If they listen and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

But if they do not listen, they shall perish by the sword; they shall die without knowledge.

"But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They do not cry for help when he binds them.

They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.

It is turned around by his guidance, that they may do whatever he commands them on the surface of the habitable world,

Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, 'Here we are?'

when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?

Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?

They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they end their labor pains.

Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and do not return again.

"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?

She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,

Will traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants?

They are joined one to another. They stick together, so that they can't be pulled apart.

The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can't be moved.

When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.

Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that the LORD had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb; with their tongue they are deceitful.

Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.

lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

Put them in fear, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.

For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none who does good.

They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is none who does good, no, not one.

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call on the LORD?

There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.

As for the holy ones who are in the land, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.

They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

from men by your hand, LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

They came on me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.

I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again until they are consumed.

I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.

They cried, but there was none to save; even to the LORD, but he did not answer them.

As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.

Day after day they pour forth speech, and night after night they display knowledge.

More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.

They are bowed down and fallen, but we rise up, and stand upright.

For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them.

They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.

All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,

They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.

For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me.

They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.

The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise the LORD who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.

They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it.

Even 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.

Yes, no one who waits for you shall be shamed. They shall be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.

LORD, remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness, for they are from old times.

Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.

When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.

Because they do not regard the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.

Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.

For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.

For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.

Do not 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.

They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.

They cried, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.

For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I do not know about.

They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into my own bosom.

But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I did not know it. They tore at me, and did not cease.

Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, "Aha. Aha. Our eye has seen it."

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

There the workers of iniquity are fallen. They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.

They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

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

For the LORD loves justice, and doesn't forsake his holy ones. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

The LORD helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them, Because they have taken refuge in him.

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

They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.

"Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.

Many, LORD, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can't be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.

All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

"An evil disease," they say, "has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more."

My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"

As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"

For they did not get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.

With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led. They shall enter into the king's palace.

For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.

They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed. They hurried away.

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

They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.