But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken.

For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

The days of the upright are numbered by the Lord, and their heritage will be for ever.

They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough.

But the wrongdoers will come to destruction, and the haters of the Lord will be like the fat of lambs, they will be burned up; they will go up in smoke, and never again be seen.

Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

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

Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.

For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.

The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever.

The law of his God is in his heart; he will never make a false step.

The Lord will not give him into their hands, or be against him when he is judged.

Be waiting for the Lord, and keep his way; and you will be lifted up, and have the land for your heritage: when the evil-doers are cut off, you will see it.

But as for the sinners, they will be cut off together; the end of the wrongdoers is destruction.

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.

I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.

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.

Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.

Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters.

The Lord will be his support on his bed of pain: by you will all his grief be turned to strength.

My haters say evil against me, When will he be dead, and his name come to an end?

They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again.

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

My soul is crushed down in me, so I will keep you in mind; from the land of Jordan and of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

But the Lord will send his mercy in the daytime, and in the night his song will be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

Then I will go up to the altar of God, to the God of my joy; I will be glad and give praise to you on an instrument of music, O God, my God.

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name will they be crushed under our feet who are violent against us.

I will not put faith in my bow, my sword will not be my salvation.

Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart.

And go nobly on in your power, because you are good and true and without pride; and your right hand will be teaching you things of fear.

So will the king have a great desire for you, seeing how beautiful you are; because he is your lord, give him honour.

And the daughters of Tyre will be there with an offering; those who have wealth among the people will be looking for your approval.

She will come before the king in robes of needlework; the virgins in her train will come before you.

With joy and rapture will they come; they will go into the king's house.

Your children will take the place of your fathers; so that you may make them rulers over all the earth.

I will keep the memory of your name living through all generations; and because of this the people will give you praise for ever.

For this cause we will have no fear, even though the earth is changed, and though the mountains are moved in the heart of the sea;

God has taken his place in her; she will not be moved: he will come to her help at the dawn of morning.

Be at peace in the knowledge that I am God: I will be lifted up among the nations, I will be honoured through all the earth.

He will put down the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet.

He will give us our heritage, the glory of Jacob who is dear to him. (Selah.)

From my mouth will come words of wisdom; and in the thoughts of my heart will be knowledge.

I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.

Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever.

But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.)

For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.

Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself,

He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.

Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.

Then will I make your ways clear to wrongdoers; and sinners will be turned to you.

Be my saviour from violent death, O God, the God of my salvation; and my tongue will give praise to your righteousness.

The offerings of God are a broken spirit; a broken and sorrowing heart, O God, you will not put from you.

Then you will have delight in the offerings of righteousness, in burned offerings and offerings of beasts; then they will make offerings of oxen on your altar.

But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)

The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you: strong in his wealth.

I will give you praise without end for what you have done; I will give honour to your name before your saints, for it is good.

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

6 May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! When the fate of his people is changed by God, Jacob will have joy, and Israel will be glad.

Freely will I make my offerings to you; I will give praise to your name, O Lord, for it is good.

As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour.

In the evening and in the morning and in the middle of the day I will make my prayer with sounds of grief; and my voice will come to his ears.

God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.

Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.

But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.

In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.

In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.

By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.

When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me.

In God will I give praise to his word; in the Lord will I give praise to his word.

In God have I put my hope, I will have no fear of what man may do to me.

I keep the memory of my debt to you, O God; I will give you the offerings of praise.

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

I will send up my cry to the Most High God; to God who does all things for me.

He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will make songs, and give praise.

You are my glory; let the instruments of music be awake; I myself will be awake with the dawn.

I will give you praise, O Lord, among the peoples; I will make songs to you among the nations.

Who will not be moved by the voice of the wonder-worker, however great are his powers.

The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.

So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.

But you are laughing at them, O Lord; you will make sport of all the nations.

O my strength, I will put my hope in you; because God is my strong tower.

The God of my mercy will go before me: God will let me see my desire effected on my haters.

Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.

But I will make songs of your power; yes, I will give cries of joy for your mercy in the morning; because you have been my strength and my high tower in the day of my trouble.

To you, O my strength, will I make my song: because God is my high tower, even the God of my mercy.

God has said in his holy place, I will be glad: I will make a division of Shechem, and the valley of Succoth will be measured out.

Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I put out my shoe; over Philistia will a glad cry be sounded.

Who will take me into the strong town? who will be my guide into Edom?

Through God we will do great things, for through him our haters will be crushed under our feet.

From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you, when my heart is overcome: take me to the rock which is over-high for me.

I will make your tent my resting-place for ever: I will keep myself under the cover of your wings. (Selah.)

You will give the king long life; and make his years go on through the generations.

So will I make songs in praise of your name for ever, giving to God that which is right day by day.

He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.

How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?