O Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the waterside, that will bring forth his fruit in due season. His leaf, also, shall not wither; and, look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.

He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: the Lord shall have them in derision.

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

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and so ye perish from the right way. For his wrath shall be kindled shortly: blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

{A Psalm of David when he fled from the face of Absalom} LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise against me.

Many ones there be that say of my soul, "There is no help for him in his God." Selah.

I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people that have set themselves against me.

Know this also, that the LORD hath chosen to himself the man that is godly; when I call upon the LORD, he will hear me.

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

Thou hast put gladness in my heart since the time that their corn and wine and oil 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 the God that hast no pleasure in wickedness; neither shall any evil dwell with thee.

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

And let all them that put their trust in thee rejoice. They shall ever be giving of thanks, because thou defendest them. They that love thy name shall 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 for the words of Cush the son of Benjamin} O LORD my God, in thee have I put my trust; save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me,

if I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me, or hurt them that without any cause are mine enemies;

Stand up, O LORD, in thy wrath, lift up thyself, because of the indignation of mine enemies; arise up for me in the judgment that thou hast commanded.

The LORD shall judge the people; give sentence with me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to the innocence that is in me.

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

He hath graven and dug up a pit, and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for others.

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

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

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

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou, LORD, hast never failed them that seek thee.

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

That I may show all thy praises within the ports of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in thy salvation.

The Heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the same net which they hid privily, is their own foot taken.

The wicked must be turned unto hell, and all the people that forget God.

O LORD, put a schoolmaster over them, that the Heathen may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

While the ungodly hath the overhand, the poor must suffer persecution; let them be taken in the crafty wiliness that they have imagined!

The ungodly is so proud and full of indignation, that he careth not for God: neither is God in all his thoughts.

For he lieth waiting secretly; even as a lion lurketh he in his den, that he may ravish the poor. He doth ravish the poor when he getteth him into his net.

He falleth down, and humbleth himself, that the congregation of the poor may fall into the hands of his captains.

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 thou the power of the ungodly and malicious; search out the wickedness which he hath done, that he may perish.

to help the fatherless and the poor unto their right, that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them.

{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 ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows within the quiver, that they may privily shoot at them which are true of heart.

The LORD alloweth the righteous; but the ungodly, and him that delighteth in wickedness, doth his soul abhor.

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

The LORD shall root out all deceitful 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?"

Consider, and hear me, O LORD my God. Lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death,

lest mine enemy say, "I have prevailed against him." For if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} The fool hath said in his heart, "Tush, there is no God." They are corrupt, and become abominable in their doings; there is none that doeth good, no not one.

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

But they are all gone out of the way, they are all together become abominable: 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?

Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart.

He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour, and hath not slandered his neighbours.

He that sitteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes, and maketh much of them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappointeth him not, though it were to his own hindrance.

He that hath not given his money upon usury, nor taken reward against the innocent. Whoso doeth these things shall never fall.

All my delight is upon the saints that are in the earth, and upon such as excel in virtue.

But they that run after another god shall have great trouble. Their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, neither make mention of their names within my lips.

{A Prayer of David} Hear the right, O LORD; consider my complaint, and hearken unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; and let thine eyes look upon the thing that is equal.

Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night season; thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wickedness in me, for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend.

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

O hold thou up my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps slip not.

Show thy marvelous loving-kindness, thou that art the Saviour of them which put their trust in thee, from such as resist thy righthand.

from the ungodly that trouble me. Mine enemies compass me round about, to take away my soul.

like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a lion's whelp, lurking in secret places.

The LORD is my stony rock, and my defense, my Saviour, my God, and my might, in whom I will trust, my buckler, the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge. {TYNDALE: The LORD is my rock, my castle and my deliverer. God is my strength, and in him will I trust: my shield and the horn that defendeth me: mine high hold and 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.}

At the brightness of his presence, his clouds removed hailstones and coals of fire. {TYNDALE: Of the brightness that was before him, coals were set on fire.}

He shall deliver me from my strongest enemy, and from them which hate me; for they are too mighty for me. {TYNDALE: He delivered me from my mighty enemy, and from them that hated me and were too strong 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.}

For thou shalt save the people that are in adversity, and shalt bring down the high looks of the proud. {TYNDALE: And the people that are in adversity, thou shalt help. And on the proud shalt thou cast thine eyes.}

The way of God is an undefiled way; the word of the LORD also is tried in the fire. He is the defender of all them that put their trust in him. {TYNDALE: The way of God is undefiled, and the word of the LORD fined as gold, and he a shield to all that trust in him.}

It is God that girdeth me with strength of war, and maketh my way perfect. {TYNDALE: God is my strength in war, and riddeth the way clear before me.}

He teacheth my hands to fight, and mine arms shall bend even a bow of steel. {TYNDALE: And teacheth my hands to fight, that a bow of brass is too weak for mine arms.}

Thou shalt make room enough under me for to go, that my footsteps shall not slide. {TYNDALE: And thou madest me space to walk in, that my feet should not stumble.}

I will smite them, that they shall not be able to stand, but fall under my feet. {TYNDALE: I wasted them and so clouted them, that they could not arise: but fell under my feet.}

Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; thou hast thrown them all down under me, that rose up against me. {TYNDALE: And thou compassedest me about with might to battle, and madest them that rose against me to stoop under me.}

Thou hast made mine enemies also to turn their backs upon me, and I shall destroy them that hate me. {TYNDALE: And thou madest mine enemies to turn their backs to me, and them that hated me, and I destroyed them.}

The strange children shall fail, and be afraid out of their prisons. {TYNDALE: And the aliens that shrink away shall tremble for fear in their defended places.}

The LORD liveth: and blessed be my strong helper, and praised be the God of my salvation, {TYNDALE: The LORD live, and blessed be he that is my strength: and exalted be God the strength that saveth me.}

Even the God that seeth that I be avenged, and subdueth the people unto me. {TYNDALE: It is God that avengeth me, and bringeth down the people under me.}

It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and setteth me up against mine adversaries: thou shalt rid me from the wicked man. {TYNDALE: And delivereth me from mine enemies: thou liftest me up on high from them that rise against me, and deliverest me from the wicked men.}

Now know I that the LORD helpeth his anointed, and will hear him from his holy heaven, even with the wholesome strength of his righthand.

All thine enemies shall feel thine hand; thy righthand shall find out them that hate thee.

All they that see me, laugh me to scorn: they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads.

"He trusted in the LORD, that he would deliver him; let him deliver him, if he will have him."

But thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb; thou wast my hope, when I hanged yet upon my mother's breasts.

O praise the LORD, ye that fear him! Magnify him, all ye seed of Jacob, and fear him, all ye seed of Israel.

My praise is of thee in the great congregation; my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear him.

The poor shall eat, and be satisfied: they that seek after the LORD shall praise him. Your heart shall live for ever.

All such as be fat upon earth have eaten and worshipped. All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before him; and no man hath quickened his own soul.

They shall come, and declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, whom the LORD hath made.

O let thy loving-kindness and mercy follow me all the days of my life, that I may dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

{A Psalm of David} The earth is the LORD's, and all that therein is: the compass of the world, and all that dwell therein.

Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart, and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour.

This is the generation of them that seek him, even of them that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah

For all they that hope in thee shall not be ashamed; but such as transgress without a cause shall be put to confusion.

Them that are meek shall he guide in judgment; and such as are gentle, them shall he learn his way.

What man is he that feareth the LORD? Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.