“My covenant I will not violate,
Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips.

“Once [for all] I have sworn by My holiness, [My vow which cannot be violated];
I will not lie to David.

Also, You have turned back the edge of his sword
And have not made him [strong enough] to stand in battle.

What man can live and not see death?
Can he rescue his soul from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)? Selah.

For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it is past,
Or as a watch in the night.

You will not be afraid of the terror of night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,

A thousand may fall at your side
And ten thousand at your right hand,
But danger will not come near you.

To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning
And Your faithfulness by night,

A senseless man [in his crude and uncultivated state] knows nothing,
Nor does a [self-righteous] fool understand this:

Yet they say, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob (Israel) notice it.”

He who made the ear, does He not hear?
He who formed the eye, does He not see?

He who instructs the nations,
Does He not rebuke and punish,
He who teaches man knowledge?

For the Lord will not abandon His people,
Nor will He abandon His inheritance.

Do not harden your hearts and become spiritually dull as at Meribah [the place of strife],
And as at Massah [the place of testing] in the wilderness,

“For forty years I was grieved and disgusted with that generation,
And I said, ‘They are a people who err in their heart,
And they do not acknowledge or regard My ways.’

“Therefore I swore [an oath] in My wrath,
‘They absolutely shall not enter My rest [the land of promise].’”

Know and fully recognize with gratitude that the Lord Himself is God;
It is He who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His].
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

I will set no worthless or wicked thing before my eyes.
I hate the practice of those who fall away [from the right path];
It will not grasp hold of me.

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will silence;
The one who has a haughty look and a proud (arrogant) heart I will not tolerate.

He who practices deceit will not dwell in my house;
He who tells lies and half-truths will not continue [to remain] in my presence.

Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress!
Incline Your ear to me;
In the day when I call, answer me quickly.

He has regarded the prayer of the destitute,
And has not despised their prayer.

I said, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days;
Your years are [eternal] throughout all generations.

Bless and affectionately praise the Lord, O my soul,
And do not forget any of His benefits;

The Lord executes righteousness
And justice for all the oppressed.

He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.

He has not dealt with us according to our sins [as we deserve],
Nor rewarded us [with punishment] according to our wickedness.

He established the earth on its foundations,
So that it will not be moved forever and ever.

You set a boundary [for the waters] that they may not cross over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.

You [O Lord] make darkness and it becomes night,
In which prowls about every wild beast of the forest.

“Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do My prophets no harm.”

He sent [thick, oppressive] darkness and made the land dark;
And Moses and Aaron did not rebel against His words.

He brought the sons of Israel out [of Egypt] with silver and gold,
And among their tribes there was not one who stumbled.

The Lord spread a cloud as a covering [by day],
And a fire to illumine the night.

Our fathers in Egypt did not understand nor appreciate Your miracles;
They did not remember the abundance of Your mercies nor imprint Your lovingkindnesses on their hearts,
But they were rebellious at the sea, at the Red Sea.

And the waters covered their adversaries;
Not one of them was left.

But they quickly forgot His works;
They did not [patiently] wait for His counsel and purpose [to be revealed regarding them],

Therefore He said He would destroy them,
[And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the gap before Him,
To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

Then they despised the pleasant land [of Canaan];
They did not believe in His word nor rely on it,

But they sulked and complained in their tents;
They did not listen to the voice of the Lord.

They did not destroy the [pagan] peoples [in Canaan],
As the Lord commanded them,

Also He blesses them so that they multiply greatly,
And He does not let [the number of] their cattle decrease.

Have You not rejected us, O God?
And will You not go out, O God, with our armies?

O God of my praise!
Do not keep silent,

Let the wickedness of his fathers be remembered by the Lord;
And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Because the man did not remember to show kindness,
But persecuted the suffering and needy man,
And the brokenhearted, to put them to death.

He also loved cursing, and it came [back] to him;
He did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

The Lord has sworn [an oath] and will not change His mind:
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

He will never be shaken;
The righteous will be remembered forever.

He will not fear bad news;
His heart is steadfast, trusting [confidently relying on and believing] in the Lord.

His heart is upheld, he will not fear
While he looks [with satisfaction] on his adversaries.

Not to us, O Lord, not to us,
But to Your name give glory
Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth and faithfulness.

They have mouths, but they cannot speak;
They have eyes, but they cannot see;

They have ears, but they cannot hear;
They have noses, but they cannot smell;

They have hands, but they cannot feel;
They have feet, but they cannot walk;
Nor can they make a sound with their throats.

The dead do not praise the Lord,
Nor do any who go down into silence;

The Lord is on my side; I will not fear.
What can [mere] man do to me?

I will not die, but live,
And declare the works and recount the illustrious acts of the Lord.

The Lord has disciplined me severely,
But He has not given me over to death.

Then I will not be ashamed
When I look [with respect] to all Your commandments [as my guide].

I shall keep Your statutes;
Do not utterly abandon me [when I fail].

With all my heart I have sought You, [inquiring of You and longing for You];
Do not let me wander from Your commandments [neither through ignorance nor by willful disobedience].

Your word I have treasured and stored in my heart,
That I may not sin against You.

I will delight in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word.

I am a stranger on the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.

I cling tightly to Your testimonies;
O Lord, do not put me to shame!

I will run the way of Your commandments [with purpose],
For You will give me a heart that is willing.

Incline my heart to Your testimonies
And not to dishonest gain and envy.

And do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
For I wait for Your ordinances.

I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings
And shall not be ashamed.

The arrogant utterly ridicule me,
Yet I do not turn away from Your law.

O Lord, I remember Your name in the night,
And keep Your law.

I hurried and did not delay
To keep Your commandments.

The cords of the wicked have encircled and ensnared me,
But I have not forgotten Your law.

May my heart be blameless in Your statutes,
So that I will not be ashamed.

For I have become like a wineskin [blackened and shriveled] in the smoke [in which it hangs],
Yet I do not forget Your statutes.

The arrogant (godless) have dug pits for me,
Men who do not conform to Your law.

They had almost destroyed me on earth,
But as for me, I did not turn away from Your precepts.

I am Yours, save me [as Your own];
For I have [diligently] sought Your precepts and required them [as my greatest need].

I have not turned aside from Your ordinances,
For You Yourself have taught me.

My life is continually in my hand,
Yet I do not forget Your law.

The wicked have laid a snare for me,
Yet I do not wander from Your precepts.

Uphold me according to Your word [of promise], so that I may live;
And do not let me be ashamed of my hope [in Your great goodness].

Ayin.
I have done justice and righteousness;
Do not leave me to those who oppress me.

Be the guarantee for Your servant for good [as Judah was the guarantee for Benjamin];
Do not let the arrogant oppress me.

Establish my footsteps in [the way of] Your word;
Do not let any human weakness have power over me [causing me to be separated from You].

My eyes weep streams of water
Because people do not keep Your law.

I am small and despised,
But I do not forget Your precepts.

Your righteous testimonies are everlasting;
Give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart] that I may live.

My eyes anticipate the night watches and I awake before the call of the watchman,
That I may meditate on Your word.

Resh.
Look upon my agony and rescue me,
For I do not forget Your law.

Salvation is far from the wicked,
For they do not seek Your statutes.

Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,
Yet I do not turn away from Your testimonies.

I see the treacherous and loathe them,
Because they do not respect Your law.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep;
Seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments.

He will not allow your foot to slip;
He who keeps you will not slumber.

The Lord is your keeper;
The Lord is your shade on your right hand.

The sun will not strike you by day,
Nor the moon by night.

“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,”
Let Israel now say,

“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side
When men rose up against us,