And I have waited because they do not speak, because they stand [there] [and] no longer answer.

'I [am] clean, without transgression; I [am] pure, and [there is] no guilt in me.

"In a dream, a vision of [the] night, when a deep sleep falls on men slumbering on [their] bed,

to turn human beings aside [from their] deeds, and he keeps man from pride.

"If there is a messenger beside him, a mediator, one of a thousand, to declare to a human being his uprightness

Look, God does all these [things] twice, three times with a person

There is no darkness, and there is no deep shadow where instigators of mischief might hide themselves.

He shatters the mighty without investigation, and he sets others in their place.

Therefore he knows their works, and he overturns [them] [in the] night {so that} they are crushed.

He strikes them {where the wicked stood}, {where there are onlookers},

There they cry out, but he does not answer {because of the pride of evildoers}.

then he declares their work to them, and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.

So he opens their ear to the discipline, and he commands that they return from mischief.

If they listen and serve [him], they complete their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness.

{They die in their youth}, and their life [ends] among the male shrine prostitutes.

He delivers [the] afflicted by his misery, and he opens their ears by the adversity.

You must not long for the night, to cut off people {in their place}.

And their light is withheld from [the] wicked, and [their] uplifted arm is broken.

Is there a father for the rain, or who fathered [the] drops of dew?

Can you lead forth the southern constellations at their appointed time, or can you lead [the] Bear with its children?

Do you know heaven's statutes, or can you establish their rule on the earth?

When they crouch, they bring forth their young ones; they get rid of their labor pains.

Their young ones grow strong; they grow up in the open; they go forth and do not return to them.

From there it spies out [the] prey; its eyes look from far away.

And its young ones lick blood greedily, and where [the] dead carcasses [are], there they [are]."

Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in the grave.

Yes, [the] mountains yield produce for it, and all {wild animals} play there.

[The] lotus trees cover it [with] their shade; [the] wadi's poplar trees surround it.

{And he had} seven sons and three daughters.

And beautiful women were not found in all the land like Job's daughters, and their father gave to them an inheritance in the midst of their brothers.

"Let us tear off their bonds, and cast their cords from us!"

Many [are] saying about my soul, "There is no deliverance for him from God. Selah

You have put gladness in my heart more than {when} their grain and their wine abound.

{But as for me}, through the abundance of your steadfast love I will enter your house. I will bow down toward {your holy temple} in awe [of] you.

For there is not [anything] reliable in his mouth; their inner part [is] destruction. Their throat is an open grave; [with] their tongue they speak deceit.

Treat them as guilty, O God; let them fall because of their plans. Because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out, for they have rebelled against you.

For there is no remembrance of you in death. In Sheol, who will give thanks to you?

O Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,

You have rebuked [the] nations; you have destroyed [the] wicked. Their name you have blotted out forever and ever.

The enemies are destroyed [in] ruins forever, and you have uprooted [their] cities; their very memory has perished.

[The] nations have fallen in [the] pit [that] they made; their foot is caught in [the] net that they hid.

{With bald-faced pride} [the] wicked will not seek [God]. There is no God in any of his thoughts.

[The] longing of [the] afflicted you have heard, O Yahweh. You will make their heart secure. You will {listen attentively}

For look: The wicked {string the bow}. They have fitted their arrow to [the] string, to shoot from [the] darkness at the upright of heart.

He will rain coals on [the] wicked. Burning sulfur and scorching wind [will be] the portion of their cup.

[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds. There is none who does good.

Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind to see whether there is one who has insight, one who cares about God.

All have gone astray; they are altogether corrupt. There is not one who does good; there is not even one.

There {they are very fearful} because God [is] with [the] generation of [the] righteous.

Those [who] hurry [after] another [god] increase their sorrows. I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, nor take up their names on my lips.

They have shut off their calloused [heart]; [with] their mouth they speak arrogantly.

from men by your hand, O Yahweh, from men of [this] world. Their share [is] in {this life}, and you fill their stomach [with] your treasure. They are satisfied [with] children. They bequeath their excess to their children.

And you {made my enemies turn their backs}, then I destroyed those [who] hated me.

They cried out but there was no rescuer, [even] to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.

[The] children of a foreign land {lost heart}, and they came trembling from their strongholds.

There is no speech and there are no words; their sound is inaudible.

[Yet] in all [the] world their line goes out, and their words to [the] end of [the] world. In them he has pitched a tent for the sun,

Because the king trusts Yahweh, and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved.

You will destroy their {offspring} from [the] earth, and their {descendants} from among [the] children of humankind.

For you will {turn them to flight}; you will aim [arrows] on your bowstrings at their faces.

All [who] see me mock me. They open wide [their] lips; they shake [the] head, [saying]:

Do not be far from me because trouble [is] near; because there is no helper.

They open their mouth against me [like] a lion tearing and roaring.

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.

Give to them according to their work, even according to the evil of their deeds. Give to them according to the work of their hands; repay them their rightful due.

Yahweh [is] their strength, and he [is] the refuge for the salvation of his anointed one.

For [there is] a moment in his anger; [there is] a lifetime in his favor. Weeping lodges for the evening, but in the morning [comes] rejoicing.

"What gain [is there] in my {death}, in my going down into [the] pit? Will [the] dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?

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

By the word of Yahweh [the] heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.

he who fashions altogether their heart, he who understands all their works.

to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.

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

Fear Yahweh, [you] his saints, for there is no lack for [those who] fear him.

The eyes of Yahweh [are] toward [the] righteous, and his ears toward their cry for help.

They cry out and Yahweh hears and delivers them from all [of] their troubles.

Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of Yahweh pursuing them.

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

Among [the] ungodly of the mockers at feasts, [they] gnashed at me with their teeth.

My Lord, how long will you watch? Restore my life from their ravages, my only [life] from [the] young lions.

They also made wide their mouths against me. They said, "Aha! Aha! Our eyes have seen [it]."

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

An oracle: the wicked has rebellion in the midst of his heart. There is no fear of God before his eyes.

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

[The] wicked have drawn [the] sword and have bent their bow to throw down [the] poor and [the] needy, to kill [those] upright in [their] way.

Their sword will enter into their [own] heart, and their bows shall be broken.

Yahweh knows [the] days of [the] blameless, and their inheritance will be forever.

Observe [the] blameless and look at [the] upright, for [there is] a future for a man of peace.

And [the] salvation of [the] righteous [is] from Yahweh, their refuge in [the] time of trouble.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation. There is no health in my bones because of my sin.

For my loins are full [of] burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

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

Many things, O Yahweh my God, you have done-- your wonderful deeds and your thoughts toward us. There is none to compare with you. If I [tried to] proclaim and tell [of them], they would be too numerous to count.

Let them be appalled because of their shame, those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!"

O God, we have heard with our ears; our ancestors have told us of work you worked in their days, in days of old.

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.

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

[There is] a river whose streams gladden the city of God, the holiest of the dwellings of the Most High.

Trembling seized them there-- pain as of a woman in labor.

{Consider well} her ramparts. Go through her citadels so that you can tell [the] next generation