Have all the workers of wickedness and injustice no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the Lord?

Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor, Because Jehovah is his refuge.

Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When Jehovah doth turn back To a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice -- Israel is glad!

The one who lives with integrity, who does righteous deeds, and who speaks truth to himself.

He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth 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.

{Michtam of David.} Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;

But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my 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.

Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance is for me.

I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night.

Therefore my heart is glad and my glory [my innermost self] rejoices;
My body too will dwell [confidently] in safety,

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Thou wilt make known to me the path of life: thy countenance is fulness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear to my prayer, without lips of deceit.

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

You have proved my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me, and You will find nothing; my thoughts do not pass beyond my mouth.

As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;

My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.

I -- I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.

Accomplish awesome, faithful deeds, you who powerfully deliver those who look to you for protection from their enemies.

from the ungodly that trouble me. Mine enemies compass me round about, to take away my soul.

They have closed their unfeeling heart [to kindness and compassion];
With their mouths they speak proudly and make presumptuous claims.

They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.

Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,

From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

As for me, I shall see Your face in righteousness;
I will be [fully] satisfied when I awake [to find myself] seeing Your likeness.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,} I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and I cried out to my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, 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.

He made darkness his secret place, his pavilion round about him; with dark waters and thick clouds to cover him. {TYNDALE: And he made darkness a tabernacle round about him, with water gathered together in thick clouds.}

He sent out His arrows and scattered them;
And He sent an abundance of lightning flashes and confused and routed them [in defeat].

He shall send down from on high to fetch me, and shall take me out of many waters. {TYNDALE: He sent from on high and fetched me, and plucked me out of mighty waters.}

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

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

The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

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

For all his ordinances were before me. I didn't put away his statutes from me.

I was blameless before Him,
And I kept myself free from my sin.

Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

To [the] loyal you show yourself loyal. To [the] blameless you show yourself blameless.

To [the] pure you show yourself pure. but to [the] wicked you show yourself shrewd.

For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.

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

For by thee I run upon a troop; And by my God do I leap over a wall.

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand.

He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy right hand doth support me, And Thy lowliness maketh me great.

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.

I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

And thou girdedst me with strength to battle; thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.

And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, and those that hated me I destroyed.

They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.

At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,

The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.

The God who hath avenged me, and hath subjected the peoples to me;

Therefore will I give thanks to thee, Jehovah, among the nations, and will sing psalms to thy name.

Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.

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.

The sun’s rising is from one end of the heavens,
And its circuit to the other end of them;
And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.

The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.

The fear of Jehovah is clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah are true, They have been righteous -- together.

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Who can know all his errors? Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of.

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

May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You,
Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;

He doth remember all thy presents, And thy burnt-offering doth reduce to ashes. Selah.

Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

Now I know that the Lord gives victory to His anointed;
He will answer him from His holy heaven
with mighty victories from His right hand.

Save, Jehovah! Let the king answer us in the day we call.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

The desire of his heart Thou gavest to him, And the request of his lips Thou hast not withheld. Selah.

For You meet him with blessings of good things;
You set a crown of pure gold on his head.

Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him -- length of days, Age-during -- and for ever.

His glory is great in thy salvation. Honor and majesty thou do lay upon him.

For thou hast made him to be blessings for ever; thou hast filled him with joy by thy countenance.

Thy hand cometh to all Thine enemies, Thy right hand doth find Thy haters.

You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.

For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

For you will {turn them to flight}; you will aim [arrows] on your bowstrings at their faces.

Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power. For the Chief Musician; set to "The Doe of the Morning." A Psalm by David.

{To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me:

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, 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!

For thou art He bringing me forth from the womb, Causing me to trust, On the breasts of my mother.