They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.

He refreshes and restores my soul (life);
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
for His name’s sake.

A Psalm of David. To Jehovah is the earth and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it.

For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to what is false,
Nor has sworn [oaths] deceitfully.

This the generation seeking him, searching out thy face O Jacob. Silence.

Who is this King of glory? It is the LORD strong and mighty, even the LORD mighty in battle.

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

He leads the humble in justice,
And He teaches the humble His way.

For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.

O keep my soul, and take me out of danger: let me not be shamed, for I have put my faith in you.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

Examine me, O LORD, and prove me: try out my reins and my heart.

I do not sit with those committed to what is false, nor do I travel with hypocrites.

That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done.

When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Though an army deploys against me,
my heart is not afraid;
though a war breaks out against me,
still I am confident.

One thing I asked of Jehovah -- it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, And to inquire in His temple.

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

Although my father and my mother have abandoned me,
Yet the Lord will take me up [adopt me as His child].

Teach me Your way, O Lord,
And lead me on a level path
Because of my enemies [who lie in wait].

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

I would have despaired had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

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 my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your holy temple!

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, yet evil is in their hearts.

Repay them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices;
Repay them according to the deeds of their hands;
Repay them what they deserve.

Because they do not consider
what the Lord has done
or the work of His hands,
He will tear them down and not rebuild them.

Deliver your people! Empower the nation that belongs to you! Care for them like a shepherd and carry them in your arms at all times!

It is the LORD that commandeth the waters: It is the glorious God that maketh the thunder. It is the LORD that ruleth the sea.

The voice of Jehovah cleaveth out flames of fire.

The voice of Yahweh causes deer to give birth and strips [the] forests bare. And at his temple all in it say, "Glory!"

Jehovah sat as King at the Flood; Yea, Jehovah sitteth as King for ever.

{A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.} I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

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

O Yahweh! thou hast lifted, out of hades, my soul, Thou hast brought me back to life, from among those who were going down to the pit.

Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

For a moment is passed in his anger, a life in his favour; at even weeping cometh for the night, and at morn there is rejoicing.

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

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.

Be gracious to me, Lord,
because I am in distress;
my eyes are worn out from angry sorrow—
my whole being as well.

For my life is at an end with sorrow, and my years with sighing. My strength stumbles because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

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

The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.

O Lord, do not let me be humiliated, for I call out to you! May evil men be humiliated! May they go wailing to the grave!

How great is your favor, which you store up for your loyal followers! In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter in you.

As for me, I said in my alarm,
“I am cut off from Your eyes.”
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications (specific requests)
When I cried to You [for help].

Be strong and let your hearts take courage,
All you who wait for and confidently expect the Lord.

When I kept silent, my bones were worn out due to my groaning all the day.

For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.)

I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee at a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they will not reach him.

I will make thee discreet, I will point out to thee the way which thou must go, I will fix upon thee mine eye.

Do not be like a horse or mule,
without understanding,
that must be controlled with bit and bridle
or else it will not come near you.

You godly ones, shout for joy because of the Lord! It is appropriate for the morally upright to offer him praise.

Sing to him a new song! Play skillfully as you shout out your praises to him!

He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as it were upon a heap, and layeth up the deep, as in a treasure-house.

For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the Heathen to naught, and maketh the devices of the people to be of none effect, and casteth out the counsels of princes.

Out of the heavens, hath Yahweh looked, He hath seen all the sons of men:

From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,

The horse [is] a false hope for victory, nor can it save by the greatness of its power.

Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon those who fear Him [and worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience],
On those who hope [confidently] in His compassion and lovingkindness,

We wait [expectantly] for the Lord;
He is our help and our shield.

May we experience your faithfulness, O Lord, for we wait for you.

{A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.} I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

My soul shall boast in Yahweh. The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.

I enquired of Yahweh, and he hath answered me, And, out of all my terrors, hath he rescued me.

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Come children! Listen to me! I will teach you what it means to fear the Lord.

What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

The face of the Lord is set
against those who do what is evil,
to erase all memory of them from the earth.

The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

O Lord, be on my side against those who are judging me; be at war with those who make war against me.

Grasp buckler and shield and rise to my aid.

Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

For without cause have they hidden for me their net in a pit; without cause they have digged it for my soul.

Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

Violent witnesses rise up; they ask me [concerning] what I do not know.

They repay me evil in place of good. [It is] bereavement to my soul.

Yet when they were sick,
my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting,
and my prayer was genuine.

I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

Like godless jesters at a feast,
They gnashed at me with their teeth [in malice].

My Lord! how long wilt thou look on? Bring back my soul out of their raging, from among lions, my solitary self.

Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me;
do not let those who hate me without cause
look at me maliciously.