For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying,

But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.

I will make clear the Lord's decision: he has said to me, You are my son, this day have I given you being.

Give answer to my cry, O God of my righteousness; make me free from my troubles; have mercy on me, and give ear to my prayer.

Let there be fear in your hearts, and do no sin; have bitter feelings on your bed, but make no sound. (Selah.)

Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased.

The sons of pride have no place before you; you are a hater of all workers of evil.

Send them to destruction, O Lord; let their evil designs be the cause of their fall; let them be forced out by all their sins; because they have gone against your authority.

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me well, for even my bones are troubled.

O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;

If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.

When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;

For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.

You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet;

I will be glad and have delight in you: I will make a song of praise to your name, O Most High.

You have said sharp words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have put an end to their name for ever and ever.

You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.

And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.

Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;

The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.

The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld.

He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.

You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:

They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?

And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved.

But I have had faith in your mercy; my heart will be glad in your salvation.

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.

Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.

You have put to shame the thoughts of the poor, but the Lord is his support.

May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! when the fate of his people is changed by the Lord, Jacob will have joy and Israel will be glad.

Lord, who may have a resting-place in your tent, a living-place on your holy hill?

Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith.

O my soul, you have said to the Lord, You are my Lord: I have no good but you.

Fair are the places marked out for me; I have a noble heritage.

I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.

For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.

On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

By your help I have made a way through the wall which was shutting me in; by the help of my God I have gone over a wall.

You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great.

You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.

For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.

You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.

He makes me free from my haters; I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.

Keep your servant back from sins of pride; let them not have rule over me: then will I be upright and free from great sin.

They are bent down and made low; but we have been lifted up.

You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.)

His glory is great in your salvation: honour and authority have you put on him.

For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.

O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.

Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.

You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel.

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.

O my God, I have put my faith in you, let me not be shamed; let not my haters be glorying over me.

O Lord, keep in mind your pity and your mercies; for they have been from the earliest times.

Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.

His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.

Be turned to me, and have mercy on me; for I am troubled and have no helper.

O keep my soul, and take me out of danger: let me not be shamed, for I have put my faith in you.

O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.

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

I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men.

I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.

That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done.

But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

I have a safe resting-place for my feet; I will give praise to the Lord in the meetings of the people.

Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.

One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.

O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have mercy on me, and give me an answer.

Let not your face be covered from me; do not put away your servant in wrath; you have been my help: do not give me up or take your support from me, O God of my salvation.

Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.

Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.

I will give you praise and honour, O Lord, because through you I have been lifted up; you have not given my haters cause to be glad over me.

In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.

Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.

I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;

And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.

Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.

I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel.

False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.

Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.

O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!

O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.

For in him our hearts have joy; in his holy name is our hope.

My soul will say great things of the Lord: the poor in spirit will have knowledge of it and be glad.

Let your eyes be turned to him and you will have light, and your faces will not be shamed.

The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who have fear of him, to keep them safe.

Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything.

The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.

For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.

And my soul will have joy in the Lord; it will be glad in his salvation.

Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.

You have seen this, O Lord; be not unmoved: O Lord, be not far from me.

Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.