Not so the wicked. Instead, [they are] like the chaff that [the] wind scatters.

Why are nations in tumult, and countries plotting in vain?

I will tell the decree; Yahweh said to me: "You are my son; today I have begotten you.

Kiss the Son lest he be angry and you perish [on the] way, for his anger burns quickly. Blessed are all [who] take refuge in him.

Yahweh, how many are my enemies; many [are] rising against me.

Many [are] saying about my soul, "There is no deliverance for him from God. Selah

But you, Yahweh, [are] a shield around me, my glory and the one who lifts up my head.

Many are saying, "Who will show us [something] good?" Lift up over us the light of your face, O Yahweh.

For you [are] not a God [who] desires wickedness. Evil cannot dwell with you.

Be gracious to me, O Yahweh, because I am feeble. Heal me, O Yahweh, for my bones are terrified.

The enemies are destroyed [in] ruins forever, and you have uprooted [their] cities; their very memory has perished.

O Yahweh, put them in fear. Let [the] nations know they [are merely] human. Selah

His ways endure at all times. Your judgments are aloof from him. [As for] all his enemies, he scoffs at them.

His mouth is filled with cursing, with deceits and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and evil.

When the foundations are destroyed what can [the] righteous do?

[those] who say, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips [are] on our side. Who [is] master over us?"

The words of Yahweh [are] pure words [like] silver refined in the crucible on the ground, refined seven times.

[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds. There is none who does good.

All have gone astray; they are altogether corrupt. There is not one who does good; there is not even one.

There {they are very fearful} because God [is] with [the] generation of [the] righteous.

[Oh my soul] you have said to Yahweh, "You [are] my Lord. I have no good apart from you."

With regard to [the] saints who [are] in the land, they [are the] noble ones in [whom is] all my desire.

You will make known to me [the] path of life. In your presence [is] fullness of joy. At your right hand [are] pleasures forever.

from men by your hand, O Yahweh, from men of [this] world. Their share [is] in {this life}, and you fill their stomach [with] your treasure. They are satisfied [with] children. They bequeath their excess to their children.

because all his ordinances [are] before me, and his statutes I have not removed from me,

The heavens [are] telling the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands.

There is no speech and there are no words; their sound is inaudible.

The precepts of Yahweh [are] right, making [the] heart rejoice. The command of Yahweh [is] pure, enlightening [the] eyes.

The fear of Yahweh [is] pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of Yahweh [are] true; they are righteous altogether,

My God, my God why have you forsaken me? [Why are you] far from helping me, [far from] the words of my groaning?

Yet you [are] holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted {within me}.

Because dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has encircled me. Like the lion [they are at] my hands and my feet.

Even when I walk in a dark valley, I fear no evil because you [are] with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me

Cause me to walk in your truth and teach me, because you [are] the God of my salvation. I await you {all day long}.

Remember your compassion, O Yahweh, and your acts of loyal love, because they [are] from of old.

All the paths of Yahweh [are] loyal love and faithfulness for those who keep his covenant and statutes.

My eyes [are] continually toward Yahweh, because he will take my feet from [the] net.

Consider that my enemies are many, and they hate me [with] violent hatred.

To you, O Yahweh, I call. O my rock, do not be deaf to me. Or else, if you are silent to me, then I will become like those descending to [the] pit.

For you [are] my rock and my fortress. So, for the sake of your name, lead me and guide me.

Bring me out of [the] net that they have secretly set for me, for you [are] my refuge.

But as for me, I trust you, O Yahweh. I say, "You [are] my God."

My times [are] in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from [those who] pursue me.

You [are] my hiding place; from trouble you preserve me. [With] cries of deliverance you surround me. Selah

Many are [the] pains of the wicked, but [for] the one who trusts Yahweh loyal love surrounds him.

[The] young lions are in want and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh will not lack for any good thing.

The eyes of Yahweh [are] toward [the] righteous, and his ears toward their cry for help.

Yahweh [is] near to [those who are] heartbroken and saves [those who are] crushed in spirit.

Many [are the] distresses of [the] righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

Let not those who [are] wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me. [Nor let] those who hate me without cause wink [the] eye.

The words of his mouth [are] wickedness and deceit. He has ceased to have insight [and] to do good.

They are refreshed with the {fullness} of your house, and you give them drink [from] the river of your delights.

There doers of evil have fallen; they are thrust down and not able to rise.

[The] steps of a man are established by Yahweh, and he takes pleasure in his way.

All the day he [is] gracious and lends, and his children [are] a blessing.

For Yahweh loves justice and will not forsake his faithful ones. They are protected forever. But [the] children of [the] wicked will be cut off.

Wait for Yahweh and keep his way, and he will exalt you to possess [the] land. When [the] wicked are cut off, you will see [it].

For my iniquities have passed over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

For my loins are full [of] burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

And [so] I am like a man who hears not, and in whose mouth there are no retorts.

And my enemies without cause are numerous, and those who hate me wrongfully are many.

I said, "I will guard my ways {that I may not sin} with my tongue. I will keep a muzzle over my mouth as long as [the] wicked [are] before me."

For evils without number have encompassed me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me.

But I [am] poor and needy. Let my Lord consider me. You [are] my help and my deliverer. O my God, do not delay.

Why are you {in despair}, O my soul, and disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I will again praise him, [for] the salvation of his presence.

Why are you {in despair}, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I shall again praise him, {my salvation} and my God.

because you [are] the God of my refuge. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning because of [the] oppression of [the] enemy?

Why are you {in despair}, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I will again praise him, {my salvation} and my God.

You are my king, O God. Command victories for Jacob.

Rather, on account of you we are killed {all day long}; we are accounted as sheep for slaughter.

You are [the most] handsome of [the] sons of humankind; grace is poured out on your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

Your arrows [are] sharp; peoples fall under you in the midst of the king's enemies.

All your robes [are scented with] myrrh and aloes [and] cassia. From palaces of ivory stringed instruments gladden you.

Kings' daughters [are] among your noble ladies. The queen stands at your right hand in gold of Ophir.

She is brought to the king [in] colorful garments. [The] young women behind her, her attendants, [are] being brought to you.

They are led with joy and gladness. They enter [the] palace of [the] king.

[The] princes of [the] peoples are gathered together [with] the people of Abraham's God. For [the] shields of [the] earth belong to God. He is very exalted.

Within them [they think] their houses [are] forever, their dwelling places from generation to generation. They {name} [their] lands by their [own] names.

Like sheep they are destined to Sheol; death will shepherd them. But the upright will rule over them in the morning, and their forms [will be for] Sheol to consume, [far from] his lofty abode.

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

If I were hungry I would not tell you, because [the] world and its fullness [are] mine.

When you see a thief, then you are pleased with him, and your association [is] with adulterers.

Against you, only you, I have sinned and have done this evil in your eyes, so that you are correct when you speak, you are blameless when you judge.

For you do not delight [in] sacrifice or I would give [it]. [With] a burnt offering you are not pleased.

The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit; A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt and they have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.

{All of them} have turned back. They are altogether corrupt. There is none who does good; there is not even one.

There {they are very fearful} [where] no fear had been, because God has scattered the bones of him who encamps [against] you. You have put [them] to shame, because God has rejected them.

Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble [are] in its midst.

He safely redeems my life from [the] battle against me, because [those standing] against me are among many.

My enemies trample all day, because many [are] attacking me proudly.

All day they twist my words; all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.

You have kept count of my wonderings. Put my tears in your bottle; [are they] not in your book?

[My] vows [to you], O God, [are binding] upon me. I will pay thank offerings to you,

My soul [is] among lions. I lie down [among those who] devour-- the children of humankind whose teeth [are] spears and arrows and whose tongues [are] sharp swords.

The wicked are estranged from [the] womb. They go astray from [the] belly, speaking lies.

Their venom [is] like snake venom; [They are] like a deaf viper that closes its ear

And you, Yahweh, God [of] hosts, [are] the God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations. Do not be gracious to any [who] treacherously plot evil. Selah

Look, they pour out [talk] with their mouth. Swords [are] on their lips, for [they say], "Who hears?"