O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat;

But -- in the law of Jehovah is his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:

And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.

Not so the wicked: But -- as chaff that wind driveth away!

Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous,

I am not afraid of myriads of people, That round about they have set against me.

Tremble ye, and do not sin;' Say ye thus in your heart on your bed, And be ye silent. Selah.

For not a God desiring wickedness art Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.

The boastful station not themselves before Thine eyes: Thou hast hated all working iniquity.

To the Overseer with stringed instruments, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, in Thine anger reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.

For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?

I have been weary with my sighing, I meditate through all the night on my bed, With my tear my couch I waste.

God is a righteous judge, And He is not angry at all times.

If one turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden -- He prepareth it,

They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.

For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.

For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face.

The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' are all his devices.

He hath said in his heart, 'I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.

He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.

Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble.

Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, 'It is not required.'

To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, 'God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.

The whole have turned aside, Together they have been filthy: There is not a doer of good, not even one.

Have all working iniquity not known? Those consuming my people have eaten bread, Jehovah they have not called.

He hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour.

Despised in his eyes is a rejected one, And those fearing Jehovah he doth honour. He hath sworn to suffer evil, and changeth not;

His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age!

Thou hast said to Jehovah, 'My Lord Thou art;' My good is not for thine own sake;

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.

I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because -- at my right hand I am not moved.

For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption.

Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.

To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.

For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.

For all His judgments are before me, And His statutes I turn not from me.

Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.

I pursue mine enemies, and overtake them, And turn back not till they are consumed.

I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,

They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them.

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.

Day to day uttereth speech, And night to night sheweth knowledge.

There is no speech, and there are no words. Their voice hath not been heard.

Also -- from presumptuous ones keep back Thy servant, Let them not rule over me, Then am I perfect, And declared innocent of much transgression,

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

For the king is trusting in Jehovah, And in the kindness of the Most High He is not moved.

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

My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me.

Unto Thee they cried, and were delivered, In Thee they trusted, and were not ashamed.

Be not far from me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper.

And Thou, O Jehovah, be not far off, O my strength, to help me haste.

For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth.

And the fat ones of earth have eaten, And they bow themselves, Before Him bow do all going down to dust, And he who hath not revived his soul.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my shepherd, I do not lack,

The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit.

My God, in Thee I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed, Let not mine enemies exult over me.

Sins of my youth, and my transgressions, Do not Thou remember. According to Thy kindness be mindful of me, For Thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.

Mine eyes are continually unto Jehovah, For He bringeth out from a net my feet.

Keep my soul, and deliver me, Let me not be ashamed, for I trusted in Thee.

By David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not.

I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not.

I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not.

Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life,

Though a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I am confident.

Hide not Thy face from me, Turn not aside in anger Thy servant, My help Thou hast been. Leave me not, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.

I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living!

By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit.

Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

For they attend not to the doing of Jehovah, And unto the work of His hands. He throweth them down, And doth not build them up.

A Psalm. -- A song of the dedication of the house of David. I exalt Thee, O Jehovah, For Thou hast drawn me up, and hast not let mine enemies rejoice over me.

And I -- I have said in mine ease, 'I am not moved -- to the age.

So that honour doth praise Thee, and is not silent, O Jehovah, my God, to the age I thank Thee!

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age, In Thy righteousness deliver me.

Bring me out from the net that they hid for me, For Thou art my strength.

And Thou hast not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, Thou hast caused my feet to stand in a broad place.

O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol.

O the happiness of a man, To whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

When by day and by night Thy hand is heavy upon me, My moisture hath been changed Into the droughts of summer. Selah.

My sin I cause Thee to know, And mine iniquity I have not covered. I have said, 'I confess concerning My transgressions to Jehovah,' And Thou -- Thou hast taken away, The iniquity of my sin. Selah.

For this doth every saintly one pray to Thee, As the time to find. Surely at an overflowing of many waters, Unto him they come not.

Be ye not as a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.

The king is not saved by the multitude of a force. A mighty man is not delivered, By abundance of power.

A false thing is the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth not deliver.

They looked expectingly unto Him, And they became bright, And their faces are not ashamed.

Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,

He is keeping all his bones, One of them hath not been broken.

Meet him doth desolation -- he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it.

Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.

And -- in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;

Mine enemies rejoice not over me with falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye.

For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,

Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, Be not silent, O Lord -- be not far from me,

Judge me according to Thy righteousness, O Jehovah my God, And they do not rejoice over me.

They do not say in their heart, 'Aha, our desire.' They do not say, 'We swallowed him up.'

To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David. The transgression of the wicked Is affirming within my heart, 'Fear of God is not before his eyes,

Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'

Let not a foot of pride meet me, And a hand of the wicked let not move me.