My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

If a man does not repent, God will sharpen His sword;
He has strung and bent His [mighty] bow and made it ready.

A pit, he cut out, and digged it, and then fell into the ditch he had made:

For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.

The enemy has been cut off and has vanished in everlasting ruins,
You have uprooted their cities;
The very memory of them has perished.

And those who know Your name [who have experienced Your precious mercy] will put their confident trust in You,
For You, O Lord, have not abandoned those who seek You.

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

For the ungodly hath made boast of his own heart's desire, and speaketh good of the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

Look upon, answer me, O Jehovah my God: enlighten mine eyes, lest I shall sleep the death;

I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me. For the Chief Musician. By David.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

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

O my soul , thou hast said unto Jehovah, Thou art my Lord: I have no good beyond thee.

As for God's chosen people who are in the land, and the leading officials I admired so much --

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.

The [boundary] lines [of the land] have fallen for me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped 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.

For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?

It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

I crush them, and they cannot get up;
they fall beneath my feet.

Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.

The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

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

Yet their voice [in quiet evidence] has gone out through all the earth,
Their words to the end of the world.
In them and in the heavens He has made a tent for the sun,

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.

Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they get dominion over me: so shall I be undefiled and innocent from the great offense.

{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;

We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

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

Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

{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?

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.

The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.

In pastures of tender grass He causeth me to lie down, By quiet waters He doth lead me.

He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

This is the generation (description) of those who diligently seek Him and require Him as their greatest need,
Who seek Your face, even [as did] Jacob. Selah.

O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness.

Who is the man who fears the LORD? God will teach him the path he should choose.

His soul in good doth remain, And his seed doth possess the land.

Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

For your mercy is before my eyes; and I have gone in the way of your good faith.

Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Ascribe to Yahweh, O sons of God, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.

The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.

The voice of Jehovah cut out the flames of fire.

O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

For -- a moment is in His anger, Life is in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing.

O Jehovah, in Thy good pleasure, Thou hast caused strength to remain for my mountain,' Thou hast hidden Thy face -- I have been troubled.

Then cried I unto thee, O LORD, and got me to my LORD right humbly.

To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones;
Praise is becoming and appropriate for those who are upright [in heart—those with moral integrity and godly character].

Sing unto the LORD a new song; sing praises lustily unto him, and with a good courage.

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

A king's salvation is not in the power of his army; a strong man does not get free by his great strength.

O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

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

False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.

They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

They are ready to devour me; they say, "Aha! Aha! We've got you!"

Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

Don't let them say in their hearts, "Yes! We got what we wanted." Don't let them say, "We have swallowed him up."

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.} The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

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

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God; Thy judgments are a great deep: O Jehovah, thou preservest man and beast.

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.