The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

{A Psalm of David.} Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

Draw also the spear and javelin to meet those who pursue me.
Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.”

Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.

Then I will rejoice in the Lord and be happy because of his deliverance.

All of my bones shall say, "O Yahweh, who [is] like you, who delivers [the] poor from [one] stronger than he and [the] poor and needy from [the one who] robs him?"

Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.

They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart.

As if a friend, as if my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.

But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.

Like godless jesters at a feast,
They gnashed at me with their teeth [in malice].

My Lord! how long wilt thou look on? Bring back my soul out of their raging, from among lions, my solitary self.

I will thank thee, in the midst of a great convocation, - In the midst of a mighty people, will I praise thee.

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

For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,

Thou sawest, O Jehovah: thou wilt not be silent: O Jehovah, thou wilt not remove far off from me.

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.

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.} The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

For it flatters him in his own eyes
Concerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it.

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.

Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God; Thy judgments are a great deep: O Jehovah, thou preservest man and beast.

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

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

Draw out Thy kindness to those knowing Thee, And Thy righteousness to the upright of heart.

Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

{A Psalm of David.} Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Commit your way to the Lord;
Trust in Him also and He will do it.

He will make your righteousness [your pursuit of right standing with God] like the light,
And your judgment like [the shining of] the noonday [sun].

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

The Lord laughs at him [the wicked one—the one who oppresses the righteous],
For He sees that his day [of defeat] is coming.

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

The sword [of the ungodly] will enter their own heart,
And their bow will be broken.

A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

Even if he has a fall he will not be without help: for the hand of the Lord is supporting him.

For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

But the Lord does not surrender the godly, or allow them to be condemned in a court of law.

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.

But he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I made a search for him and he was not there.

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

And the Lord will be their help, and keep them safe: he will take them out of the hands of the evil-doers, and be their saviour, because they had faith in him.

{A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.} O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

For my iniquities have gone over my head [like the waves of a flood];
As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

My stripes became loathsome: they flowed from the face of my folly.

For my loins are full of burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

I was languid and crushed even greatly: I roared from the groaning of my heart

My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

They also that sought after my life laid snares for me; and they that went about to do me evil talked of wickedness, and imagined deceit all the day long.

I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense.

When I said, 'Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot against me they magnified themselves.

Indeed, I am being set up for a fall, and I am continuously reminded of my pain.

For my iniquity I confess; I am anxious because of my sin.

And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.

And they requiting evil for good will be mine adversaries, for my pursuing Thou Thou wilt not forsake me, O Jehovah: my God, thou wilt not remove far off from me.

Haste thee to help me, O LORD God of my salvation.

{To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.} I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I was moved with sorrow.

My heart was hot in the midst of me; in my heat the fire will burn: I spake with my tongue.

LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.

“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]! Selah.

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.

And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope -- it is of Thee.

Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

I am speechless; I do not open my mouth
because of what You have done.

Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

“With rebukes You discipline man for sin;
You consume like a moth what is precious to him;
Surely every man is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]. Selah.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will see and fear [with great reverence]
And will trust confidently in the Lord.

O the happiness of the man Who hath made Jehovah his trust, And hath not turned unto the proud, And those turning aside to lies.

Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request.

Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,