When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed for ever.

And mine eye shall see its desire on mine enemies; mine ears shall hear it of the evil-doers that rise up against me.

Those that are planted in the house of Jehovah shall flourish in the courts of our God:

To shew that Jehovah is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?

He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct he that teacheth man knowledge?

Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

Forty years was I grieved with the generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways;

So that I swore in mine anger, that they should not enter into my rest.

Let the field exult and all that is therein. Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy,

Ashamed be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols. Worship him, all ye gods.

Ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints, he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein;

And the strength of the king that loveth justice. Thou hast established equity: it is thou that executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name: they called unto Jehovah, and he answered them.

He spoke unto them in the pillar of cloud: they kept his testimonies, and the statute that he gave them.

Know that Jehovah is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

I will set no thing of Belial before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

Whoso secretly slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy; him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

He that practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that speaketh falsehoods shall not subsist in my sight.

Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me swear by me.

This shall be written for the generation to come; and a people that shall be created shall praise Jah:

To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die;

That the name of Jehovah may be declared in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem,

{A Psalm of David.} Bless Jehovah, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name!

Jehovah executeth righteousness and justice for all that are oppressed.

For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving-kindness toward them that fear him.

As a father pitieth his children, so Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.

For himself knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting and to everlasting, upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children,

To such as keep his covenant and to those that remember his precepts to do them.

Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, mighty in strength, that execute his word, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

Bless Jehovah, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his that do his will.

Thou hast set a bound which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.

There go the ships; there that leviathan, which thou hast formed to play therein.

These all look unto thee, that thou mayest give their food in its season:

That thou givest unto them, they gather; thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good.

Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.

That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Hallelujah!

Blessed are they that keep justice, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his might.

And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

And they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

And he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses, his chosen, stood before him in the breach, to turn away his fury, lest he should destroy them.

And he lifted up his hand to them, that he would make them fall in the wilderness;

And that he would make their seed fall among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.

And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, from generation to generation, for evermore.

For they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.

And he gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them:

And he caused them to find compassion of all those that had carried them captives.

And he led them forth by a right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters,

A fruitful land into a plain of salt, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

And he blesseth them, so that they are multiplied greatly; and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

That thy beloved ones may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.

Through God we shall do valiantly; and he it is that will tread down our adversaries.

Let the usurer cast the net over all that he hath, and let strangers despoil his labour;

Let them be before Jehovah continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth:

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Jehovah, hast done it.

For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul.

Great are the works of Jehovah; sought out of all that delight in them.

He hath given meat unto them that fear him; he is ever mindful of his covenant.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all they that do his precepts: his praise abideth for ever.

Hallelujah! Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

It is well with the man that is gracious and lendeth; he will sustain his cause in judgment.

What ailed thee, thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou turnedst back?

Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? ye hills, like lambs?

They that make them are like unto them, every one that confideth in them.

Ye that fear Jehovah, confide in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.

He will bless them that fear Jehovah, both the small and the great.

The dead praise not Jah, neither any that go down into silence;

Oh let Israel say, that his loving-kindness endureth for ever.

Oh let the house of Aaron say, that his loving-kindness endureth for ever.

Oh let them that fear Jehovah say, that his loving-kindness endureth for ever.

Jehovah is for me among them that help me; and I shall see my desire upon them that hate me.

Thou hast thrust hard at me that I might fall; but Jehovah helped me.

This is the day that Jehovah hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Blessed be he that cometh in the name of Jehovah. We have blessed you out of the house of Jehovah.

Blessed are they that observe his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart;

Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, who wander from thy commandments.

So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me; for I confide in thy word.

I am the companion of all that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.

They that fear thee will see me, and rejoice; because I have hoped in thy word.

I know, Jehovah, that thy Judgments are righteousness, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.

Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that know thy testimonies.

Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.

How many shall be the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word.

I have not departed from thy judgments; for it is thou that hast taught me.

I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Thou hast set at nought all them that wander from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood.