BOOK I
(Psalms 1–41)How happy is the man
who does not follow the advice of the wicked
or take the path of sinners
or join a group of mockers!

Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.

He is like a tree planted beside streams of water
that bears its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.

The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.

Therefore the wicked will not survive the judgment,
and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous.

I am not afraid of the thousands of people
who have taken their stand against me on every side.

Be angry and do not sin;
on your bed, reflect in your heart and be still.Selah

For You are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil cannot dwell with You.

For the choir director: with stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Davidic psalm.Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger;
do not discipline me in Your wrath.

I am weary from my groaning;
with my tears I dampen my pillow
and drench my bed every night.

If anyone does not repent,
God will sharpen His sword;
He has strung His bow and made it ready.

Those who know Your name trust in You
because You have not abandoned
those who seek You, Yahweh.

For the One who seeks an accounting
for bloodshed remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

The nations have fallen into the pit they made;
their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.

For the oppressed will not always be forgotten;
the hope of the afflicted will not perish forever.

Rise up, Lord! Do not let man prevail;
let the nations be judged in Your presence.

In all his scheming,
the wicked arrogantly thinks:
“There is no accountability,
since God does not exist.”

he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.
He lurks in order to seize the afflicted;
he seizes the afflicted and drags him in his net.

Rise up, Lord God! Lift up Your hand.
Do not forget the afflicted.

Why has the wicked person despised God?
He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.”

For the choir director. Davidic.The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”
They are corrupt; they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.

All have turned away;
all alike have become corrupt.
There is no one who does good,
not even one.

Will evildoers never understand?
They consume My people as they consume bread;
they do not call on the Lord.

who does not slander with his tongue,
who does not harm his friend
or discredit his neighbor,

who does not lend his money at interest
or take a bribe against the innocent—
the one who does these things will never be moved.

The sorrows of those who take another god
for themselves will multiply;
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
and I will not speak their names with my lips.

I will praise the Lord who counsels me—
even at night my conscience instructs me.

I keep the Lord in mind always.
Because He is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.

For You will not abandon me to Sheol;
You will not allow Your Faithful One to see decay.

You have tested my heart;
You have examined me at night.
You have tried me and found nothing evil;
I have determined that my mouth will not sin.

My steps are on Your paths;
my feet have not slipped.

For I have kept the ways of the Lord
and have not turned from my God to wickedness.

Indeed, I have kept all His ordinances in mind
and have not disregarded His statutes.

You widen a place beneath me for my steps,
and my ankles do not give way.

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

They cry for help, but there is no one to save them—
they cry to the Lord, but He does not answer them.

You have freed me from the feuds among the people;
You have appointed me the head of nations;
a people I had not known serve me.

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

There is no speech; there are no words;
their voice is not heard.

Moreover, keep Your servant from willful sins;
do not let them rule over me.
Then I will be innocent
and cleansed from blatant rebellion.

You have given him his heart’s desire
and have not denied the request of his lips.Selah

For the king relies on the Lord;
through the faithful love of the Most High
he is not shaken.

Though they intend to harm you
and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.

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

They cried to You and were set free;
they trusted in You and were not disgraced.

But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by men and despised by people.

Do not be far from me, because distress is near
and there is no one to help.

For He has not despised or detested
the torment of the afflicted.
He did not hide His face from him
but listened when he cried to Him for help.

The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who has not set his mind on what is false,
and who has not sworn deceitfully.

My God, I trust in You.
Do not let me be disgraced;
do not let my enemies gloat over me.

No one who waits for You
will be disgraced;
those who act treacherously without cause
will be disgraced.

Do not remember the sins of my youth
or my acts of rebellion;
in keeping with Your faithful love, remember me
because of Your goodness, Lord.

My eyes are always on the Lord,
for He will pull my feet out of the net.

Guard me and deliver me;
do not let me be put to shame,
for I take refuge in You.

I do not sit with the worthless
or associate with hypocrites.

I hate a crowd of evildoers,
and I do not sit with the wicked.

Do not destroy me along with sinners,
or my life along with men of bloodshed

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

Do not hide Your face from me;
do not turn Your servant away in anger.
You have been my helper;
do not leave me or abandon me,
God of my salvation.

Do not give me over to the will of my foes,
for false witnesses rise up against me,
breathing violence.

Davidic.Lord, I call to You;
my rock, do not be deaf to me.
If You remain silent to me,
I will be like those going down to the Pit.

Do not drag me away with the wicked,
with the evildoers,
who speak in friendly ways with their neighbors
while malice is in their hearts.

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.

A psalm; a dedication song for the house. Davidic.I will exalt You, Lord,
because You have lifted me up
and have not allowed my enemies
to triumph over me.

For His anger lasts only a moment,
but His favor, a lifetime.
Weeping may spend the night,
but there is joy in the morning.

so that I can sing to You and not be silent.
Lord my God, I will praise You forever.

You will free me from the net
that is secretly set for me,
for You are my refuge.

and have not handed me over to the enemy.
You have set my feet in a spacious place.

Lord, do not let me be disgraced when I call on You.
Let the wicked be disgraced;
let them be silent in Sheol.

How joyful is the man
the Lord does not charge with sin
and in whose spirit is no deceit!

For day and night Your hand was heavy on me;
my strength was drained
as in the summer’s heat.Selah

Then I acknowledged my sin to You
and did not conceal my iniquity.
I said,
“I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and You took away the guilt of my sin.Selah

Therefore let everyone who is faithful pray to You
at a time that You may be found.
When great floodwaters come,
they will not reach him.

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.

A king is not saved by a large army;
a warrior will not be delivered by great strength.

Young lions lack food and go hungry,
but those who seek the Lord
will not lack any good thing.

He protects all his bones;
not one of them is broken.

The Lord redeems the life of His servants,
and all who take refuge in Him will not be punished.

They hid their net for me without cause;
they dug a pit for me without cause.

Let ruin come on him unexpectedly,
and let the net that he hid ensnare him;
let him fall into it—to his ruin.

Malicious witnesses come forward;
they question me about things I do not know.

But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;
they gathered against me.
Assailants I did not know
tore at me and did not stop.

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

For they do not speak in friendly ways,
but contrive deceitful schemes
against those who live peacefully in the land.

You saw it, Lord; do not be silent.
Lord, do not be far from me.

Vindicate me, Lord my God,
in keeping with Your righteousness,
and do not let them rejoice over me.

Do not let them say in their hearts,
“Aha! Just what we wanted.”
Do not let them say,
“We have swallowed him up!”

Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.
He sets himself on a path that is not good
and does not reject evil.

Do not let the foot of the arrogant man come near me
or the hand of the wicked one drive me away.

Davidic.Do not be agitated by evildoers;
do not envy those who do wrong.

Be silent before the Lord and wait expectantly for Him;
do not be agitated by one who prospers in his way,
by the man who carries out evil plans.

Refrain from anger and give up your rage;
do not be agitated—it can only bring harm.

A little while, and the wicked person will be no more;
though you look for him, he will not be there.

They will not be disgraced in times of adversity;
they will be satisfied in days of hunger.

The wicked man borrows and does not repay,
but the righteous one is gracious and giving.

Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed,
because the Lord holds his hand.

I have been young and now I am old,
yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned
or his children begging for bread.

For the Lord loves justice
and will not abandon His faithful ones.
They are kept safe forever,
but the children of the wicked will be destroyed.

The instruction of his God is in his heart;
his steps do not falter.

the Lord will not leave him
in the power of the wicked one
or allow him to be condemned when he is judged.