One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.

Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Jehovah my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my stronghold.

I hate them that regard lying vanities; But I trust in Jehovah.

Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, Yea, unto my neighbors exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintance: They that did see me without fled from me.

My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

Oh how great is thy goodness, Which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, Which thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in thee, Before the sons of men!

Oh love Jehovah, all ye his saints: Jehovah preserveth the faithful, And plentifully rewardeth him that dealeth proudly.

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, All ye that hope in Jehovah.

For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he that trusteth in Jehovah, lovingkindness shall compass him about.

Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous; And shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, That considereth all their works.

Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his lovingkindness;

The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, And delivereth them.

Oh taste and see that Jehovah is good: Blessed is the man that taketh refuge in him.

Oh fear Jehovah, ye his saints; For there is no want to them that fear him.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.

What man is he that desireth life, And loveth many days, that he may see good?

The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.

Jehovah redeemeth the soul of his servants; And none of them that take refuge in him shall be condemned.

Strive thou, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me: Fight thou against them that fight against me.

Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that pursue me: Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.

Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.

All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, Who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, Yea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him?

Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.

I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: Yea, let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified, Who hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.

He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

Oh continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee, And thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.

For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for Jehovah, they shall inherit the land.

The Lord will laugh at him; For he seeth that his day is coming.

Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me ; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.

But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

But mine enemies are lively, and are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.

Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.

Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.

Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.

Let them be desolate by reason of their shame That say unto me, Aha, aha.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: Let such as love thy salvation say continually, Jehovah be magnified.

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.

An evil disease,'say they , cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may requite them.

By this I know that thou delightest in me, Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And hast put them to shame that hate us.

Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger.

That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.

She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee.

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God will help her, and that right early.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

Mark ye well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces: That ye may tell it to the generation following.

They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.

Their inward thought is, that their houses'shall continue for ever, And their dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.

But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.

They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.

Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.

He calleth to the heavens above, And to the earth, that he may judge his people:

Gather my saints together unto me, Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth,

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:

Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifieth me; And to him that ordereth his way aright Will I show the salvation of God.

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest.

Make me to hear joy and gladness, That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none that doeth good.

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.

Every one of them is gone back; they are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

There were they in great fear, where no fear was; For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: Thou hast put them to shame, because of God hath rejected them.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Behold, God is my helper: The Lord is of them that uphold my soul.

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him:

He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; For they were many that strove with me.

God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, Selah The men who have no changes, And who fear not God.

Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death: Hast thou not delivered my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?