And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,

The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.

My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones.

The Lord said to my lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put all those who are against you under your feet.

The works of the Lord are great, searched out by all those who have delight in them.

The works of his hands are faith and righteousness; all his laws are unchanging.

They are fixed for ever and ever, they are done in faith and righteousness.

The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.

Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them.

The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.

Though I said in my fear, All men are false.

They are round me, yes, they are all about me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

You are my God, and I will give you praise; my God, and I will give honour to your name.

Happy are they who are without sin in their ways, walking in the law of the Lord.

Happy are they who keep his unchanging word, searching after him with all their heart.

Make me go in the way of your teachings; for they are my delight.

Take away the shame which is my fear; for your decisions are good.

The cords of evil-doers are round me; but I have kept in mind your law.

You are good, and your works are good; give me knowledge of your rules.

Their hearts are shut up with fat; but my delight is in your law.

I have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right, and that in unchanging faith you have sent trouble on me.

My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort?

How short is the life of your servant! when will you give your decision against those who are attacking me?

The men of pride, who are turned away from your law, have put nets for me.

All your teachings are certain; they go after me with evil design; give me your help.

They are ruled this day by your decisions; for all things are your servants.

How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!

You are my secret place and my breastplate against danger; my hope is in your word.

You have overcome all those who are wandering from your rules; for all their thoughts are false.

All the sinners of the earth are like waste metal in your eyes; and for this cause I give my love to your unchanging word.

I have done what is good and right: you will not give me into the hands of those who are working against me.

My eyes are wasted with desire for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.

Let your eyes be turned to me, and have mercy on me, as it is right for you to do to those who are lovers of your name.

Rivers of water are flowing from my eyes, because men do not keep your law.

O Lord, great is your righteousness, and upright are your decisions.

My passion has overcome me; because my haters are turned away from your words.

Pain and trouble have overcome me: but your teachings are my delight.

Those who have evil designs against me come near; they are far from your law.

You are near, O Lord; and all your teachings are true.

Great is the number of those who are against me; but I have not been turned away from your unchanging word.

I have been ruled by your orders; for all my ways are before you.

Let my tongue make songs in praise of your word; for all your teachings are righteousness.

My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from?

To you my eyes are lifted up, even to you whose seat is in the heavens.

Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.

Lord, there is no pride in my heart and my eyes are not lifted up; and I have not taken part in great undertakings, or in things over-hard for me.

You who are in the house of the Lord, and in the open spaces of the house of our God,

The images of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his hope in them.

Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

If I go up to heaven, you are there: or if I make my bed in the underworld, you are there.

Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day: for dark and light are the same to you.

I will give you praise, for I am strangely and delicately formed; your works are great wonders, and of this my soul is fully conscious.

How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them!

Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord? are not those who are lifted up against you a cause of grief to me?

My hate for them is complete; my thoughts of them are as if they were making war on me.

For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war.

Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)

O Lord, take me out of the hands of sinners; keep me safe from the violent man: for they are designing my downfall.

I have said to the Lord, You are my God: give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my prayer.

I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.

When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.

I have made my cry to you, O Lord; I have said, You are my safe place, and my heritage in the land of the living.

Give ear to my cry, for I am made very low: take me out of the hands of my haters, for they are stronger than I.

Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;

The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;

The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

Give praise to him, you highest heavens, and you waters which are over the heavens.

For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.

And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.

Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town:

Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him.

Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;

Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.

Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.

For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.

For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.

She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.

And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted;

For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.

You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.

Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:

A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;

In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.

For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.

He will not take any payment; and he will not make peace with you though your money offerings are increased.

Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:

So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.

For those wounded and made low by her are great in number; and all those who have come to their death through her are a great army.

Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.

For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me.

All the words of my mouth are righteousness; there is nothing false or twisted in them.