I hate [the] crowd of evildoers, and with [the] wicked I will not sit.

Do not destroy me with [the] sinners, nor my life with men of bloodshed,

Though an army encamp against me, my heart will not fear. Though war arise against me, [even] in this I [will] remain confident.

Do not hide your face from me; do not turn your servant away in anger. You have been my help; do not abandon nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Do not give me over to the desire of my enemies, because false witnesses have arisen against me, and [each] breathing out violence.

To you, O Yahweh, I call. O my rock, do not be deaf to me. Or else, if you are silent to me, then I will become like those descending to [the] pit.

Do not drag me away with [the] wicked or with [the] workers of evil, [who] speak of peace with their neighbors, while evil [is] in their heart.

Because they do not regard the works of Yahweh, nor the work of his hands, he will destroy them and not rebuild them.

I will exalt you, O Yahweh, because you have drawn me up, and have not made my enemies rejoice over me.

But as for me, I had said in my prosperity, "I shall not be moved ever."

so that {I} may sing praises to you and not be quiet. O Yahweh, my God, I will give thanks to you forever.

In you, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge. Let me not be put to shame ever. Deliver me by your righteousness.

Bring me out of [the] net that they have secretly set for me, for you [are] my refuge.

And you have not delivered me into [the] hand of [the] enemy. You have set my feet in a broad place.

O Yahweh, let me not be put to shame, for I call on you. Let the wicked be put to shame. Let them [go] silently to Sheol.

Happy [is] a person to whom Yahweh does not impute iniquity and in whose spirit there is not deceit.

For day and night your hand was heavy upon me. My vigor was changed into [the] dry heat of summer. Selah

I made known my sin to you, and my iniquity I did not cover. I said, "I will confess concerning my transgressions to Yahweh," and you took away the guilt of my sin. Selah

Therefore let all [the] faithful pray to you at [the] time [for] finding [you]. Surely at [the] flood of many waters they will not reach him.

Do not be like a horse [or] like a mule, without understanding; [that needs] his tackle--bridle and rein--for restraint [or he would not] come near you.

The king [is] not saved by [the] greatness of an army. The warrior is not delivered by [the] greatness of strength.

They looked to him and were radiant, and their faces shall not be ashamed.

[The] young lions are in want and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh will not lack for any good thing.

[He] protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.

For without cause they secretly hide the pit with their net for me; without cause they dug [it] for my life.

Let {unforeseen ruin} come on him, and his net that he hid, let it catch him. Let him fall into it in ruin.

Violent witnesses rise up; they ask me [concerning] what I do not know.

But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together; smiters whom I did not know gathered against me. They tore and did not cease.

Let not those who [are] wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me. [Nor let] those who hate me without cause wink [the] eye.

For they do not speak peace, but against [the] quiet [ones] of [the] land they plan deceitful words.

You have seen, O Yahweh. Do not be deaf. O Lord, do not be far from me.

Vindicate me according to your righteousness, O Yahweh my God, and do not let them rejoice over me.

Do not let them say in their hearts, "Aha, our desire." Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."

He plans sin on his bed. He puts himself on a way [that is] not good. He does not reject evil.

Do not let a foot of pride come against me, nor let a wicked hand make me to wander homeless.

There doers of evil have fallen; they are thrust down and not able to rise.

Do not fret because of evildoers; do not be envious of doers of wickedness.

Be quiet before Yahweh and wait for him. Do not fret about one who succeeds [in] his way, about a man making plots.

Refrain from anger and forsake wrath. Do not fret; [it] only brings evil.

And yet a little [while] and the wicked will not be, and you will look carefully upon his place, but he will not be.

They will not be put to shame in distressing times, and in [the] days of famine they will be satisfied.

[The] wicked borrows and does not repay, but [the] righteous [is] gracious and gives.

Though he fall, he will not be cast headlong, for Yahweh supports [him with] his hand.

I was a youth, but I am [now] old; yet I have not seen [the] righteous forsaken or his children {begging for} bread.

For Yahweh loves justice and will not forsake his faithful ones. They are protected forever. But [the] children of [the] wicked will be cut off.

The law of his God [is] in his heart. His steps will not slip.

Yahweh will not abandon him into his hand, and he will not let him be condemned when he is judged.

Then he passed on and behold, he was not. And I sought him, but he could not be found.

O Yahweh, do not rebuke me in your anger or chastise me in your wrath.

O Lord, all my longing is before you, and my sighing is not hidden from you.

My heart throbs violently, my strength leaves me; and the light of my eyes, that also is not with me.

And [so] I am like a man who hears not, and in whose mouth there are no retorts.

Do not forsake me, O Yahweh. O my God, do not be far from me.

I said, "I will guard my ways {that I may not sin} with my tongue. I will keep a muzzle over my mouth as long as [the] wicked [are] before me."

Surely a man walks about as a [mere] {shadow}; surely in vain they bustle about. He heaps up [possessions] but does not know who [will] gather them [in].

From all my transgressions deliver me; do not make me [the] taunt of [the] fool.

I am mute. I do not open my mouth, for you, yourself, have done [it].

Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, and listen [to] my cry for help; do not be deaf to my tears. For I [am] an alien with you, a sojourner like all my ancestors.

Blessed [is] the man who makes Yahweh his trust and does not turn to [the] proud and [to those who] fall away [to] a lie.

A sacrifice and offering you do not desire. {My ears you have opened}. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not demanded.

I have brought good tidings [of] righteousness in the great congregation. Look, I have not shut my lips. O Yahweh, {you surely know that}.

Your righteousness I have not hidden in the midst of my heart. I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loyal love or your faithfulness from [the] great congregation.

As for you, O Yahweh, do not withhold your mercies from me. Let your loyal love and your faithfulness continually preserve me.

For evils without number have encompassed me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me.

But I [am] poor and needy. Let my Lord consider me. You [are] my help and my deliverer. O my God, do not delay.

Yahweh protects him and keeps him alive; he is blessed in the land, and you do not give him into the will of his enemies.

"A ruinous thing is poured out on him, and [now] that he lies down, he will not rise up again."

By this I know that you delight in me: because my enemy has not shouted in triumph over me.

My tears have been my food day and night, while [they] say to me all day [long], "Where [is] your God?"

By day Yahweh commands his loyal love, and in the night his song [is] with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

For not with their sword did they possess [the] land, and their arm did not give them victory. Rather [it was] your right hand and your arm and the light of your presence, because you delighted in them.

For I do not trust my bow, and my sword cannot give me victory.

Surely you have rejected and disgraced us, and have not gone out with our armies.

You have sold your people {cheaply}, and did not profit by their price.

All this has befallen us, though we have not forgotten you, and we have not been false to your covenant.

Our heart has not turned back, and our steps have [not] turned aside from your way.

would not God discover this, for he knows [the] secrets of [the] heart?

Wake up! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Awake! Do not reject forever.

Therefore we will not fear though [the] earth change, and though the mountains totter into [the] {midst} of [the] sea,

God [is] in the midst of her; she will not be made to totter. God will help her {at daybreak}.

so that he may stay alive forever [and] not see the pit.

Do not fear when a man becomes rich, when the wealth of his house increases,

because when he dies he will not take [away] any [of it]. His wealth will not follow down after him.

Humankind in [its] pomp, but does not understand, is like the beasts [that] perish.

Our God comes and he is not silent. Before him fire devours, and around him it is very tempestuous.

It is not concerning [a lack of] your sacrifices [that] I rebuke you, and your burnt offerings [are] before me continually.

I will not take from your house a bull [or] from your stalls a he-goat,

If I were hungry I would not tell you, because [the] world and its fullness [are] mine.

Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.

For you do not delight [in] sacrifice or I would give [it]. [With] a burnt offering you are not pleased.

The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit; A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

"Look, the man [who] would not make God his refuge, but he trusted in the greatness of his wealth; he took refuge in his destructiveness."

{All of them} have turned back. They are altogether corrupt. There is none who does good; there is not even one.

Do not evildoers know, [they] who eat my people [as though] they were eating bread? They do not call on God.

For foreigners have risen against me, and ruthless [men] seek my life. They have not set God before them. Selah

Give ear, O God, [to] my prayer, and do not hide yourself from my plea.

Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble [are] in its midst.

Destruction [is] within it, and oppression and deceit do not depart from its public square.

For [it is] not an enemy [that] taunts me, or I could bear [it]. [It is not] one who hates me [that] magnifies himself over me, or I could hide myself from him.

{Morning, noon and night} I will lament and groan loudly, and he will hear my voice.