{To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy majesty above the heavens.

When I see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast established;

Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

I will be glad and rejoice in thee; I will sing forth thy name, O Most High.

When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence:

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest on the throne, judging righteously.

And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress.

And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

Sing psalms to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion; tell among the peoples his doings.

For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.

That I may declare all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will be joyful in thy salvation.

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.

Jehovah is known by the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

For the needy one shall not be forgotten alway; the hope of the meek shall not perish for ever.

Arise, Jehovah; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight.

Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? Why hidest thou thyself in times of distress?

The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

The wicked saith, in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!

He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.

He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.

He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.

He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see it.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} In Jehovah have I put my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

For behold, the wicked bend the bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may in darkness shoot at the upright in heart.

Jehovah is in the temple of his holiness; Jehovah, his throne is in the heavens: his eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men.

Jehovah trieth the righteous one; but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth.

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: with flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail, our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set him in safety, at whom they puff.

The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times.

The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, with sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him! lest mine adversaries be joyful when I am moved.

As for me, I have confided in thy loving-kindness; my heart shall be joyful in thy salvation.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, they have done abominable works: there is none that doeth good.

They have all gone aside, they are together become corrupt: there is none that doeth good, not even one.

There were they in great fear; for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When Jehovah turneth again the captivity of his people, Jacob shall be glad, Israel shall rejoice.

{A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tent? who shall dwell in the hill of thy holiness?

In whose eyes the depraved person is contemned, and who honoureth them that fear Jehovah; who, if he have sworn to his own hurt, changeth it not;

{Michtam of David.} Preserve me, O God: for I trust in thee.

To the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent thou hast said, In them is all my delight.

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

I will bless Jehovah, who giveth me counsel; even in the nights my reins instruct me.

Therefore my heart rejoiceth, and my glory exulteth; my flesh moreover shall dwell in hope.

For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol, neither wilt thou allow thy Holy One to see corruption.

When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.

Shew wondrously thy loving-kindnesses, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.

They have now encompassed us in our steps; their eyes have they set, bowing down to the earth.

He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.

From men who are thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of this age: their portion is in this life, and their belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure; they have their fill of sons, and leave the rest of their substance to their children.

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies and out of the hand of Saul. And he said,} I will love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and I cried out to my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, into his ears.

And Jehovah thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.

They encountered me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my stay.

And he brought me forth into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

And Jehovah hath recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

As for God, his way is perfect; the word of Jehovah is tried: he is a shield to all that trust in him.

Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their language to the extremity of the world. In them hath he set a tent for the sun,

Moreover, by them is thy servant enlightened; in keeping them there is great reward.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah answer thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob protect thee;

We will triumph in thy salvation, and in the name of our God will we set up our banners. Jehovah fulfil all thy petitions!

Save, Jehovah! Let the king answer us in the day we call.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The king shall joy in thy strength, Jehovah; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice.

For thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness; thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head.

For the king confideth in Jehovah: and through the loving-kindness of the Most High he shall not be moved.

Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thy presence; Jehovah shall swallow them up in his anger, and the fire shall devour them:

Be thou exalted, Jehovah, in thine own strength: we will sing and celebrate thy power.

Our fathers confided in thee: they confided, and thou didst deliver them.

They cried unto thee, and were delivered; they confided in thee, and were not confounded.

Commit it to Jehovah let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him!

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death.

For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

Deliver my soul from the sword; my only one from the power of the dog;

I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him: but when he cried unto him, he heard.

My praise is from thee, in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, and he that cannot keep alive his own soul.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside still waters.

He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Surely, goodness and loving-kindness shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of Jehovah for the length of the days.

Who shall ascend into the mount of Jehovah? and who shall stand in his holy place?

Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.

Who is this King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in battle.

Lift up your heads, ye gates; yea, lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.

My God, I confide in thee; let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed: they shall be ashamed that deal treacherously without cause.

Make me to walk in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

Good and upright is Jehovah; therefore will he instruct sinners in the way:

The meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek will he teach his way.

What man is he that feareth Jehovah? him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.