliverer; O my God, do not wait.

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and moan within me? Hope in God; for I shall praise Him for the salvation of His face.

Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why do you moan within me? Hope in God; for I still praise Him, the salvation of my face, and my God.

For You are the God of my strength; why do You cast me off? Why do I go mourning under the affliction of the enemy?

Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why do you moan within me? Hope in God; for I still praise Him, the salvation of my face, and my God.

You are my king, O God; command victories for Jacob.

You make us a curse to our neighbors, a scorn and a mockery to those who are round about us.

Yea, for Your sake we are put to death all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

You are the fairest of the sons of men; grace is poured into Your lips; therefore God has blessed You forever.

Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the King's enemies; peoples fall under You.

Kings' daughters are among Your precious ones; on Your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.

Therefore we will not fear when the earth changes, and when mountains are slipping into the heart of the seas.

The rulers of the peoples are gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth are God's; He is lifted up on high.

Like sheep they are appointed to the grave; death shall reign for them; and the upright shall have the rule over them in the morning; and their form is for rotting; the grave is their home.

I will not reprove you for your sacrifices; yea, your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

I know all the birds of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.