The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.

The law of his God is in his heart; he will never make a false step.

The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

And I, as deaf, shall not hear; and as dumb, he will not open his mouth.

LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.

Behold, thou hast made my days as hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, even the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

How long, LORD, will I wait expectantly? I have placed my hope in you.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

How happy is the man
who has put his trust in the Lord
and has not turned to the proud
or to those who run after lies!

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed;
You will heal him on the bed where he lies.

Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

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

As for my best friend, the one in whom I trusted, the one who ate my bread, even he has insulted me!

These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.

By day the Lord decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the living God.

I will pray to God, my high ridge: "Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?"

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for once again I will praise him, since his presence saves me and he is my God.

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I will praise him once again, since his presence saves me and he is my God. To the Director: An instruction of the Sons of Korah.

How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

Thou art He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.

You sold your people for a pittance; you did not ask a high price for them.

Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.

So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

For the music director; by the Korahites; according to the alamoth style; a song. God is our strong refuge; he is truly our helper in times of trouble.

There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

God has taken his place in her; she will not be moved: he will come to her help at the dawn of morning.

The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah.

Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.

He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

He says, "Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!"

Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah.

For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

God has ascended on high with a shout, the LORD has ascended with the blast of a trumpet.

God is the ruler over the nations; God is on the high seat of his holy rule.

The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

Great is the LORD! For he is to be praised greatly, even in the city of our God, his holy mountain.

Beautiful on high, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

God is known in her palaces as a high fortress.

Set your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that ye recount to a later generation,

For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.

(the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny),

That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods -- Jehovah -- hath spoken, And He calleth to the earth From the rising of the sun unto its going in.

Our God comes and he is not silent. Before him fire devours, and around him it is very tempestuous.

He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

He says: "Assemble my covenant people before me, those who ratified a covenant with me by sacrifice!"

And the heavens declare His righteousness,
For God Himself is judge. Selah.

He says: "Listen my people! I am speaking! Listen Israel! I am accusing you! I am God, your God!

I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.

Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?

Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

As for the wicked, God says, "How dare you recite my statutes or speak about my covenant with your lips!

He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God!

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.} Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Then you will be pleased with right sacrifices, with burnt offerings, and with whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar. To the Director: A Davidic instruction about Doeg, the Edomite, when he went to Saul and told him, "David went to the house of Abimelech."

To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, 'David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God is all the day.

God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

'Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

God looks down from the heavens upon humanity to see if anyone shows discernment as he searches for God.

How can they have understanding, that are the workers of wickedness, eating up my people as it were bread, and calling not upon God?

Would that Israel's deliverance come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice and Israel will be glad. To the Director: With stringed instruments. A Davidic instruction, when the Ziphites came and told Saul, "David is hiding among us, is he not?"

But lo, God is my helper: it is he that upholdeth my soul.

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.

For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.

Take heed unto me, and hear me, how piteously I mourn and complain.

because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

How far away I would flee;
I would stay in the wilderness.Selah

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:

As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour.

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.

God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.

He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

His words are as smooth as butter, but he harbors animosity in his heart. His words seem softer than oil, but they are really like sharp swords.