Psalm 1-16

New American Standard Bible

⁴ The wicked are not so,
But they are like ^(K)chaff which the wind blows away.
⁵ Therefore ^(L)the wicked will not stand in the ^(M)judgment,
Nor sinners in ^(N)the assembly of the righteous.
⁶ For the Lord ^[e](O)knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of ^(P)the wicked will perish.

⁴ He who ^[h]sits in the heavens ^(W)laughs,
The Lord ^(X)scoffs at them.
⁵ Then He will speak to them in His ^(Y)anger
And ^(Z)terrify them in His fury, saying,
⁶ “But as for Me, I have installed ^(AA)My King
Upon Zion, ^(AB)My holy mountain.”

⁷ “I will announce the ^[i]decree of the Lord:
He said to Me, ‘You are ^(AC)My Son,
Today I have fathered You.
⁸ Ask it of Me, and ^(AD)I will certainly give ^(AE)the ^[j]nations as Your inheritance,
And the ^(AF)ends of the earth as Your possession.
⁹ You shall ^[k](AG)break them with a ^[l]rod of iron,
You shall ^(AH)shatter them like ^[m]earthenware.’”

¹⁰ Now then, you kings, ^(AI)use insight;
Let yourselves be instructed, you ^[n]judges of the earth.
¹¹ Serve the Lord with ^[o](AJ)reverence
And rejoice with ^(AK)trembling.
^12 [p]Kiss ^(AL)the Son, that He not be angry and you perish on the way,
For ^(AM)His wrath may be kindled quickly.
How blessed are all who ^(AN)take refuge in Him!

³ But You, Lord, are ^(AQ)a shield around me,
My ^(AR)glory, and the One who ^(AS)lifts my head.
⁴ I was crying out to the Lord with my voice,
And He ^(AT)answered me from ^(AU)His holy ^[r]mountain. Selah
^5 [s]I ^(AV)lay down and slept;
I awoke, for the Lord sustains me.
⁶ I will ^(AW)not be afraid of ten thousands of people
Who have ^(AX)set themselves against me all around.

^7 (AY)Arise, Lord; ^(AZ)save me, my God!
For You ^[t]have ^(BA)struck all my enemies on the ^[u]cheek;
You ^[v]have ^(BB)shattered the teeth of the wicked.
^8 [w](BC)Salvation belongs to the Lord;
May Your ^(BD)blessing ^[x]be upon Your people! Selah

² You sons of man, how long will ^(BJ)my ^[ab]honor be treated as ^(BK)an insult?
How long will you love ^(BL)what is worthless and strive for a ^(BM)lie? Selah
³ But know that the Lord has ^[ac](BN)set apart the ^(BO)godly person for Himself;
The Lord ^(BP)hears when I call to Him.

^4 [ad](BQ)Tremble, ^[ae](BR)and do not sin;
^[af](BS)Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah
⁵ Offer ^[ag]the ^(BT)sacrifices of righteousness,
And ^(BU)trust in the Lord.

⁶ Many are saying, “^(BV)Who will show us anything good?”
^(BW)Lift up the light of Your face upon us, Lord!
⁷ You have put ^(BX)joy in my heart,
More than when their grain and new wine are abundant.
⁸ In peace I will ^[ah]both ^(BY)lie down and sleep,
For You alone, Lord, have me ^(BZ)dwell in safety.

⁴ For You are not a God ^(CG)who takes pleasure in wickedness;
^(CH)No evil can dwell with You.
⁵ The ^(CI)boastful will not ^(CJ)stand before Your eyes;
You ^(CK)hate all who do injustice.
⁶ You ^(CL)destroy those who speak lies;
The Lord loathes ^(CM)the person of bloodshed and deceit.
⁷ But as for me, ^(CN)by Your abundant graciousness I will enter Your house,
^[al]At Your holy temple I will ^(CO)bow in ^(CP)reverence for You.

⁸ Lord, ^(CQ)lead me ^(CR)in Your righteousness ^(CS)because of my enemies;
Make Your way ^[am]straight before me.
⁹ For there is ^(CT)nothing ^[an]trustworthy in ^[ao]their mouth;
Their ^(CU)inward part is destruction itself.
Their ^(CV)throat is an open grave;
They ^[ap]flatter with their tongue.
¹⁰ Make them pay, God;
^(CW)Have them fall by their own schemes!
^(CX)Scatter them in the multitude of their wrongdoings,
For they are ^(CY)rebellious against You.

¹¹ But ^(CZ)rejoice, all who ^(DA)take refuge in You,
Sing for joy forever!
And ^[aq]may You ^(DB)shelter them,
That those who ^(DC)love Your name may rejoice in You.
¹² For You ^(DD)bless the righteous person, Lord,
You ^(DE)surround him with favor as with a shield.

⁴ Return, Lord, ^(DL)rescue my ^[as]soul;
Save me because of Your mercy.
⁵ For ^(DM)there is no ^[at]mention of You in death;
In ^[au]Sheol, who will praise You?

⁶ I am ^(DN)weary with my sighing;
Every night I make my bed swim,
I flood my couch with ^(DO)my tears.
⁷ My ^(DP)eye has wasted away with grief;
It has grown old because of all my enemies.

^8 (DQ)Leave me, all you who practice injustice,
For the Lord ^(DR)has heard the sound of my weeping.
⁹ The Lord ^(DS)has heard my pleading,
The Lord ^(DT)receives my prayer.
¹⁰ All my enemies will ^(DU)be put to shame and greatly horrified;
They shall ^[av]turn back, they will ^(DV)suddenly be put to shame.

³ O Lord my God, if I have done this,
If there is ^(DZ)injustice in my hands,
⁴ If I have ^(EA)done evil to ^[az]my friend,
Or have ^(EB)plundered ^[ba]my enemy for no reason,
⁵ Let the enemy pursue ^[bb]my soul and overtake ^[bc]it;
And let him trample my life to the ground
And lay my glory in the dust. Selah

^6 (EC)Arise, Lord, in Your anger;
^(ED)Raise Yourself against ^(EE)the rage of my enemies,
And ^(EF)stir Yourself ^[bd]for me; You have ordered judgment.
⁷ Let the assembly of the ^(EG)peoples encompass You,
And return on high over it.
⁸ The Lord ^(EH)judges the peoples;
^[be](EI)Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.
⁹ Please let ^(EJ)the evil of the wicked come to an end, but ^(EK)establish the righteous;
For the righteous God ^(EL)puts hearts and ^[bf]minds to the test.
¹⁰ My ^(EM)shield is ^[bg]with God,
Who ^(EN)saves the upright in heart.
¹¹ God is a ^(EO)righteous judge,
And a God who ^(EP)shows indignation every day.

¹² If one ^(EQ)does not repent, He will ^(ER)sharpen His sword;
He has ^(ES)bent His bow and taken aim.
¹³ He has also prepared deadly weapons for Himself;
He makes His ^(ET)arrows fiery shafts.
¹⁴ Behold, an evil person is pregnant with injustice,
And he ^(EU)conceives harm and gives birth to lies.
¹⁵ He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has ^(EV)fallen into the hole which he made.
¹⁶ His ^(EW)harm will return on his own head,
And his ^(EX)violence will descend on the top of his own head.

¹⁷ I will give thanks to the Lord ^(EY)according to His righteousness
And will ^(EZ)sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

³ When I ^[bj](FE)consider ^(FF)Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The ^(FG)moon and the stars, which You have set in place;
^4 (FH)What is man that You think of him,
And a son of man that You are concerned about him?
⁵ Yet You have made him a ^(FI)little lower than ^[bk]God,
And ^(FJ)You crown him with ^(FK)glory and majesty!
⁶ You have him ^(FL)rule over the works of Your hands;
You have ^(FM)put everything under his feet,
⁷ All sheep and oxen,
And also the animals of the field,
⁸ The birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

^9 (FN)Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

³ When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and ^(FT)perish before You.
⁴ For You have ^(FU)maintained ^[bn]my just cause;
You have sat on the throne ^[bo](FV)judging righteously.
⁵ You have ^(FW)rebuked the nations, You have eliminated the wicked;
You have ^(FX)wiped out their name forever and ever.
^6 [bp]The enemy has come to an end in everlasting ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very ^(FY)memory of them has perished.

⁷ But the ^(FZ)Lord ^[bq]sits as King forever;
He has established His ^(GA)throne for judgment,
⁸ And He will ^(GB)judge the world in righteousness;
He will execute judgment for the peoples fairly.
^9 [br]The Lord will also be a ^(GC)stronghold for the oppressed,
A stronghold in times of trouble;
¹⁰ And ^[bs]those who ^(GD)know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, Lord, have not ^(GE)abandoned those who seek You.

¹¹ Sing praises to the Lord, who ^(GF)dwells in Zion;
^(GG)Declare His deeds among the peoples.
¹² For ^(GH)He who ^[bt]requires blood remembers them;
He does not forget ^(GI)the cry of the needy.
¹³ Be gracious to me, Lord;
See my oppression from those ^(GJ)who hate me,
You who ^(GK)lift me up from the gates of death,
¹⁴ So that I may tell of ^(GL)all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion
I may ^(GM)rejoice in Your ^[bu]salvation.
¹⁵ The nations have sunk down ^(GN)into the pit which they have made;
In the ^(GO)net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
¹⁶ The Lord has ^(GP)made Himself known;
He has ^(GQ)executed judgment.
A wicked one is ensnared in the work of his own hands. ^[bv]Higgaion Selah

¹⁷ The wicked will ^[bw](GR)return to ^[bx]Sheol,
All the nations who ^(GS)forget God.
¹⁸ For the ^(GT)needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the ^(GU)hope of the afflicted perish forever.
^19 (GV)Arise, Lord, do not let mankind prevail;
Let the nations be ^(GW)judged before You.
²⁰ Put them ^(GX)in fear, Lord;
Let the nations know that they are ^(GY)merely human. Selah

³ For the wicked ^(HD)boasts of his ^(HE)soul’s desire,
And ^[ca]the greedy person curses and ^(HF)shows disrespect to the Lord.
⁴ The wicked, ^[cb]in his haughtiness, ^(HG)does not seek Him.
^(HH)There is no God in all his schemes.

⁵ His ways ^(HI)succeed at all times;
Yet Your judgments are on high, ^(HJ)out of his sight;
As for all his enemies, he snorts at them.
⁶ He says to himself, “^(HK)I will not be moved;
^[cc]Throughout the generations ^(HL)I will not be in adversity.”
⁷ His ^(HM)mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and ^(HN)oppression;
^(HO)Under his tongue is harm and injustice.
⁸ He sits in the ^(HP)lurking places of the villages;
He ^(HQ)kills the innocent in the secret places;
His eyes ^[cd]surreptitiously watch for the ^[ce](HR)unfortunate.
⁹ He lurks in secret like ^(HS)a lion in his ^[cf]lair;
He ^(HT)lurks to catch ^(HU)the needy;
He catches the needy when he pulls him into his ^(HV)net.
¹⁰ Then he crushes the needy one, who cowers;
And ^[cg]unfortunate people fall by his mighty power.
¹¹ He ^(HW)says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”

¹² Arise, Lord; God, ^(HX)lift up Your hand.
^(HY)Do not forget the humble.
¹³ Why has the wicked ^(HZ)treated God disrespectfully?
He has said to himself, “^[ch]You will not require an account.”
¹⁴ You have seen it, for You have looked at ^(IA)harm and provocation to ^[ci]take it into Your hand.
The ^[cj](IB)unfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the ^(IC)helper of the orphan.
^15 (ID)Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,
^[ck](IE)Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

¹⁶ The Lord is ^(IF)King forever and ever;
^(IG)Nations have perished from His land.
¹⁷ Lord, You have heard the ^(IH)desire of the humble;
You will ^(II)strengthen their heart, ^(IJ)You will make Your ear attentive
¹⁸ To ^[cl]vindicate the ^(IK)orphan and the ^(IL)oppressed,
So that mankind, which is of the earth, will no longer cause ^(IM)terror.

⁴ The Lord is in His ^(IT)holy temple; the ^[cn]Lord’s ^(IU)throne is in heaven;
His ^(IV)eyes see, His eyelids test the sons of mankind.
⁵ The Lord ^(IW)tests the righteous and ^(IX)the wicked,
And His soul hates one who loves violence.
⁶ He will ^(IY)rain ^[co]coals of fire upon the wicked,
^(IZ)And brimstone and ^(JA)burning wind will be the portion of ^(JB)their cup.
⁷ For the Lord is ^(JC)righteous, ^(JD)He loves ^[cp]righteousness;
The upright will ^(JE)see His face.

⁶ The ^(JN)words of the Lord are pure words;
Like silver ^(JO)refined in a furnace on the ground, filtered seven times.
⁷ You, Lord, will keep them;
You will ^(JP)protect him from this generation forever.
⁸ The ^(JQ)wicked strut about on every side
When ^[cv](JR)vileness is exalted among the sons of mankind.

^3 (JW)Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
^(JX)Enlighten my eyes, or I will ^(JY)sleep the sleep of death,
⁴ And my enemy will ^(JZ)say, “I have overcome him,”
And ^(KA)my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.

⁵ But I have ^(KB)trusted in Your faithfulness;
My heart shall ^(KC)rejoice in Your salvation.
⁶ I will ^(KD)sing to the Lord,
Because He has ^(KE)looked after me.

⁴ Do all the workers of injustice ^(KM)not know,
Who ^(KN)devour my people as they eat bread,
And ^(KO)do not call upon the Lord?
⁵ There they are in great dread,
For God is with a ^(KP)righteous generation.
⁶ You would put to shame the plan of the poor,
But the Lord is his ^(KQ)refuge.

⁷ Oh, that ^(KR)the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When the Lord ^(KS)restores the fortunes of His people,
Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.

⁵ The Lord is the ^(LN)portion of my inheritance and my ^(LO)cup;
You support my ^(LP)lot.
⁶ The measuring ^(LQ)lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my inheritance is ^(LR)beautiful to me.

⁷ I will bless the Lord who has ^(LS)advised me;
Indeed, my ^[dg](LT)mind instructs me in the night.
^8 (LU)I have ^(LV)set the Lord continually before me;
Because He is ^(LW)at my right hand, ^(LX)I will not be shaken.
⁹ Therefore ^(LY)my heart is glad and ^(LZ)my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will ^(MA)dwell securely.
¹⁰ For You ^(MB)will not abandon my soul to ^[dh]Sheol;
You will not ^[di](MC)allow Your ^[dj]Holy One to ^[dk]undergo decay.
¹¹ You will make known to me ^(MD)the way of life;
In ^(ME)Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are ^(MF)pleasures forever.