Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Not so the wicked: But -- as chaff that wind driveth away!

Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

Let me announce the decree of the LORD that he told me: "You are my son, today I have become your father.

Be wise now therefore, O ye kings; be warned, ye that are judges of the earth.

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

{A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.} LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah

But you, Lord, are a shield that protects me; you are my glory and the one who restores me.

With my voice I was crying to the Lord,
And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah.

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

Salvation belongs to the Lord;
May Your blessing be upon Your people. Selah.

O sons of men, how long will my honor and glory be [turned into] shame?
How long will you [my enemies] love worthless (vain, futile) things and seek deception and lies? Selah.

But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.

Tremble [with anger or fear], and do not sin;
Meditate in your heart upon your bed and be still [reflect on your sin and repent of your rebellion]. Selah.

Offer sacrifices that are righteous, and put your confidence in the LORD.

There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest; for it is thou, LORD, only that makest me dwell in safety.

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy sight, for thou hatest all them that work vanity.

Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

Away from me, all ye that work vanity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.

{Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.} O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.

If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me;
And let him trample my life to the ground
And lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.

The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous man; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.

My help cometh of God, who preserveth them that are true of heart.

God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.

That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.

He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

For I see Thy heavens, a work of Thy fingers, Moon and stars that Thou didst establish.

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

That thou shouldst make him little less than messengers of God, with glory and honour, shouldst crown him?

[the] birds of [the] sky and the fish of the sea, [everything] that passes along the paths of seas.

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou art set in the throne that judgest right.

And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

The Lord has made Himself known;
He executes judgment;
The wicked are trapped by the work of their own hands. Higgaion (meditation) Selah.

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

Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

The wicked, in the haughtiness of his face, will not seek nor inquire for Him;
All his thoughts are, “There is no God [so there is no accountability or punishment].”

He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in his lair;
He lies in wait to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

He hath said in his heart, "Tush, God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face, so that he will never see it."

Surely thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest ungodliness and wrong, that thou mayest take the matter into thy hand. The poor committeth himself unto thee, for thou art the helper of the friendless.

Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; so that when you seek out his wickedness you will find it no more.

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye then to my soul, that she should flee as a bird unto the hill?

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

For the LORD is righteous, and he loveth righteousness: his countenance will behold the thing that is just.

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

Which have said, "With our tongue will we prevail; we are they that ought to speak; Who is lord over us?"

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

The words of Yahweh, are words, that are pure, silver refined in a crucible of earth, purified seven times!

Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

{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.

Have they no knowledge, that they are all such workers of mischief, eating up my people as it were bread, and call not upon the LORD?

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

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 lines, have fallen unto me, in pleasant places, Verily an inheritance that delighteth me.

{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Because of men's works that are done against the words of thy lips, I have kept me from the ways of the destroyer.

Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form. For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said,

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,} I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge.

There went a smoke out in his presence, and a consuming fire out of his mouth, so that coals were kindled at it. {TYNDALE: Smoke went up out of his nostrils, and consuming fire out of his mouth, that coals were kindled of him.}

The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

Therefore shall the LORD reward me after my righteous dealing, and according unto the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. {TYNDALE: And the LORD did to me again, according to my righteousness, and after my pureness that I had in his sight.}

With the holy thou shalt be holy, and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect. {TYNDALE: With the holy thou shalt be holy, and with the man that is uncorrupt, thou shalt be uncorrupt.}

He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.