“Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
Do not promote his evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah.

As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their delicacies.

Let a righteous man smite me - a lovingkindness, that he should correct me, an oil for the head which let not my head refuse! For, yet, even my prayer, shall be in their calamities.

[When] their judges are thrown down [the] sides of a cliff, then they will understand that my words were pleasant.

Keep me from the snare that they have laid for me, and from the traps of the wicked doers.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.

I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would acknowledge me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise your name: the righteous shall surround me; for you shall deal bountifully with me.

For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

I reach out my hands to You;
My throat thirsts for You, as a parched land [thirsts for water]. Selah.

Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit fails: hide not your face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

Cause me to hear in the morning Thy kindness, For in Thee I have trusted, Cause me to know the way that I go, For unto Thee I have lifted up my soul.

Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee; for thou art my God. Let thy loving spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness.

And in your mercy cut off my enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am your servant.

My lovingkindness and my stronghold, my high tower and my deliverer - mine! My buckler, and he in whom I have sought refuge, - He that subdueth my people under me.

LORD, what is man, that you take knowledge of him! or the son of man, that you make account of him!

Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passes away.

O Yahweh, bow the heavens and come down; touch the mountains so that they smoke.

Flash forth lightning, that thou mayest scatter them, Send out thine arrows, that thou mayest confound them:

It is he that gives salvation unto kings: who delivers David his servant from the hurtful sword.

That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner pillars, polished after the similitude of a palace:

That our barns may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

That our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no outcry in our streets.

Happy is that people, that is in such a state: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.

so that men shall speak of the might of thy marvelous acts, and tell of thy greatness.

so that mankind might acknowledge your mighty acts, and the majestic splendor of your kingdom.

The LORD upholds all that fall, and raises up all those that are bowed down.

The LORD is near unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

The LORD preserves all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

The praise of Yahweh, my mouth shall speak, That all flesh may bless his holy Name, Unto times age-abiding and beyond.

His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Happy is he that has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

Who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that is therein: who keeps truth forever:

who helpeth them to right that suffer wrong; who feedeth the hungry. The LORD looseth men out of prison;

The LORD opens the eyes of the blind: the LORD raises them that are bowed down: the LORD loves the righteous:

He gives to the beast its food, and to the young ravens that cry.

The LORD takes pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

He sends the snow that is white like wool; he spreads the frost that is white like ashes.

Praise him, you heavens of heavens, and you waters that be above the heavens.

Let them praise the name of Jehovah, for he it is that commanded, and they were created:

He set them in position forever and ever;
He gave an order that will never pass away.

lightning and hail, snow and cloud,
powerful wind that executes His command,

wild animals and all cattle,
creatures that crawl and flying birds,

He exalteth the horn of his people, all his saints shall praise him: the children of Israel, even the people that serveth him. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!

Praise ye Yah, Sing to Yahweh a song that is new, his praise in the convocation of the men of lovingkindness.

Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

to execute on them [the] judgment that is decreed. This [will be] honor for all his faithful ones; Praise Yah.

Let every thing that has breath praise the LORD. Praise you the LORD.

To know [skillful and godly] wisdom and instruction;
To discern and comprehend the words of understanding and insight,

for acquiring the discipline that produces wise behavior, righteousness, justice, and upright living;

That the very babes might have wit, and that young men might have knowledge and understanding.

He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:

and he that is endued with understanding shall obtain wit to perceive a parable, and the interpretation thereof; the words of the wise, and the dark speeches of the same.

for that shall bring grace unto thy head, and shall be a chain about thy neck.

If they say, “Come with us;
Let us lie in wait to shed blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

my son, don’t travel that road with them
or set foot on their path,

Surely, in vain, is spread the net, in the sight of aught that hath wings!

So are the ways of everyone that is greedy of gain; which takes away the life of its owners.

Seeing then that I have called, and ye refused it: I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded it,

Therefore shall I also laugh in your destruction, and mock you, when the thing that ye fear cometh upon you:

even when the thing that ye be afraid of, falleth in suddenly like a storm, and your misery like a tempest: yea, when trouble and heaviness cometh upon you.

For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

Whereas, he that hearkeneth unto me, shall dwell safely, and be at rest, without dread of misfortune.

So that you incline your ear unto wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

For it is the LORD that giveth wisdom, out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a shield to them that walk uprightly.

so that He may guard the paths of justice
and protect the way of His loyal followers.

To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaks perverse things;

To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

My son, forget not my law, but see that thine heart keep my commandments.

Honor Yahweh from your substance, and from the firstfruits of all that will come to you,

Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets understanding.

For the gain from it is better than the gain from silver, and the profit thereof than fine gold.

She is more precious than rubies: and all the things you can desire are not to be compared unto her.

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is everyone that retains her.

Do not be afraid of sudden panic, or the storm of wickedness that will come.

For the LORD shall be beside thee, and keep thy foot that thou be not taken.

Refuse not to do good unto him that should have it, so long as thine hand is able to do it.

Devise not against thy neighbour an injury, seeing that, he, dwelleth securely by thee.

The wise shall have honour in possession, but shame is the promotion that fools shall have.

Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:

The beginning of wisdom: Get wisdom! With all [that is in] your possession, gain insight.

Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many.

So that if thou goest therein, there shall no straitness hinder thee: and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall.

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day.

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.

Let thine eyes behold the thing that is right, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.

That you may preserve discretion, and that your lips may keep knowledge.