Do not worry because of evildoers,
Nor be envious toward wrongdoers;

Delight yourself in the Lord,
And He will give you the desires and petitions of your heart.

Commit your way to the Lord;
Trust in Him also and He will do it.

He will make your righteousness [your pursuit of right standing with God] like the light,
And your judgment like [the shining of] the noonday [sun].

For yet a little while and the wicked one will be gone [forever];
Though you look carefully where he used to be, he will not be [found].

Better is the little of the righteous [who seek the will of God]
Than the abundance (riches) of many wicked (godless).

The wicked borrows and does not pay back,
But the righteous is gracious and kind and gives.

For those blessed by God will [at last] inherit the land,
But those cursed by Him will be cut off.

The steps of a [good and righteous] man are directed and established by the Lord,
And He delights in his way [and blesses his path].

I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous (those in right standing with God) abandoned
Or his descendants pleading for bread.

All day long he is gracious and lends,
And his descendants are a blessing.

For the Lord delights in justice
And does not abandon His saints (faithful ones);
They are preserved forever,
But the descendants of the wicked will [in time] be cut off.

The Lord will not leave him in his hand
Or let him be condemned when he is judged.

Wait for and expect the Lord and keep His way,
And He will exalt you to inherit the land;
[In the end] when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath,
Nor discipline me in Your burning anger.

For Your arrows have sunk into me and penetrate deeply,
And Your hand has pressed down on me and greatly disciplined me.

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

My wounds are loathsome and foul
Because of my foolishness.

For my sides are filled with burning,
And there is no health in my flesh.

Yes, I am like a man who does not hear,
In whose mouth are no arguments.

For I am ready to fall;
My sorrow is continually before me.

But my [numerous] enemies are vigorous and strong,
And those who hate me without cause are many.

They repay evil for good, they attack and try to kill me,
Because I follow what is good.

I said, “I will guard my ways
That I may not sin with my tongue;
I will muzzle my mouth
While the wicked are in my presence.”

“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]! Selah.

“And now, Lord, for what do I expectantly wait?
My hope [my confident expectation] is in You.

“Remove Your plague from me;
I am wasting away because of the conflict and opposition of Your hand.

“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and listen to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am Your temporary guest,
A sojourner like all my fathers.

He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will see and fear [with great reverence]
And will trust confidently in the Lord.

Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who makes the Lord his trust,
And does not regard the proud nor those who lapse into lies.

Many, O Lord my God, are the wonderful works which You have done,
And Your thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of your wonders,
They would be too many to count.

Sacrifice and meal offering You do not desire, nor do You delight in them;
You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word];
Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require.

“I delight to do Your will, O my God;
Your law is within my heart.”

I have not concealed Your righteousness within my heart;
I have proclaimed Your faithfulness and Your salvation.
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly.

Do not withhold Your compassion and tender mercy from me, O Lord;
Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.

For innumerable evils have encompassed me;
My sins have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see.
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has failed me.

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let those who love Your salvation say continually,
“The Lord be magnified!”

Even though I am afflicted and needy,
Still the Lord takes thought and is mindful of me.
You are my help and my rescuer.
O my God, do not delay.

As for me, You uphold me in my integrity,
And You set me in Your presence forever.

My tears have been my food day and night,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.

Deep calls to deep at the [thundering] sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.

As a crushing of my bones [with a sword], my adversaries taunt me,
While they say continually to me, “Where is your God?”

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
Why have you become restless and disquieted within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.

For You are the God of my strength [my stronghold—in whom I take refuge]; why have You rejected me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me;
Let them bring me to Your holy hill
And to Your dwelling places.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why are you restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him,
The help of my [sad] countenance and my God.

We have heard with our ears, O God,
Our fathers have told us
The work You did in their days,
In the days of old.

You drove out the [pagan] nations with Your own hand;
Then you planted and established them (Israel);
[It was by Your power that] You uprooted the [pagan] peoples,
Then You spread them abroad.

For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword,
Nor did their own arm save them,
But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,
Because You favored and delighted in them.

You are my King, O God;
Command victories and deliverance for Jacob (Israel).

Through You we will gore our enemies [like a bull];
Through Your name we will trample down those who rise up against us.

But You have saved us from our enemies,
And You have put them to shame and humiliated those who hate us.

In God we have boasted all the day long,
And we will praise and give thanks to Your name forever. Selah.

But now You have rejected us and brought us to dishonor,
And You do not go out with our armies [to lead us to victory].

You sell Your people cheaply,
And have not increased Your wealth by their sale.

You have made us the reproach and taunt of our neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to those around us.

All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You,
Nor have we been false to Your covenant [which You made with our fathers].

Our heart has not turned back,
Nor have our steps wandered from Your path,

If we had forgotten the name of our God
Or stretched out our hands to a strange god,

But for Your sake we are killed all the day long;
We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

Why do You hide Your face
And forget our affliction and our oppression?

For our life has melted away into the dust;
Our body clings to the ground.

Rise up! Come be our help,
And ransom us for the sake of Your steadfast love.

You are fairer than the sons of men;
Graciousness is poured upon Your lips;
Therefore God has blessed You forever.

Strap Your sword on Your thigh, O mighty One,
In Your splendor and Your majesty!

And in Your majesty ride on triumphantly
For the cause of truth and humility and righteousness;
Let Your right hand guide You to awesome things.

Your arrows are sharp;
The peoples (nations) fall under You;
Your arrows pierce the hearts of the King’s enemies.

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

You have loved righteousness (virtue, morality, justice) and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, your God, has anointed You
Above Your companions with the oil of jubilation.

All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh, aloes and cassia;
From ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad.

Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies;
At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear [to my instruction]:
Forget your people and your father’s house;

Then the King will desire your beauty;
Because He is your Lord, bow down and honor Him.

The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;
The rich among the people will seek your favor.

In place of your fathers will be your sons;
You shall make princes in all the land.

I will make Your name to be remembered in all generations;
Therefore the peoples will praise and give You thanks forever and ever.

God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable],
A very present and well-proved help in trouble.

The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered and were moved;
He raised His voice, the earth melted.

The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.

The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.

O clap your hands, all you people;
Shout to God with the voice of triumph and songs of joy.

He subdues peoples under us
And nations under our feet.

He chooses our inheritance for us,
The glory and excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah.

Sing praises to God, sing praises;
Sing praises to our King, sing praises.

The princes of the people have gathered together as the people of the God of Abraham,
For the shields of the earth belong to God;
He is highly exalted.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
In the city of our God, His holy mountain.

They saw it, then they were amazed;
They were stricken with terror, they fled in alarm.

As we have heard, so have we seen
In the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God:
God will establish her forever. Selah.

We have thought of Your lovingkindness, O God,
In the midst of Your temple.

As is Your name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness, justice).

Let Mount Zion be glad,
Let the daughters of Judah rejoice
Because of Your [righteous] judgments.

For this is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will be our guide even until death.

Hear this, all peoples;
Listen carefully, all inhabitants of the world,

I will incline my ear and consent to a proverb;
On the lyre I will unfold my riddle.

None of them can by any means redeem [either himself or] his brother,
Nor give to God a ransom for him—

This is the fate of those who are foolishly confident,
And of those after them who approve [and are influenced by] their words. Selah.

Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
Death will be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form and beauty shall be for Sheol to consume,
So that they have no dwelling [on earth].

Be not afraid when [an ungodly] man becomes rich,
When the wealth and glory of his house are increased;

May our God come and not keep silent;
Fire devours before Him,
And around Him a mighty tempest rages.