Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.

Be glad in the Lord, you upright men; praising the memory of his holy name.

The Lord is King; let the peoples be in fear: his seat is on the winged ones; let the earth be moved.

The Lord is great in Zion; he is high over all the nations.

The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.

You gave them an answer, O Lord our God; you took away their sin, though you gave them punishment for their wrongdoing.

Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let everything in me give praise to his holy name.

The Lord gives decisions in righteousness for all who are in trouble.

As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers.

If they keep his agreement, and have his laws in mind to do them.

The Lord has made ready his high seat in the heavens; his kingdom is ruling over all.

Give praise to the Lord, you his angels, who are great in strength, doing his orders, and waiting for his voice.

Give praise to the Lord, all his works, in all places under his rule: give praise to the Lord, O my soul.

The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:

He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever;

At the voice of your word they went in flight; at the sound of your thunder they went away in fear;

He sends down rain from his store-houses on the hills: the earth is full of the fruit of his works.

And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.

When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places.

O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made.

All of them are waiting for you, to give them their food in its time.

If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust.

Let the glory of the Lord be for ever; let the Lord have joy in his works:

Let my thoughts be sweet to him: I will be glad in the Lord.

Let sinners be cut off from the earth, and let all evil-doers come to an end. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. Give praise to the Lord.

Let your voice be sounding in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.

Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.

Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth;

He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;

And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;

When they were still small in number, and strange in the land;

When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people.

Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong.

His feet were fixed in chains; his neck was put in iron bands;

Till the time when his word came true; he was tested by the word of the Lord.

Then Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob was living in the land of Ham.

He let his signs be seen among the people, and his wonders in the land of Ham.

At his word their waters were turned to blood, and he sent death on all their fish.

Their land was full of frogs, even in the rooms of the king.

He gave them ice for rain, and flaming fire in their land.

And put an end to all the plants of their land, taking all the fruit of the earth for food.

He put to death the first child of every family in the land, the first-fruits of their strength.

He took his people out with silver and gold: there was not one feeble person among them.

Egypt was glad when they went; for the fear of them had come down on them.

A cloud was stretched over them for a cover; and he sent fire to give light in the night.

For he kept in mind his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.

Who is able to give an account of the great acts of the Lord, or to make clear all his praise?

Keep me in mind, O Lord, when you are good to your people; O let your salvation come to me;

So that I may see the well-being of the people of your selection, and have a part in the joy of your nation, and take pride in your heritage.

Our fathers did not give thought to your wonders in Egypt; they did not keep in memory the great number of your mercies, but gave you cause for wrath at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

And the waters went over their haters; all of them came to an end.

Then they had faith in his words; they gave him songs of praise.

They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.

They were full of envy against Moses among the tents, and against Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.

The earth opening put an end to Dathan, covering up Abiram and his band.

They made a young ox in Horeb, and gave worship to an image of gold.

And their glory was changed into the image of an ox, whose food is grass.

They had no memory of God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt;

Works of wonder in the land of Ham, and things of fear by the Red Sea.

And he was purposing to put an end to them if Moses, his special servant, had not gone up before him, between him and his people, turning back his wrath, to keep them from destruction.

They were disgusted with the good land; they had no belief in his word;

Talking against him secretly in their tents, they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord.

So he made an oath against them, to put an end to them in the waste land:

And they were joined to Baal-peor, and took part in the offerings to the dead.

So they made him angry by their behaviour; and he sent disease on them.

They did not put an end to the peoples, as the Lord had said;

But when their cry came to his ears, he had pity on their trouble:

And kept in mind his agreement with them, and in his great mercy gave them forgiveness.

Be our saviour, O Lord our God, and let us come back together from among the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name, and have glory in your praise.

They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place.

Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles;

Guiding them in the right way, so that they might come into the town of their resting-place.

Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;

Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles.

The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two.

Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.

Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters;

They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.

Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.

Let them give glory to him in the meeting of the people, and praise among the chiefs.

And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.

And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,

He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.

But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock.

For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.

They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.

Put an evil man over him; and let one be placed at his right hand to say evil of him.

When he is judged, let the decision go against him; and may his prayer become sin.

Let no man have pity on him, or give help to his children when he is dead.

Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory.

Let the Lord keep in mind the wrongdoing of his fathers; and may the sin of his mother have no forgiveness.

As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.

He put on cursing like a robe, and it has come into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

Let it be to him as a robe which he puts on, let it be like a band which is round him at all times.

For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me.

I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust.

My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones.

As for me, they make sport of me; shaking their heads when they see me.

Give me help, O Lord my God; in your mercy be my saviour;