They surrounded me like bees;
They were extinguished as a fire of thorns;
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.

This is the gate of the Lord;
The righteous will enter through it.

The Lord is God, and He has given us light;
Bind the festival sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.

You are my God, and I give thanks to You;
You are my God, I extol You.

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Turn away my reproach which I dread,
For Your ordinances are good.

Teach me good discernment and knowledge,
For I believe in Your commandments.

You are good and do good;
Teach me Your statutes.

It is good for me that I was afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.

From Your precepts I get understanding;
Therefore I hate every false way.

Depart from me, evildoers,
That I may observe the commandments of my God.

Be surety for Your servant for good;
Do not let the arrogant oppress me.

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your good.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,
As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He is gracious to us.

Do good, O Lord, to those who are good
And to those who are upright in their hearts.

How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them;
They will not be ashamed
When they speak with their enemies in the gate.

The Lord is righteous;
He has cut in two the cords of the wicked.

A Song of Ascents, of David.
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brothers to dwell together in unity!

You who stand in the house of the Lord,
In the courts of the house of our God!

Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;
Sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Give thanks to the God of gods,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Give thanks to the God of heaven,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

O that You would slay the wicked, O God;
Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.

Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me and know my anxious thoughts;

I said to the Lord, “You are my God;
Give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my supplications.

“O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation,
You have covered my head in the day of battle.

For my eyes are toward You, O God, the Lord;
In You I take refuge; do not leave me defenseless.

Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies
And destroy all those who afflict my soul,
For I am Your servant.

I will sing a new song to You, O God;
Upon a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,

How blessed are the people who are so situated;
How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

A Psalm of Praise, of David.
I will extol You, my God, O King,
And I will bless Your name forever and ever.

The Lord is good to all,
And His mercies are over all His works.

I will praise the Lord while I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,

The Lord will reign forever,
Your God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord!
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
For it is pleasant and praise is becoming.

Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
Sing praises to our God on the lyre,

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!

Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,
And a two-edged sword in their hand,

Praise the Lord!
Praise God in His sanctuary;
Praise Him in His mighty expanse.

Then you will discern the fear of the Lord
And discover the knowledge of God.

Then you will discern righteousness and justice
And equity and every good course.

That leaves the companion of her youth
And forgets the covenant of her God;

So you will walk in the way of good men
And keep to the paths of the righteous.

But the wicked will be cut off from the land
And the treacherous will be uprooted from it.

So you will find favor and good repute
In the sight of God and man.

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
When it is in your power to do it.

“The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom;
And with all your acquiring, get understanding.

The mouth of the righteous flows with wisdom,
But the perverted tongue will be cut out.

The merciful man does himself good,
But the cruel man does himself harm.

The desire of the righteous is only good,
But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor,
But he who seeks evil, evil will come to him.

A good man will obtain favor from the Lord,
But He will condemn a man who devises evil.

A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his words,
And the deeds of a man’s hands will return to him.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
But a good word makes it glad.

From the fruit of a man’s mouth he enjoys good,
But the desire of the treacherous is violence.

Good understanding produces favor,
But the way of the treacherous is hard.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

Fools mock at sin,
But among the upright there is good will.

The backslider in heart will have his fill of his own ways,
But a good man will be satisfied with his.

The evil will bow down before the good,
And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Will they not go astray who devise evil?
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
Watching the evil and the good.

Bright eyes gladden the heart;
Good news puts fat on the bones.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.

He who gives attention to the word will find good,
And blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.

A man of violence entices his neighbor
And leads him in a way that is not good.

He who returns evil for good,
Evil will not depart from his house.

He who has a crooked mind finds no good,
And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.

A joyful heart is good medicine,
But a broken spirit dries up the bones.

It is also not good to fine the righteous,
Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

To show partiality to the wicked is not good,
Nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment.

He who finds a wife finds a good thing
And obtains favor from the Lord.

Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge,
And he who hurries his footsteps errs.

He who gets wisdom loves his own soul;
He who keeps understanding will find good.

One who is gracious to a poor man lends to the Lord,
And He will repay him for his good deed.

Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord,
And a false scale is not good.

A good name is to be more desired than great wealth,
Favor is better than silver and gold.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
Or crush the afflicted at the gate;

Surely there is a future,
And your hope will not be cut off.

Buy truth, and do not sell it,
Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.

Wisdom is too exalted for a fool,
He does not open his mouth in the gate.

My son, eat honey, for it is good,
Yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste;

Know that wisdom is thus for your soul;
If you find it, then there will be a future,
And your hope will not be cut off.

These also are sayings of the wise.
To show partiality in judgment is not good.

But to those who rebuke the wicked will be delight,
And a good blessing will come upon them.

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,
But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

Like cold water to a weary soul,
So is good news from a distant land.

It is not good to eat much honey,
Nor is it glory to search out one’s own glory.

He who leads the upright astray in an evil way
Will himself fall into his own pit,
But the blameless will inherit good.

To show partiality is not good,
Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.

Every word of God is tested;
He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

That I not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or that I not be in want and steal,
And profane the name of my God.

The strutting rooster, the male goat also,
And a king when his army is with him.

She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.

She senses that her gain is good;
Her lamp does not go out at night.

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.