Ye who fear Jehovah, praise ye Him, All the seed of Jacob, honour ye Him, And be afraid of Him, all ye seed of Israel.

For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.

My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

Remember and return unto Jehovah, Do all ends of the earth, And before Thee bow themselves, Do all families of the nations,

All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.

In pastures of tender grass He causeth me to lie down, By quiet waters He doth lead me.

Even when I walk through a valley of deep darkness, I will not be afraid because you are with me. Your rod and your staff they comfort me.

Surely goodness and mercy and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life,
And I shall dwell forever [throughout all my days] in the house and in the presence of the Lord.

Such godly people are rewarded by the Lord, and vindicated by the God who delivers them.

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

Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory!

Who is this King of glory? Yahweh of Armies is the King of glory! Selah. By David.

By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, my soul I lift up.

O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

Be my guide and teacher in the true way; for you are the God of my salvation; I am waiting for your word all the day.

Sins of my youth, and my transgressions, Do not Thou remember. According to Thy kindness be mindful of me, For Thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.

Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.

He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them.

For thy name's sake, O LORD, be merciful unto my sin; for it is great.

If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure.

His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.

Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; for I am solitary and afflicted.

O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

Redeem Israel, God, out all of his troubles. By David.

By David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not.

Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

For Your faithful love is before my eyes,
and I live by Your truth.

I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.

That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, And tell of all thy wondrous works.

Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;

But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless Yahweh. By David.

{A Psalm of David.} The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.

Hear, Jehovah; with my voice do I call; be gracious unto me, and answer me.

Let not your face be covered from me; do not put away your servant in wrath; you have been my help: do not give me up or take your support from me, O God of my salvation.

When my father and my mother are turned away from me, then the Lord will be my support.

Make your way clear to me, O Lord, guiding me by the right way, because of my haters.

Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the Lord's favor in the land of the living?

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Pay them back for their evil deeds! Pay them back for what they do! Punish them!

Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.

Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: Be their shepherd also, and bear them up for ever.

Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His name, Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the beauty of holiness.

Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace. A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David.

I will give you praise and honour, O Lord, because through you I have been lifted up; you have not given my haters cause to be glad over me.

For there is, a Moment, in his anger, a Life-time, in his good-pleasure, In the evening, cometh Weeping to lodge, But, by the morning, -- tis a Shout of Triumph!

And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.

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

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name.

I hate those who pay regard to vain (empty, worthless) idols;
But I trust in the Lord [and rely on Him with unwavering confidence].

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly.

My life is consumed by sorrow, my years with groaning. My strength has faltered because of my iniquity; my bones have been consumed.

I am ridiculed by all my adversaries
and even by my neighbors.
I am dreaded by my acquaintances;
those who see me in the street run from me.

Shine your face upon your servant. Save me by your loyal love.

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Thou shalt hide them privily by thine own presence from the provoking of all men; thou shalt keep them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues.

Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

By David. -- An Instruction. O the happiness of him whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered.

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute wickedness,
And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away by my groaning all day long.

When by day and by night Thy hand is heavy upon me, My moisture hath been changed Into the droughts of summer. Selah.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go; my eye will be your guide.

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

Be glad in the Lord, O doers of righteousness; for praise is beautiful for the upright.

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

Let the earth be full of the fear of the Lord; let all the people of the world be in holy fear of him.

For he gave the word, and it was done; by his order it was fixed for ever.

Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people whom He has chosen as His own inheritance.

There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

by saving their lives from death and sustaining them during times of famine.

Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

{A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.} I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

O give praise to the Lord with me; let us be witnesses together of his great name.

They looked unto him, and were radiant; And their faces shall never be confounded.

O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good;
How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who takes refuge in Him.

The young lions lack [food] and grow hungry,
But they who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing.

Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord.

What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?