Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.

The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

God protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.

Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

By David. Strive, Jehovah, with my strivers, fight with my fighters,

Be a breastplate to me, and give me your help.

Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

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

They pay me evil for good, bereaving my soul,

And I, in their being sick, my clothing sackcloth: I humbled my soul in fasting, and my prayer shall be turned back upon my bosom.

Lord, how long will you be looking on? take my soul from their destruction, my life from the lions.

Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.

This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

Be awake, O Lord, be moved to take up my cause, my God and my Lord.

Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do not let them be glad over me.

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long. For the Chief Musician. By David, the servant of Yahweh.

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,

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

O let there be no end to your loving mercy to those who have knowledge of you, or of your righteousness to the upright in heart.

There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

{A Psalm of David.} Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.

Commit your way to the Lord;
Trust in Him also and He will do it.

And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.

Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself: it would be only to do evil.

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

But the meek spirited shall possess the earth, and shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace.

He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

The wicked borrows and does not pay back,
But the righteous is gracious and kind and gives.

For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

all the day he is gracious and lendeth, and his seed shall be a blessing.

Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.

For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Yahweh will not abandon him into his hand, and he will not let him be condemned when he is judged.

Be waiting for the Lord, and keep his way; and you will be lifted up, and have the land for your heritage: when the evil-doers are cut off, you will see it.

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

Yahweh helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them, Because they have taken refuge in him. A Psalm by David, for a memorial.

O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.

There is no soundness in my flesh, By reason of thine indignation, There is no peace in my bones, By reason of my sin;

My wounds are of bad odour - they have festered, by reason of my folly:

I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

And my enemies are lively; they are strong; and my haters increase by deception.

Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation. For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.

"LORD, let me know how my life ends, and the standard by which you will measure my days, whatever it is! Then I will know how transient my life is.

Surely in a shadow a man will go about: surely they will be disquieted in vain: he will store up, and he knew not who shall gather them.

Make me free from all my sins; do not let me be shamed by the man of evil behaviour.

Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; be not silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, like all my fathers.

O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

For the music director; By David, a psalm. I relied completely on the Lord, and he turned toward me and heard my cry for help.

He put a new song in my mouth, praise to our God! Many will watch and be in awe, and they will place their trust in the LORD.

Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who makes the Lord his trust,
And does not regard the proud nor those who lapse into lies.

Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.

Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don't delay, my God. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

Blessed [by God’s grace and compassion] is he who considers the helpless;
The Lord will save him in the day of trouble.

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

The Lord will be his support on his bed of pain: by you will all his grief be turned to strength.

I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

My enemies speak maliciously about me:
“When will he die and be forgotten?”

When someone comes to visit, he pretends to be friendly; he thinks of ways to defame me, and when he leaves he slanders me.

But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

To the Overseer. -- An Instruction. By sons of Korah. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God.

I thirst for God, for the living God. I say, "When will I be able to go and appear in God's presence?"

Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.

In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

I will say onto GOD, - my rock, Wherefore hast thou forgotten me? Wherefore in gloom should I go, because of oppression by the enemy?

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
Why have you become restless and disquieted within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.