I hate the company of those who practice evil, nor do I sit with the wicked.

Do not group me with sinners, nor include me with men who shed blood.

But as for me, I walk in my integrity. Redeem me and be gracious to me!

When those who practice evil, my enemies, and my oppressors come near me to devour my flesh, they stumble and fall.

I have asked one thing from the LORD; it is what I really seek: that I may remain in the LORD's Temple all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD; and to inquire in his Temple.

For he will conceal me in his shelter on the day of evil; He will hide me in a secluded chamber within his tent; He will place me on a high rock.

Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies, even those who surround me. I will sacrifice in his tent with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melodies to the LORD.

Hear my voice, LORD, when I cry out! Be gracious to me and answer me.

Do not hide your face from me; do not turn away in anger from your servant. You have been my help, therefore do not abandon or forsake me, God of my salvation.

Do not hand me over to the desires of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen up against me; even the one who breathes out violence.

To you, LORD, I cry out! My Rock, do not refuse to answer me. If you remain silent, I will become like those who descend into the Pit.

Hear the sound of my supplications when I cry to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.

Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who practice iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while harboring evil in their hearts.

Reward them according to their deeds; according to the evil of their actions. Reward them based on what they do; give them what they deserve.

Because they do not understand the deeds of the LORD or the work of his hands, He will tear them down and never build them up.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I received help. My heart rejoices, and I give thanks to him with my song.

Ascribe to the LORD, you heavenly beings; ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD wearing holy attire.

The voice of the LORD causes deer to give birth, and strips the forest bare. In his Temple all of them shout, "Glory!"

The LORD will give strength to his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace. A Davidic Psalm for the dedication of the Temple.

LORD, my God! I cried out to you for help and you healed me.

You, his godly ones, sing to the LORD, give thanks at the mention of his holiness.

I cried out to you, LORD, and I make supplication to the Lord:

"What profit is there in my death if I go down to the Pit? Can dust worship you? Can it proclaim your faithfulness?"

so that I may sing praise to you and not remain silent. LORD, my God, I will give you thanks forever! To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

Listen to me, and deliver me quickly. Become a rock of safety for me, a fortified citadel to deliver me;

Rescue me from the net that they concealed to trap me; for you are my strength.

Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am in distress. My eyes have been consumed by my grief along with my soul and my body.

I have become an object of reproach to all my enemies, especially to my neighbors. I have become an object of fear to my friends, and whoever sees me outside runs away from me.

I have heard the slander of many; it is like terror all around me, as they conspire together and plot to take my life.

Let me not be ashamed, LORD, for I have called upon you. Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in the next life.

Blessed be the LORD! In a marvelous way he demonstrated his gracious love to me, when I was in a city under siege.

When I said in my panic, "I have been cut off in your sight," then you surely heard the voice of my prayer in my plea to you for help.

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

For your hand was heavy upon me day and night; my strength was exhausted as in a summer drought. Interlude

My sin I acknowledged to you; my iniquity I did not hide. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD." And you forgave the guilt of my sin! Interlude

Therefore every godly person should pray to you at such a time. Surely a flood of great waters will not reach him.

Don't be like a horse or mule, without understanding. They are held in check by a bit and bridle in their mouths; otherwise they will not remain near you.

With the lyre, give thanks to the LORD; with the ten stringed harp, play music to him;

with a new song, sing to him; with shouts of joy, play skillfully.

because he spoke and it came to be, because he commanded, it stood firm.

He formed the hearts of them all; he understands everything they do.

It is vain to trust in a horse for deliverance, even with its great strength, it cannot deliver.

to deliver them from death; to keep them alive in times of famine.

LORD, may your gracious love be upon us, even as we hope in you. By David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away. So David left.

Look to him and be radiant; and you will not be ashamed.

Come, children, listen to me, and I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

Who among you desires life, and wants long life in order to see good?

Avoid evil and do good! Seek peace and pursue it!

The LORD looks on the righteous, and he listens to their cries.

The face of the LORD is set against those who do evil, and he will remove people's recollection of them from the earth.

The LORD is close to the brokenhearted, and he delivers those whose spirit has been crushed.

Take up the buckler and the shield, and rise up to help me.

Take out the spear and the ax to confront the one who pursues me; say to me, "I am your deliverer!"

Without justification they laid a snare for me; without justification they dug a pit to trap me.

All my bones will say, "LORD, who is like you? Who delivers the weak from the one who is stronger than he, and the weak and the needy from the one who wants to rob him?"

Do not let my deceitful enemies gloat over me, nor let those who hate me without justification mock me with their eyes.

For they do not speak peace; they devise clever lies against the peaceful people of the land.

They open their mouth wide against me, claiming, "Yes! Yes! We saw him do it with our own eyes!"

You see this, LORD, so do not be silent. Lord, do not be far from me!

Wake up! Arouse yourself to vindicate me and argue my case, my God and my Lord.

Judge me according to your righteousness, LORD my God! But do not let them gloat over me.

Don't let them say in their hearts, "Yes! We got what we wanted." Don't let them say, "We have swallowed him up."

Let those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and rejoice! Let them continuously say, "Magnify the LORD, who delights in giving peace to his servant."

My tongue will declare your righteousness and praise you all day long. To the Director: By the servant of the LORD, David.

An oracle that came to me about the transgressions of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes.

He flatters himself too much to discover his transgression and hate it.

He devises iniquity on his bed and is determined to follow a path that is not good. He does not resist evil.

Your gracious love, LORD, reaches to the heavens; your truth extends to the skies.

They are refreshed from the abundance of your house; You cause them to drink from the river of your pleasures.

Send forth your gracious love to those who know you, and your righteousness to those who are upright in heart.

Do not let the foot of the proud crush me; and do not let the hand of the wicked dissuade me.

There, those who do evil have fallen; They have been thrown down, and they cannot get up. Davidic

Don't be angry because of those who do evil, do not be jealous because of those who commit iniquity.

Trust in the LORD and do good. Dwell in the land and feed on faithfulness.

Commit your way to the LORD; Trust him, and he will act.

Be silent in the LORD's presence and wait patiently for him. Don't be angry because of the one whose way prospers or the one who implements evil schemes.

Calm your anger and abandon wrath. Don't be angry it only leads to evil.

Those who do evil will perish. But those who wait on the LORD will inherit the land.

But the Lord laughs at him because he sees that his day is coming!

The wicked take out a sword and bend the bow, to bring down the humble and the poor to slay those who are righteous in conduct.

The LORD knows the day of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.

Every day he is generous, lending freely, and his descendants are blessed.

Depart from evil, and do good, and you will live in the land forever.

The wicked stalks the righteous person, seeking to kill him,

Wait on the LORD, Keep faithful to his way, and he will exalt you to possess the land. You will see the wicked cut off.

LORD! Do not rebuke me in your anger; do not correct me in your wrath,

My body is unhealthy due to your anger, and my bones have no rest due to my sin.

My iniquities loom over my head; like a cumbersome burden, they are too heavy for me.

I am bent over and walk about greatly bowed down; all day long I go around mourning.

Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to do me harm brag all day long about their wicked planning.

For I said, "Do not let them gloat over me, as they congratulate themselves when my foot slips."

They reward my good with evil, opposing me because I seek to do good.

Don't forsake me, LORD. My God, do not be so distant from me.

Come quickly and help me, Lord, my deliverer. To the Director: To Jeduthun. A Davidic Psalm.

I told myself, "I will keep watch over my tongue to keep from sinning. I will muzzle my mouth when the wicked are around."

Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude

Deliver me from all my transgressions, and do not let fools scorn me."

I remain silent; I do not open my mouth, for you are the one who acted.

You rebuke by chastening a man with the consequence of iniquities; you destroy what is attractive to him, as one would treat a moth. Indeed, every person is a puff of wind. Interlude