I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.

I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.

Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.

For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish -- vanish like smoke.

Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.

For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.

I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."

I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart."

I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.

Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.

My enemies speak evil against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"

Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.

I will ask God, my rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.

Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

In God we have made our boast all day long, we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.

So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.

Your sons will take the place of your fathers. You shall make them princes in all the earth.

I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever. For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.

God is in her midst. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.

"Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth."

As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of Yahweh of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.

For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.

I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.

Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.

"Hear, my people, and I will speak; Israel, and I will testify against you. I am God, your God.

I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.

Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me."

You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him." For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners shall be converted to you.

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

Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar. For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, "David has come to Abimelech's house."

God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,

I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your saints. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Mahalath." A contemplation by David.

He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth.

With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you. I will give thanks to your name, Yahweh, for it is good.

As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me.

Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.

God, who is enthroned forever, will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, who don't fear God.

Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word.

I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.

Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.

He will send from heaven, and save me, he rebukes the one who is pursuing me. Selah. God will send out his loving kindness and his truth.

My heart is steadfast, God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.

Wake up, my glory! Wake up, psaltery and harp! I will wake up the dawn.

I will give thanks to you, Lord, among the peoples. I will sing praises to you among the nations.

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.

My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.

Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth. Selah.

But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.

To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant." A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

God has spoken from his sanctuary: "I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.

Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my shoe on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia."

Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom?

Through God we shall do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries. For the Chief Musician. For a stringed instrument. By David.

From the end of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah.

You will prolong the king's life; his years shall be for generations.

So I will sing praise to your name forever, that I may fulfill my vows daily. For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthan. A Psalm by David.

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress -- I will never be greatly shaken.

How long will you assault a man, would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.

Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.

God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.

For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?"

But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.

Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.

You who hear prayer, to you all men will come.

Blessed is one whom you choose, and cause to come near, that he may live in your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.

All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name." Selah.

I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you,

I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.