Our soul has escaped like a bird from [the] snare of fowlers. The snare [is] broken, and we have escaped.

For evil's scepter will not rest on the land that has been allotted to the righteous, and so the righteous will not direct themselves to do wrong.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter
And our tongue with joyful shouting;
Then they said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”

The Lord has done great things for us;
We are glad!

Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.
Such men will never be put to shame
when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.

The Lord is righteous;
He has cut in two the [thick] cords of the wicked [which enslaved the people of Israel].

Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: "I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.

For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His dwelling place:

It is like the dew of [Mount] Hermon
Coming down on the hills of Zion;
For there the Lord has commanded the blessing: life forevermore.

For the Lord has chosen [the descendants of] Jacob for Himself,
Israel for His own special treasure and possession.

Whatever the Lord pleases, He does,
In the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all deeps—

For the Lord vindicates his people, and has compassion on his servants.

And has delivered us from our adversaries; for his loving kindness endures forever:

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Though the Lord is exalted,
He regards the lowly [and invites them into His fellowship];
But the proud and haughty He knows from a distance.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

Thou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.

My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And with all my ways hast been acquainted.

For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way in which I walk, They have hid a snare for me.

Look to the right [the point of attack] and see;
For there is no one who has regard for me [to act in my favor].
Escape has failed me and I have nowhere to run;
No one cares about my life.

For the enemy has persecuted me,
He has crushed my life down to the ground;
He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have been long dead.

And my spirit has fainted within me; my heart has become weary within me.

And in Thy kindness cuttest off mine enemies, And hast destroyed all the adversaries of my soul, For I am Thy servant!

O Yahweh! what is the earthborn, And yet thou hast acknowledged him, - the son of a mortal, And yet thou hast taken account of him:

because their mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of lies.

Thou that givest victory unto kings, and hast delivered David thy servant from the peril of the sword.

Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of foreigners' sons, because their mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood;

The Lord is good to everyone;
His compassion rests on all He has made.

All he has made will give thanks to the Lord. Your loyal followers will praise you.

How blessed and graciously favored is he whose help is the God of Jacob (Israel),
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,

The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

Our Lord is great, and rich in power; his understanding has no limitation.

He has no delight in the strength of a horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

For He has strengthened the bars of your gates,
He has blessed your children within you.

He has not dealt this way with any [other] nation;
They have not known [understood, appreciated, heeded, or cherished] His ordinances.
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.

He has lifted up a horn for His people [giving them strength, prosperity, dignity, and preeminence],
Praise for all His godly ones;
For the people of Israel, a people near to Him.
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

For the Lord has pleasure in his people: he gives the poor in spirit a crown of salvation.

Let everything that has breath and every breath of life praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

“Because I called and you refused [to answer],
I stretched out my hand and no one has paid attention [to my offer];

He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;

she who forsakes the partner of her youth and has forgotten the covenant of her God,

For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

The Lord by His wisdom has founded the earth;
By His understanding He has established the heavens.

If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.

Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

whereas thou hast now to give him. Intend no hurt unto thy neighbour, seeing he hopeth to dwell in rest by thee.

Do not quarrel with a man without cause,
If he has done you no harm.

She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.

And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,

And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend.

It has no chief, officer, or ruler.

In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh with thee.

So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.

For there is no man in his home; he has gone on a {long journey}.

He has taken a bag of money with him,
And he will come home on the appointed day.”

For she has cast down many [mortally] wounded;
Indeed, all who were killed by her were strong.

Wisdom has built her [spacious and sufficient] house;
She has hewn out and set up her seven pillars.

She has prepared her food, she has mixed her wine;
She has also set her table.

She has sent out her maidens, she calls
From the highest places of the city:

Whoever is simple, let him come in here; and to him who has no sense, she says:

If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned -- thyself bearest it.

The foolish woman is full of noise; she has no sense at all.

He becomes poor who has a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

On the lips of the discerning, [skillful and godly] wisdom is found,
But discipline and the rod are for the back of the one who is without common sense and understanding.

He who conceals hatred [has] lips of deceit, and he who utters slander--he is a fool.

Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more,
But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.

He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.

The man who has mercy will be rewarded, but the cruel man is the cause of trouble to himself.

The wicked makes a deceitful wage; but one sowing righteousness has a sure reward.

Like a ring of gold in the nose of a pig, is a beautiful woman who has no sense.

A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.

An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.

The lazy person does not roast what he has hunted, but diligence is one's most important possession.

The slacker craves, yet has nothing,
but the diligent is fully satisfied.

There is one who pretends to be rich, yet has nothing at all;
Another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

The one who has contempt for instruction will pay the penalty,
but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.

The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.

He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour.

A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none,
But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding.

Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.

No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.

The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.

A person who has a quick temper does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes is hated.

The poor man is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.

He who despises his neighbor is a sinner, but he who has mercy on the poor blesses him.

In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence
and his children have a refuge.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding [and profits from his self-control],
But he who is quick-tempered exposes and exalts his foolishness [for all to see].

He who oppresses the poor insults him who made him, but he who has mercy on the poor honors him.