For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face. For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

To the Chief Musician, on eight. A Psalm of David. Help, Jehovah, for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the sons of men.

The LORD shall root out all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things,

Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; who is lord and master over us?”

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

The Lord's words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined.

The wicked wander everywhere,
and what is worthless is exalted by the human race.

Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?

How long must I struggle in my soul at night and have sorrow in my heart during the day? How long will my enemy rise up against me?

Look at me! Answer me, LORD, my God! Give light to my eyes! Otherwise, I will sleep in death;

lest mine enemy say, "I have prevailed against him." For if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it.

Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They are corrupt and commit evil deeds; not one of them practices what is good.

Yahweh, out of the heavens, looked down over the sons of men, - to see whether there was one that showed wisdom, enquiring after God: -

They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

As for you, ye have made a mock at the counsel of the poor, because he putteth his trust in the LORD.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right. He who speaks honestly in his heart.

In whose eyes the depraved person is contemned, and who honoureth them that fear Jehovah; who, if he have sworn to his own hurt, changeth it not;

He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

It belongeth unto the holy ones, whom, in his own land, Yahweh, ennobleth, In whom is all his delight

Multiplied are their griefs, Who have hastened backward; I pour not out their libations of blood, Nor do I take up their names on my lips.

Fair are the places marked out for me; I have a noble heritage.

I will bless Yahweh who advises me; yes, [at] night my {innermost being} instructs me.

I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

From before thee my judgment doth go out; Thine eyes do see uprightly.

When you probe my heart, and examine me at night; when you refine me, you will find nothing wrong, for I have determined that I will not transgress with my mouth.

Concerning what people do:
by the word of Your lips
I have avoided the ways of the violent.

I call on You, God,
because You will answer me;
listen closely to me; hear what I say.

Show wondrously your acts of loyal love, O Savior of those who take refuge at your right hand from those who rise up against [them].

Now they surround us at our [every] step. They {intend} {to pin} [me] to the ground.

Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

From men with Your hand, O Lord,
From men of the world [these moths of the night] whose portion [of enjoyment] is in this life—idle and vain,
And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And they leave what they have left [of wealth] to their children.

They have children at their desire, and leave the rest of their substance for their babes. But as for me, I shall behold thy presence in righteousness: and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies and out of the hand of Saul. And he said,} I will love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

I cried out to the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I was delivered from my enemies.

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

And it will be moved and the earth will tremble, and the foundations of the mountains will be moved and they will shake, for it was kindled to him.

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.

Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

And He bringeth me forth to a large place, He draweth me out, because He delighted in me.

For I have an eye unto all his laws, and will not cast out his commandments from me. {TYNDALE: But I had all his laws in my sight, and I turned my face from none of his ordinances.}

For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.

For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

For in thee I can discomfit a host of men, and with the help of my God I shall leap over the wall. {TYNDALE: With thy help I will run through a host of men, and by the aid of my God will spring over a wall.}

It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.

I pursue my enemies and overtake them;
I do not turn back until they are wiped out.

I beat them to death; they fall at my feet.

For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.

They cried out but there was no rescuer, [even] to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me.

The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and setteth me up against mine adversaries: thou shalt rid me from the wicked man. {TYNDALE: And delivereth me from mine enemies: thou liftest me up on high from them that rise against me, and deliverest me from the wicked men.}

It is he who giveth great deliverances to his king, and sheweth loving-kindness to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

Day after day they pour out speech;
night after night they communicate knowledge.

There is no speech and there are no words, yet their voice is heard.

Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;

May He give you what your heart desires
and fulfill your whole purpose.

We will sing joyously over your victory,
And in the name of our God we will set up our banners.
May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.

Now, do I know that Yahweh, hath saved, his Anointed One, - He answereth him out of his holy heavens, by the mighty saving deeds of his own right hand.

Deliver us, LORD! Answer us, our King, on the day we cry out! To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

You have granted him the desire of his heart, and have not withheld what his lips requested. Interlude

He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

His glory is great because of Your victory;
Splendor and majesty You bestow upon him.

Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

Thou makest them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Thy presence. Jehovah in His anger doth swallow them, And fire doth devour them.

Their fruit - out of the earth, wilt thou destroy, and their seed, from among the sons of men;

For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

For You will make them turn their backs [in defeat];
You will aim Your bowstring [of divine justice] at their faces.

My God, I cry by day, but You do not answer,
by night, yet I have no rest.

Yet you [are] holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

They cried out to you and escaped; they trusted in you and were not put to shame.

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

Commit it to Jehovah let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him!

But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

I was given over to You at birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

Do not be so distant from me, for trouble is at hand; indeed, there is no deliverer.

They open wide their mouths against me,
Like a ravening and a roaring lion.

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

Because dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has encircled me. Like the lion [they are at] my hands and my feet.

I can count all my bones;
They look, they stare at me.

But You, O Lord, do not be far from me;
O You my help, come quickly to my assistance.

For he does not despise nor detest the afflicted person; he does not hide his face from him, but he hears him when he cries out to him."

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

All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.

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.