Give attention to the good man, and take note of the upright; because the end of that man is peace.

{A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.} O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

O Jehovah, thou wilt not reprove me in thy wrath, and thou wilt not correct me in thine anger.

Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Thine indignation, Peace is not in my bones because of my sin.

For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh.

Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

My heart is panting, my power hath forsaken me, And the light of mine eyes, Even they are not with me.

My heart moved about rapidly, my strength forsook me, and the light of mine eyes also they not with me.

But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

And I as a man that heard not, and not in his mouth confutations

For I said, Let them not rejoice over me! When my foot slipped, they magnified themselves against me.

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

{To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.} I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

I was as silent as a mute person; I said nothing, not even something good, and my distress deepened.

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Look from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not!

Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

And I am poor and needy, The Lord doth devise for me. My help and my deliverer art Thou, O my God, tarry Thou not.

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.

A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.

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

My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God?

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

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.

Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,

For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

no, not when thou hast smitten us into the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death

Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

note its ramparts; tour its citadels
so that you can tell a future generation:

A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.

(Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)

That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats.

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

Against thee, thee only, I have sinned, and done that which is evil in thy sight, that thou may be justified when thou speak, and {may prevail (LXX/NT)} when thou {are criticized (LXX/NT)}.

Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

For the choir director: on Mahalath. A Davidic Maskil.The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”
They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.

Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.

Would that Israel's deliverance come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice and Israel will be glad. To the Director: With stringed instruments. A Davidic instruction, when the Ziphites came and told Saul, "David is hiding among us, is he not?"

{To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?} Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.

For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

{To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David.} Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

{Morning, noon and night} I will lament and groan loudly, and he will hear my voice.

God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.

He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.

Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.

Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul in the cave.} Be gracious unto me, O God, be gracious unto me; for my soul taketh refuge in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings do I take refuge, until the calamities be overpast.

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

Be exalted, God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David.

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam.} Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?

Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear,

Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

so that men shall say, "Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth." For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God; secure me on high from them that rise up against me.

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

Not iniquity, they will run and they will prepare: be aroused to meet me, and see.

Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

At night they return like howling dogs; they prowl around the city.

Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.