He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive: "May men praise you, for you have done well!"

He shall enter as far as the circle of his fathers, Nevermore, shall they see the light.

Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

The God of gods, even the Lord, has sent out his voice, and the earth is full of fear; from the coming up of the sun to its going down.

Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence: A fire devoureth before him, And it is very tempestuous round about him.

He summons the heavens above, as well as the earth, so that he might judge his people.

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

It is not concerning [a lack of] your sacrifices [that] I rebuke you, and your burnt offerings [are] before me continually.

For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field is with Me.

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

As for the wicked, God says, "How dare you recite my statutes or speak about my covenant with your lips!

If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers is thy portion.

You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest.

Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.

My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit;
A broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.

Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her! Fortify the walls of Jerusalem!

{To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

You love evil more than good, a lie more than speaking {what is right}. Selah

Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.

This is why God will bring you down forever.
He will take you, ripping you out of your tent;
He will uproot you from the land of the living.Selah

Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I trust in the lovingkindness of God for ever and ever.

I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

{To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

God looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind to see whether there is one who has insight, one who seeks God.

Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

There they feared a fear -- there was no fear, For God hath scattered the bones of him Who is encamping against thee, Thou hast put to shame, For God hath despised them.

Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When God turneth back to a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice -- Israel is glad!

{To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?} Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.

Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.

May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them!

I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good.

My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

And I say, 'Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,

I will hurry off to a place that is safe from the strong wind and the gale."

Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hateth me that hath magnified himself against me then would I have hidden myself from him;

But thou, a man -- as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance.

We took sweet counsel together, and walked in the house of God as friends.

Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.

He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me.

God will hear, and afflict them: he that is seated of old, (Selah) ... because there is no change in them, and they fear not God.

He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.

And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee.

Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel attacks against me.

In God, whose word I praise;
In God I have put my trust;
I shall not fear.
What can mere man do to me?

Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

For nothing is deliverance to them? In anger bring down the peoples, O God.

When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

In God, whose word I praise,
In the Lord, whose word I praise,

when you deliver my life from death. You keep my feet from stumbling, so that I might serve God as I enjoy life.

To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure of David, in his fleeing from the face of Saul into a cave. Favour me, O God, favour me, For in Thee is my soul trusting, And in the shadow of Thy wings I trust, Until the calamities pass over.

I call to God Most High, To God who is perfecting for me.

He sendeth from the heaven, and saveth me, He reproached -- who is panting after me. Selah. God sendeth forth His kindness and His truth.

My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.

For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam.} Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?

As a matter of fact, in your heart you plan iniquities! In the land your hands are violent!

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

That will not hearken to the voice of whisperers, Though the wise one try to bind him with spells.

Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

The just one shall rejoice as seeing vengeance: he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the unjust one.

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

They run and set themselves against me though there is no guilt in me;
Stir Yourself to meet and help me, and see [what they are doing]!

They will turn back at evening: they will make a noise as a dog, and they will surround the city.

Look how they belch out [insults] with their mouths;
Swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips,
For they say, “Who hears us?”

Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

God, whose loving-kindness will come to meet me, God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!

The sin of their mouth is a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

Consume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah.

They shall turn back at evening; they shall make a noise as a dog, and they will surround the city.

As for them, they wander for food. If they are not satisfied, then they continue all night.

But as for me, I will sing of thy strength; yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving-kindness in the morning; for thou hast been to me a high fortress, and a refuge in the day of my trouble.

Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.

{To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand.} O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.

You have made the people see hard times; you have given us the wine of shaking for our drink.

Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.

Thou hast given to those fearing thee an ensign. To be lifted up as an ensign Because of truth. Selah.

That thy beloved may be delivered, Save with thy right hand, and answer us.

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.

Have not you put us away, O God? and you have not gone out with our armies.