Psalm 1-60

Amplified Bible

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The wicked [those who live in disobedience to God’s law] are not so,
But they are like the chaff [worthless and without substance] which the wind blows away.
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Therefore the wicked will not stand [unpunished] in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
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For the Lord knows and fully approves the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked shall perish.

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He who sits [enthroned] in the heavens laughs [at their rebellion];
The [Sovereign] ^[e]Lord scoffs at them [and in supreme contempt He mocks them].
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Then He will speak to them in His [profound] anger
And terrify them with His displeasure, saying,
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“Yet as for Me, I have anointed and firmly installed My King
Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”

⁷ 
“I will declare the decree of the Lord:
He said to Me, ‘You are My Son;
This day [I proclaim] I have begotten You.^(D)
8 
‘Ask of Me, and I will assuredly give [You] the nations as Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth as Your possession.
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‘You shall break them with a rod of iron;
You shall shatter them [in pieces] like earthenware.’”^(E)

¹⁰ 
Now therefore, O kings, act wisely;
Be instructed and take warning, O leaders (judges, rulers) of the earth.
¹¹ 
Worship the Lord and serve Him with reverence [with awe-inspired fear and submissive wonder];
Rejoice [yet do so] with trembling.
¹² 
Kiss (pay respect to) the ^[f]Son, so that He does not become angry, and you perish in the way,
For His wrath may soon be kindled and set aflame.
How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] are all those who take refuge in Him!

³ 
But You, O Lord, are a shield for me,
My glory [and my honor], and the One who lifts my head.
⁴ 
With my voice I was crying to the Lord,
And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah.
⁵ 
I lay down and slept [safely];
I awakened, for the Lord sustains me.
⁶ 
I will not be intimidated or afraid of the ten thousands
Who have set themselves against me all around.

⁷ 
Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God!
For You have struck all my enemies on the cheek;
You have shattered the teeth of the wicked.
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Salvation belongs to the Lord;
May Your blessing be upon Your people. Selah.

² 
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.
³ 
But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself [and dealt wonderfully with] the godly man [the one of honorable character and moral courage—the one who does right].
The Lord hears and responds when I call to Him.

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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].^(F) Selah.
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Offer righteous sacrifices;
Trust [confidently] in the Lord.

⁶ 
Many are saying, “Oh, that we might see some good!”
Lift up the light of Your face upon us, O Lord.
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You have put joy in my heart,
More than [others know] when their wheat and new wine have yielded abundantly.
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In peace [and with a tranquil heart] I will both lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety and confident trust.

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For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;
No evil [person] dwells with You.
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The boastful and the arrogant will not stand in Your sight;
You hate all who do evil.
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You destroy those who tell lies;
The Lord detests and rejects the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
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But as for me, I will enter Your house through the abundance of Your steadfast love and tender mercy;
At Your holy temple I will bow [obediently] in reverence for You.

⁸ 
O Lord, lead me in Your righteousness because of my enemies;
Make Your way straight (direct, right) before me.
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For there is nothing trustworthy or reliable or truthful in what they say;
Their heart is destruction [just a treacherous chasm, a yawning gulf of lies].
Their throat is an open grave;
They [glibly] flatter with their [silken] tongue.^(G)
10 
Hold them guilty, O God;
Let them fall by their own designs and councils!
Cast them out because of the abundance of their transgressions,
For they are mutinous and have rebelled against You.

¹¹ 
But let all who take refuge and put their trust in You rejoice,
Let them ever sing for joy;
Because You cover and shelter them,
Let those who love Your name be joyful and exult in You.
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For You, O Lord, bless the righteous man [the one who is in right standing with You];
You surround him with favor as with a shield.

⁴ 
Return, O Lord, rescue my soul;
Save me because of Your [unfailing] steadfast love and mercy.
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For in death there is no mention of You;
In Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) who will praise You and give You thanks?

⁶ 
I am weary with my groaning;
Every night I soak my bed with tears,
I drench my couch with my weeping.
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My eye grows dim with grief;
It grows old because of all my enemies.

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Depart from me, all you who do evil,
For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.^(H)
9 
The Lord has heard my supplication [my plea for grace];
The Lord receives my prayer.
¹⁰ 
Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly horrified;
Let them turn back, let them suddenly be ashamed [of what they have done].

³ 
O Lord my God, if I have done this,
If there is injustice in my hands,
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If I have done evil to him who was at peace with me,
Or without cause robbed him who was my enemy,
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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.

⁶ 
Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;
Lift up Yourself against the rage of my enemies;
Rise up for me; You have commanded judgment and vindication.
⁷ 
Let the assembly of the nations be gathered around You,
And return on high over them.
⁸ 
The Lord judges the peoples;
Judge me, O Lord, and grant me justice according to my righteousness and according to the integrity within me.
⁹ 
Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous [those in right standing with You];
For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.^(I)
10 
My shield and my defense depend on God,
Who saves the upright in heart.
¹¹ 
God is a righteous judge,
And a God who is indignant every day.

¹² 
If a man does not repent, God will sharpen His sword;
He has strung and bent His [mighty] bow and made it ready.
¹³ 
He has also prepared [other] deadly weapons for Himself;
He makes His arrows fiery shafts [aimed at the unrepentant].
¹⁴ 
Behold, the [wicked and irreverent] man is pregnant with sin,
And he conceives mischief and gives birth to lies.
¹⁵ 
He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].
¹⁶ 
His mischief will return on his own head,
And his violence will come down on the top of his head [like loose dirt].

¹⁷ 
I will give thanks to the Lord according to His righteousness and justice,
And I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

³ 
When I see and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have established,
⁴ 
What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?
⁵ 
Yet You have made him a little lower than ^[j]God,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
⁶ 
You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,^(K)
7 
All sheep and oxen,
And also the beasts of the field,
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The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

⁹ 
O Lord, our Lord,
How majestic and glorious and excellent is Your name in all the earth!

³ 
When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and perish before You.
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For You have maintained my right and my cause;
You have sat on the throne judging righteously.
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You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked and unrepentant;
You have wiped out their name forever and ever.
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The enemy has been cut off and has vanished in everlasting ruins,
You have uprooted their cities;
The very memory of them has perished.

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But the Lord will remain and sit enthroned forever;
He has prepared and established His throne for judgment.^(L)
8 
And He will judge the world in righteousness;
He will execute judgment for the nations with fairness (equity).^(M)
9 
The Lord also will be a refuge and a stronghold for the oppressed,
A refuge in times of trouble;
¹⁰ 
And those who know Your name [who have experienced Your precious mercy] will put their confident trust in You,
For You, O Lord, have not abandoned those who seek You.^(N)

¹¹ 
Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;
Declare among the peoples His [great and wondrous] deeds.
¹² 
For He who avenges blood [unjustly shed] remembers them (His people);
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted and abused.
¹³ 
Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord;
See how I am afflicted by those who hate me,
You who lift me up from the gates of death,
¹⁴ 
That I may tell aloud all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion (Jerusalem)
I may rejoice in Your salvation and Your help.
¹⁵ 
The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
¹⁶ 
The Lord has made Himself known;
He executes judgment;
The wicked are trapped by the work of their own hands. Higgaion (meditation) Selah.

¹⁷ 
The wicked will turn to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
Even all the nations who forget God.
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For the poor will not always be forgotten,
Nor the hope of the burdened perish forever.
¹⁹ 
Arise, O Lord, do not let man prevail;
Let the nations be judged before You.
²⁰ 
Put them in [reverent] ^[l]fear of You, O Lord,
So that the nations may know they are but [frail and mortal] men. Selah.

³ 
For the wicked boasts and sings the praises of his heart’s desire,
And the greedy man curses and spurns [and even despises] the Lord.
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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].”

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His ways prosper at all times;
Your judgments [Lord] are on high, out of his sight [so he never thinks about them];
As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.
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He says to himself, “I will not be moved;
For throughout all generations I will not be in adversity [for nothing bad will happen to me].”
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His mouth is full of curses and deceit (fraud) and oppression;
Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness [injustice and sin].
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He lurks in ambush in the villages;
In hiding places he kills the innocent;
He lies in wait for the unfortunate [the unhappy, the poor, the helpless].
⁹ 
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.
¹⁰ 
He crushes [his prey] and crouches;
And the unfortunate fall by his mighty claws.
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He says to himself, “God has [quite] forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see my deed.”

¹² 
Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand [in judgment];
Do not forget the suffering.
¹³ 
Why has the wicked spurned and shown disrespect to God?
He has said to himself, “You will not require me to account.”
¹⁴ 
You have seen it, for You have noted mischief and vexation (irritation) to take it into Your hand.
The unfortunate commits himself to You;
You are the helper of the fatherless.
¹⁵ 
Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,
Seek out his wickedness until You find no more.

¹⁶ 
The Lord is King forever and ever;
The nations will perish from His land.
¹⁷ 
O Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble and oppressed;
You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear to hear,
¹⁸ 
To vindicate and obtain justice for the fatherless and the oppressed,
So that man who is of the earth will no longer terrify them.

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The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven.
His eyes see, His eyelids test the children of men.^(O)
5 
The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked,
And His soul hates the [malevolent] one who loves violence.^(P)
6 
Upon the wicked (godless) He will rain coals of fire;
Fire and ^[m]brimstone and a dreadful scorching wind will be the portion of their cup [of doom].
⁷ 
For the Lord is [absolutely] righteous, He loves righteousness (virtue, morality, justice);
The upright shall see His face.

⁶ 
The words and promises of the Lord are pure words,
Like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times.
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You, O Lord, will preserve and keep them;
You will protect him from this [evil] generation forever.
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The wicked strut about [in pompous self-importance] on every side,
As vileness is exalted and baseness is prized among the sons of men.

³ 
Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
Give light (life) to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,
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And my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
And my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.

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But I have trusted and relied on and been confident in Your lovingkindness and faithfulness;
My heart shall rejoice and delight in Your salvation.
⁶ 
I will sing to the Lord,
Because He has dealt bountifully with me.

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Have all the workers of wickedness and injustice no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the Lord?
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There they tremble with great fear,
For God is with the [consistently] righteous generation.
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You [evildoers] shamefully plan against the poor,
But the Lord is his safe refuge.

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Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When the Lord restores His captive people,
Then Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.^(S)

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The Lord is the portion of my inheritance, my cup [He is all I need];
You support my lot.
⁶ 
The [boundary] lines [of the land] have fallen for me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.

⁷ 
I will bless the Lord who has counseled me;
Indeed, my heart (mind) instructs me in the night.
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I have set the Lord continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
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Therefore my heart is glad and my glory [my innermost self] rejoices;
My body too will dwell [confidently] in safety,
¹⁰ 
For You will not abandon me to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.^(U)
11 
You will show me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.^(V)

⁶ 
I have called upon You, for You, O God, will answer me;
Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.
⁷ 
Wondrously show Your [marvelous and amazing] lovingkindness,
O Savior of those who take refuge at Your right hand
From those who rise up against them.
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Keep me [in Your affectionate care, protect me] as the ^[p]apple of Your eye;
Hide me in the [protective] shadow of Your wings
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From the wicked who despoil and deal violently with me,
My deadly enemies who surround me.
¹⁰ 
They have closed their ^[q]unfeeling heart [to kindness and compassion];
With their mouths they speak proudly and make presumptuous claims.
¹¹ 
They track us down and have now surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes to force us to the ground,
¹² 
He is like a lion eager to tear [his prey],
And like a young lion lurking in hiding places.

¹³ 
Arise, O Lord, confront him, cast him down;
Save my soul from the wicked with Your sword,
¹⁴ 
From men with Your hand, O Lord,
From men of the world [these moths of the night] whose portion [of enjoyment] is in this life—idle and vain,
And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And they leave what they have left [of wealth] to their children.
¹⁵ 
As for me, I shall see Your face in righteousness;
I will be [fully] satisfied when I awake [to find myself] seeing Your likeness.

⁴ 
The cords of death surrounded me,
And the streams of ungodliness and torrents of destruction terrified me.
⁵ 
The cords of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
⁶ 
In my distress [when I seemed surrounded] I called upon the Lord
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry for help came before Him, into His very ears.

⁷ 
Then the earth shook and quaked,
The foundations of the mountains trembled;
They were shaken because He was indignant and angry.
⁸ 
Smoke went up from His nostrils,
And fire from His mouth devoured;
Coals were kindled by it.
⁹ 
He bowed the heavens also and came down;
And thick darkness was under His feet.
¹⁰ 
And He rode upon a cherub (storm) and flew;
And He sped on the wings of the wind.
¹¹ 
He made darkness His hiding place (covering); His pavilion (canopy) around Him,
The darkness of the waters, the thick clouds of the skies.
¹² 
Out of the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
¹³ 
The Lord also thundered in the heavens,
And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
¹⁴ 
He sent out His arrows and scattered them;
And He sent an abundance of lightning flashes and confused and routed them [in defeat].
¹⁵ 
Then the stream beds of the waters appeared,
And the foundations of the world were laid bare
At Your rebuke, O Lord,
At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

¹⁶ 
He reached from on high, He took me;
He drew me out of many waters.
¹⁷ 
He rescued me from my strong enemy,
And from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.
¹⁸ 
They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
But the Lord was my support.
¹⁹ 
He brought me out into a broad place;
He rescued me because He was pleased with me and delighted in me.

²⁰ 
The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness (moral character, spiritual integrity);
According to the cleanness of my hands He has rewarded me.
²¹ 
For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
²² 
For all His ordinances were before me,
And I did not put away His statutes from me.
²³ 
I was ^[r]blameless before Him,
And I kept myself free from my sin.
²⁴ 
Therefore the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness (moral character, spiritual integrity),
According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

²⁵ 
With the kind (merciful, faithful, loyal) You show Yourself kind,
With the blameless You show Yourself blameless,
²⁶ 
With the pure You show Yourself pure,
And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.
²⁷ 
For You save an afflicted and humble people,
But bring down those [arrogant fools] with haughty eyes.
²⁸ 
For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine;
The Lord my God illumines my darkness.
²⁹ 
For by You I can crush a troop,
And by my God I can leap over a wall.

³⁰ 
As for God, His way is ^[s]blameless.
The word of the Lord is tested [it is perfect, it is faultless];
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
³¹ 
For who is God, but the Lord?
Or who is a rock, except our God,
³² 
The God who encircles me with strength
And makes my way blameless?
³³ 
He makes my feet like ^[t]hinds’ feet [able to stand firmly and tread safely on paths of testing and trouble];
He sets me [securely] upon my high places.
³⁴ 
He trains my hands for war,
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
³⁵ 
You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,
And Your right hand upholds and sustains me;
Your gentleness [Your gracious response when I pray] makes me great.
³⁶ 
You enlarge the path beneath me and make my steps secure,
So that my feet will not slip.

³⁷ 
I pursued my enemies and overtook them;
And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
³⁸ 
I shattered them so that they were not able to rise;
They fell [wounded] under my feet.
³⁹ 
For You have encircled me with strength for the battle;
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
⁴⁰ 
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me [in defeat],
And I silenced and destroyed those who hated me.
⁴¹ 
They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—
Even to the Lord [they cried], but He did not answer them.
⁴² 
Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind;
I emptied them out as the dirt of the streets.

⁴³ 
You have rescued me from the contentions of the people;
You have placed me as the head of the nations;
A people whom I have not known serve me.
⁴⁴ 
As soon as they hear me, they respond and obey me;
Foreigners feign obedience to me.
⁴⁵ 
Foreigners lose heart,
And come trembling out of their strongholds.

⁴⁶ 
The Lord lives, blessed be my rock;
And may the God of my salvation be exalted,
⁴⁷ 
The God who avenges me,
And subdues peoples (nations) under me.
⁴⁸ 
He rescues me from my enemies;
Yes, You lift me up above those who rise up against me;
You deliver me from the man of violence.
⁴⁹ 
Therefore will I give thanks and praise You, O Lord, among the nations,
And sing praises to Your name.^(Y)
50 
He gives great triumphs to His king,
And shows steadfast love and mercy to His anointed,
To David and his descendants forever.^(Z)

⁷ 
The law of the Lord is perfect (flawless), restoring and refreshing the soul;
The statutes of the Lord are reliable and trustworthy, making wise the simple.
⁸ 
The precepts of the Lord are right, bringing joy to the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
⁹ 
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are true, they are righteous altogether.
¹⁰ 
They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.
¹¹ 
Moreover, by them Your servant is warned [reminded, illuminated, and instructed];
In keeping them there is great reward.
¹² 
Who can understand his errors or omissions? Acquit me of hidden (unconscious, unintended) faults.
¹³ 
Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous (deliberate, willful) sins;
Let them not rule and have control over me.
Then I will be blameless (complete),
And I shall be acquitted of great transgression.
¹⁴ 
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable and pleasing in Your sight,
O Lord, my [firm, immovable] rock and my Redeemer.

⁴ 
May He grant you your heart’s desire
And fulfill all your plans.
⁵ 
We will sing joyously over your victory,
And in the name of our God we will set up our banners.
May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.

⁶ 
Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed;
He will answer him from His holy heaven
With the saving strength of His right hand.
⁷ 
Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
But we will remember and trust in the name of the Lord our God.
⁸ 
They have bowed down and fallen,
But we have risen and stood upright.
⁹ 
O Lord, save [the ^[v]king];
May the ^[w]King answer us in the day we call.

⁷ 
For the king [confidently] trusts in the Lord,
And through the lovingkindness (faithfulness, goodness) of the Most High he will never be shaken.
⁸ 
Your hand will reach out and defeat all your enemies;
Your right hand will reach those who hate you.
⁹ 
You will make them as [if in] a blazing oven in the time of your anger;
The Lord will swallow them up in His wrath,
And the fire will devour them.
¹⁰ 
Their offspring You will destroy from the earth,
And their descendants from the sons of men.
¹¹ 
For they planned evil against You;
They devised a [malevolent] plot
And they will not succeed.
¹² 
For You will make them turn their backs [in defeat];
You will aim Your bowstring [of divine justice] at their faces.
¹³ 
Be exalted, Lord, in Your strength;
We will sing and praise Your power.

⁶ 
But I am [treated as] a worm [insignificant and powerless] and not a man;
I am the scorn of men and despised by the people.^(AE)
7 
All who see me laugh at me and mock me;
They [insultingly] open their lips, they shake their head, saying,^(AF)
8 
“He trusted and committed himself to the Lord, let Him save him.
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”^(AG)

⁹ 
Yet You are He who pulled me out of the womb;
You made me trust when on my mother’s breasts.
¹⁰ 
I was cast upon You from birth;
From my mother’s womb You have been my God.

¹¹ 
Do not be far from me, for trouble is near;
And there is no one to help.
¹² 
Many [enemies like] bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.^(AH)
13 
They open wide their mouths against me,
Like a ravening and a roaring lion.
¹⁴ 
I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint.
My heart is like wax;
It is melted [by anguish] within me.
¹⁵ 
My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery;
And my [dry] tongue clings to my jaws;
And You have laid me in the dust of death.^(AI)
16 
For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me;
A gang of evildoers has encircled me,
They pierced my hands and my feet.^(AJ)
17 
I can count all my bones;
They look, they stare at me.^(AK)
18 
They divide my clothing among them
And cast lots for my ^[y]garment.^(AL)

¹⁹ 
But You, O Lord, do not be far from me;
O You my help, come quickly to my assistance.
²⁰ 
Rescue my life from the sword,
My only life from the paw of the dog (the executioner).
²¹ 
Save me from the lion’s mouth;
From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.

²² 
I will tell of Your name to my countrymen;
In the midst of the congregation I will praise You.^(AM)
23 
You who fear the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence], praise Him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor Him.
Fear Him [with submissive wonder], all you descendants of Israel.
²⁴ 
For He has not despised nor detested the suffering of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He listened.

²⁵ 
My praise will be of You in the great assembly.
I will pay my vows [made in the time of trouble] before those who [reverently] fear Him.
²⁶ 
The afflicted will eat and be satisfied;
Those who [diligently] seek Him and require Him [as their greatest need] will praise the Lord.
May your hearts live forever!
²⁷ 
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the families of the nations will bow down and worship before You,
²⁸ 
For the kingship and the kingdom are the Lord’s
And He rules over the nations.
²⁹ 
All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship;
All those who go down to the dust (the dead) will bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
³⁰ 
Posterity will serve Him;
They will tell of the Lord to the next generation.
³¹ 
They will come and declare His righteousness
To a people yet to be born—that He has done it [and that it is finished].^(AN)

⁴ 
Even though I walk through the [sunless] ^[z]valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me.
⁵ 
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
You have anointed and refreshed my head with ^[aa]oil;
My cup overflows.
⁶ 
Surely goodness and mercy and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life,
And I shall dwell forever [throughout all my days] in the house and in the presence of the Lord.

⁷ 
Lift up your heads, O gates,
And be lifted up, ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in.
⁸ 
Who is the King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
The Lord mighty in battle.
⁹ 
Lift up your heads, O gates,
And lift them up, ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in.
¹⁰ 
Who is [He then] this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts,
He is the King of glory [who rules over all creation with His heavenly armies]. Selah.

⁴ 
Let me know Your ways, O Lord;
Teach me Your paths.
⁵ 
Guide me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
For You [and only You] I wait [expectantly] all the day long.
⁶ 
Remember, O Lord, Your [tender] compassion and Your lovingkindnesses,
For they have been from of old.
⁷ 
Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
According to Your lovingkindness remember me,
For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.

⁸ 
Good and upright is the Lord;
Therefore He instructs sinners in the way.
⁹ 
He leads the humble in justice,
And He teaches the humble His way.
¹⁰ 
All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and goodness and truth and faithfulness
To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.
¹¹ 
For Your name’s sake, O Lord,
Pardon my wickedness and my guilt, for they are great.

¹² 
Who is the man who fears the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with submissive wonder]?
He will teach him [through His word] in the way he should choose.
¹³ 
His soul will dwell in prosperity and goodness,
And his descendants will inherit the land.
¹⁴ 
The secret [of the wise counsel] of the Lord is for those who fear Him,
And He will let them know His covenant and reveal to them [through His word] its [deep, inner] meaning.^(AT)
15 
My eyes are continually toward the Lord,
For He will bring my feet out of the net.

¹⁶ 
Turn to me [Lord] and be gracious to me,
For I am alone and afflicted.
¹⁷ 
The troubles of my heart are multiplied;
Bring me out of my distresses.
¹⁸ 
Look upon my affliction and my trouble,
And forgive all my sins.
¹⁹ 
Look upon my enemies, for they are many;
They hate me with cruel and violent hatred.
²⁰ 
Guard my soul and rescue me;
Do not let me be ashamed or disappointed,
For I have taken refuge in You.
²¹ 
Let integrity and uprightness protect me,
For I wait [expectantly] for You.
²² 
O God, redeem Israel,
Out of all his troubles.

⁸ 
O Lord, I love the habitation of Your house
And the place where Your glory dwells.
⁹ 
Do not sweep my soul away with sinners,
Nor [sweep away] my life with men of bloodshed,
¹⁰ 
In whose hands is a wicked scheme,
And whose right hand is full of bribes.
¹¹ 
But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;
Redeem me and be merciful and gracious to me.
¹² 
My foot stands on a level place;
In the congregations I will bless the Lord.

⁴ 
One thing I have asked of the Lord, and that I will seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life,
To gaze upon the beauty [the delightful loveliness and majestic grandeur] of the Lord
And to meditate in His temple.^(AU)
5 
For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter;
In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;
He will lift me up on a rock.
⁶ 
And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,
In His tent I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.

⁷ 
Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;
Be gracious and compassionate to me and answer me.
⁸ 
When You said, “Seek My face [in prayer, require My presence as your greatest need],” my heart said to You,
“Your face, O Lord, I will seek [on the authority of Your word].”
⁹ 
Do not hide Your face from me,
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not abandon me nor ^[ae]leave me,
O God of my salvation!
¹⁰ 
Although my father and my mother have abandoned me,
Yet the Lord will take me up [adopt me as His child].^(AV)

¹¹ 
Teach me Your way, O Lord,
And lead me on a level path
Because of my enemies [who lie in wait].
¹² 
Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have come against me;
They breathe out violence.
¹³ 
I would have despaired had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.
¹⁴ 
Wait for and confidently expect the Lord;
Be strong and let your heart take courage;
Yes, wait for and confidently expect the Lord.

⁶ 
Blessed be the Lord,
Because He has heard the voice of my supplication.
⁷ 
The Lord is my strength and my [impenetrable] shield;
My heart trusts [with unwavering confidence] in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,
And with my song I shall thank Him and praise Him.
⁸ 
The Lord is their [unyielding] strength,
And He is the fortress of salvation to His anointed.
⁹ 
Save Your people and bless Your inheritance;
Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.

³ 
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters;
The God of glory thunders;
The Lord is over many waters.
⁴ 
The voice of the Lord is powerful;
The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
⁵ 
The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
Yes, the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
⁶ 
He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,
And Sirion (Mount Hermon) like a young, wild ox.
⁷ 
The voice of the Lord rakes flames of fire (lightning).
⁸ 
The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
The Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
⁹ 
The voice of the Lord ^[ah]makes the doe labor and give birth
And strips the forests bare;
And in His temple all are saying, “Glory!”

¹⁰ 
The Lord sat as King at the flood;
Yes, the Lord sits as King forever.
¹¹ 
The Lord will give [unyielding and impenetrable] strength to His people;
The Lord will bless His people with peace.

⁶ 
As for me, in my prosperity I said,
“I shall never be moved.”
⁷ 
By Your favor and grace, O Lord, you have made my mountain stand strong;
You hid Your face, and I was horrified.
⁸ 
I called to You, O Lord,
And to the Lord I made supplication (specific request).
⁹ 
“What profit is there in my blood (death), if I go down to the pit (grave)?
Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness [to man]?

¹⁰ 
“Hear, O Lord, be gracious and show favor to me;
O Lord, be my helper.”
¹¹ 
You have turned my mourning into dancing for me;
You have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
¹² 
That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

⁶ 
I hate those who pay regard to vain (empty, worthless) idols;
But I trust in the Lord [and rely on Him with unwavering confidence].
⁷ 
I will rejoice and be glad in Your steadfast love,
Because You have seen my affliction;
You have taken note of my life’s distresses,
⁸ 
And You have not given me into the hand of the enemy;
You have set my feet in a broad place.

⁹ 
Be gracious and compassionate to me, O Lord, for I am in trouble;
My eye is clouded and weakened by grief, my soul and my body also.
¹⁰ 
For my life is spent with sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My strength has failed because of my iniquity,
And even my body has wasted away.
¹¹ 
Because of all my enemies I have become a reproach and disgrace,
Especially to my neighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me on the street run from me.
¹² 
I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a broken vessel.
¹³ 
For I have heard the slander and whispering of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they schemed together against me,
They plotted to take away my life.^(AZ)

¹⁴ 
But as for me, I trust [confidently] in You and Your greatness, O Lord;
I said, “You are my God.”
¹⁵ 
My times are in Your hands;
Rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue and persecute me.
¹⁶ 
Make Your face shine upon Your servant;
Save me in Your lovingkindness.
¹⁷ 
Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, for I call on You;
Let the wicked (godless) be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).
¹⁸ 
Let the lying lips be mute,
Which speak insolently and arrogantly against the [consistently] righteous
With pride and contempt.

¹⁹ 
How great is Your goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who [reverently] fear You,
Which You have prepared for those who take refuge in You,
^[al]Before the sons of man!
²⁰ 
In the secret place of Your presence You hide them from the plots and conspiracies of man;
You keep them secretly in a shelter (pavilion) from the strife of tongues.
²¹ 
Blessed be the Lord,
For He has shown His marvelous favor and lovingkindness to me [when I was assailed] in a besieged city.
²² 
As for me, I said in my alarm,
“I am cut off from Your eyes.”
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications (specific requests)
When I cried to You [for help].

²³ 
O love the Lord, all you His godly ones!
The Lord preserves the faithful [those with moral and spiritual integrity]
And fully repays the [self-righteousness of the] arrogant.
²⁴ 
Be strong and let your hearts take courage,
All you who wait for and confidently expect the Lord.

³ 
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all the day long.
⁴ 
For day and night Your hand [of displeasure] was heavy upon me;
My ^[an]energy (vitality, strength) was drained away as with the burning heat of summer. Selah.
⁵ 
I acknowledged my sin to You,
And I did not hide my wickedness;
I said, “I will confess [all] my transgressions to the Lord”;
And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah.
⁶ 
Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You [for forgiveness] in a time when You [are near and] may be found;
Surely when the great waters [of trial and distressing times] overflow they will not reach [the spirit in] him.
⁷ 
You are my hiding place; You, Lord, protect me from trouble;
You surround me with songs and shouts of deliverance. Selah.

⁸ 
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you [who are willing to learn] with My eye upon you.
⁹ 
Do not be like the horse or like the mule which have no understanding,
Whose trappings include bridle and rein to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.
¹⁰ 
Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
But he who trusts in and relies on the Lord shall be surrounded with compassion and lovingkindness.
¹¹ 
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous [who actively seek right standing with Him];
Shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

⁶ 
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made,
And all their host by the breath of His mouth.^(BB)
7 
He gathers the waters of the sea together as in a wineskin;
He puts the deeps in storehouses.
⁸ 
Let all the earth fear and worship the Lord;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
⁹ 
For He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.
¹⁰ 
The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations;
He makes the thoughts and plans of the people ineffective.
¹¹ 
The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
The thoughts and plans of His heart through all generations.
¹² 
Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people whom He has chosen as His own inheritance.^(BC)

¹³ 
The Lord looks [down] from heaven;
He sees all the sons of man;
¹⁴ 
From His dwelling place He looks closely
Upon all the inhabitants of the earth—
¹⁵ 
He who fashions the hearts of them all,
Who considers and understands all that they do.
¹⁶ 
The king is not saved by the great size of his army;
A warrior is not rescued by his great strength.
¹⁷ 
A horse is a false hope for victory;
Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.

¹⁸ 
Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon those who fear Him [and worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience],
On those who hope [confidently] in His compassion and lovingkindness,
¹⁹ 
To rescue their lives from death
And keep them alive in famine.
²⁰ 
We wait [expectantly] for the Lord;
He is our help and our shield.
²¹ 
For in Him our heart rejoices,
Because we trust [lean on, rely on, and are confident] in His holy name.
²² 
Let Your [steadfast] lovingkindness, O Lord, be upon us,
In proportion as we have ^[ao]hoped in You.

⁴ 
I sought the Lord [on the authority of His word], and He answered me,
And delivered me from all my fears.^(BD)
5 
They looked to Him and were radiant;
Their faces will never blush in shame or confusion.
⁶ 
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
And saved him from all his troubles.
⁷ 
The ^[aq]angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him [with awe-inspired reverence and worship Him with obedience],
And He rescues [each of] them.^(BE)

⁸ 
O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good;
How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who takes refuge in Him.^(BF)
9 
O [reverently] fear the Lord, you His saints (believers, holy ones);
For to those who fear Him there is no want.
¹⁰ 
The young lions lack [food] and grow hungry,
But they who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing.
¹¹ 
Come, you children, listen to me;
I will teach you to fear the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worship Him with obedience].
¹² 
Who is the man who desires life
And loves many days, that he may see good?
¹³ 
Keep your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking deceit.
¹⁴ 
Turn away from evil and do good;
Seek peace and pursue it.

¹⁵ 
The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous [those with moral courage and spiritual integrity]
And His ears are open to their cry.
¹⁶ 
The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
To cut off the memory of them from the earth.^(BG)
17 
When the righteous cry [for help], the Lord hears
And rescues them from all their distress and troubles.
¹⁸ 
The Lord is near to the heartbroken
And He saves those who are crushed in spirit (contrite in heart, truly sorry for their sin).

¹⁹ 
Many hardships and perplexing circumstances confront the righteous,
But the Lord rescues him from them all.
²⁰ 
He keeps all his bones;
Not one of them is broken.^(BH)
21 
Evil will cause the death of the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous will be held guilty and will be condemned.
²² 
The Lord redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned.

⁹ 
Then my soul shall rejoice in the Lord;
It shall rejoice in His salvation.
¹⁰ 
All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like You,
Who rescues the afflicted from him who is too strong for him [to resist alone],
And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”
¹¹ 
Malicious witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I do not know.
¹² 
They repay me evil for good,
To the sorrow of my soul.
¹³ 
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth (mourning garment);
I humbled my soul with fasting,
And I prayed with my head bowed on my chest.
¹⁴ 
I behaved as if grieving for my friend or my brother;
I bowed down in mourning, as one who sorrows for his mother.
¹⁵ 
But in my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together [against me];
The slanderers whom I did not know gathered against me;
They slandered and reviled me without ceasing.
¹⁶ 
Like godless jesters at a feast,
They gnashed at me with their teeth [in malice].

¹⁷ 
Lord, how long will You look on [without action]?
Rescue my life from their destructions,
My only life from the young lions.
¹⁸ 
I will give You thanks in the great congregation;
I will praise You among a mighty people.
¹⁹ 
Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me;
Nor let those who hate me without cause wink their eye [maliciously].^(BI)
20 
For they do not speak peace,
But they devise deceitful words [half-truths and lies] against those who are quiet in the land.
²¹ 
They open their mouths wide against me;
They say, “Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”

²² 
You have seen this, O Lord; do not keep silent.
O Lord, do not be far from me.
²³ 
Wake Yourself up, and arise to my right
And to my cause, my God and my Lord.
²⁴ 
Judge me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness and justice;
And do not let them rejoice over me.
²⁵ 
Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha, that is what we wanted!”
Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up and destroyed him.”
²⁶ 
Let those be ashamed and humiliated together who rejoice at my distress;
Let those be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves over me.

²⁷ 
Let them shout for joy and rejoice, who favor my vindication and want what is right for me;
Let them say continually, “Let the Lord be magnified, who delights and takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.”
²⁸ 
And my tongue shall declare Your righteousness (justice),
And Your praise all the day long.

⁵ 
Your lovingkindness and graciousness, O Lord, extend to the skies,
Your faithfulness [reaches] to the clouds.
⁶ 
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God,
Your judgments are like the great deep.
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.
⁷ 
How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
The children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
⁸ 
They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house;
And You allow them to drink from the river of Your delights.
⁹ 
For with You is the fountain of life [the fountain of life-giving water];
In Your light we see light.^(BK)

¹⁰ 
O continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,
And Your righteousness (salvation) to the upright in heart.
¹¹ 
Do not let the foot of the proud [person] overtake me,
And do not let the hand of the wicked drive me away.
¹² 
There those who [are perverse and] do evil have fallen;
They have been thrust down and cannot rise.

⁷ 
Be still before the Lord; wait patiently for Him and entrust yourself to Him;
Do not fret (whine, agonize) because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
⁸ 
Cease from anger and abandon wrath;
Do not fret; it leads only to evil.
⁹ 
For those who do evil will be cut off,
But those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land.^(BL)
10 
For yet a little while and the wicked one will be gone [forever];
Though you look carefully where he used to be, he will not be [found].^(BM)
11 
But the humble will [at last] inherit the land
And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity and peace.^(BN)

¹² 
The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.
¹³ 
The Lord laughs at him [the wicked one—the one who oppresses the righteous],
For He sees that his day [of defeat] is coming.
¹⁴ 
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow
To cast down the afflicted and the needy,
To slaughter those who are upright in conduct [those with personal integrity and godly character].
¹⁵ 
The sword [of the ungodly] will enter their own heart,
And their bow will be broken.

¹⁶ 
Better is the little of the righteous [who seek the will of God]
Than the abundance (riches) of many wicked (godless).^(BO)
17 
For the arms of the wicked will be broken,
But the Lord upholds and sustains the righteous [who seek Him].
¹⁸ 
The Lord knows the days of the blameless,
And their inheritance will continue forever.
¹⁹ 
They will not be ^[at]ashamed in the time of evil,
And in the days of famine they will have plenty and be satisfied.
²⁰ 
But the wicked (ungodly) will perish,
And the enemies of the Lord will be like the ^[au]glory of the pastures and like the fat of lambs [that is consumed in smoke],
They vanish—like smoke they vanish away.
²¹ 
The wicked borrows and does not pay back,
But the righteous is gracious and kind and gives.
²² 
For those blessed by God will [at last] inherit the land,
But those cursed by Him will be cut off.^(BP)

²³ 
The steps of a [good and righteous] man are directed and established by the Lord,
And He delights in his way [and blesses his path].
²⁴ 
When he falls, he will not be hurled down,
Because the Lord is the One who holds his hand and sustains him.
²⁵ 
I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous (those in right standing with God) abandoned
Or his descendants pleading for bread.
²⁶ 
All day long he is gracious and lends,
And his descendants are a blessing.

²⁷ 
Depart from evil and do good;
And you will dwell [securely in the land] forever.
²⁸ 
For the Lord delights in justice
And does not abandon His saints (faithful ones);
They are preserved forever,
But the descendants of the wicked will [in time] be cut off.
²⁹ 
The righteous will inherit the land
And live in it forever.
³⁰ 
The mouth of the righteous proclaims wisdom,
And his tongue speaks justice and truth.
³¹ 
The law of his God is in his heart;
Not one of his steps will slip.
³² 
The wicked lies in wait for the righteous
And seeks to kill him.
³³ 
The Lord will not leave him in his hand
Or let him be condemned when he is judged.
³⁴ 
Wait for and expect the Lord and keep His way,
And He will exalt you to inherit the land;
[In the end] when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

³⁵ 
I have seen a wicked, violent man [with great power]
Spreading and flaunting himself like a cedar in its native soil,
³⁶ 
Yet he passed away, and lo, he was no more;
I sought him, but he could not be found.
³⁷ 
Mark the blameless man [who is spiritually complete], and behold the upright [who walks in moral integrity];
There is a [good] future for the man of peace [because a life of honor blesses one’s descendants].
³⁸ 
As for transgressors, they will be completely destroyed;
The future of the wicked will be cut off.
³⁹ 
But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
He is their refuge and stronghold in the time of trouble.
⁴⁰ 
The Lord helps them and rescues them;
He rescues them from the wicked and saves them,
Because they take refuge in Him.

⁹ 
Lord, all my desire is before You;
And my sighing is not hidden from You.
¹⁰ 
My heart throbs violently, my strength fails me;
And as for the light of my eyes, even that has also gone from me.
¹¹ 
My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my neighbors stand far away.^(BQ)
12 
Those who seek my life lay snares for me,
And those who seek to injure me threaten mischievous things and destruction;
They devise treachery all the day long.

¹³ 
But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
¹⁴ 
Yes, I am like a man who does not hear,
In whose mouth are no arguments.
¹⁵ 
For in You, O Lord, I hope;
You will answer, O Lord my God.
¹⁶ 
For I pray, “May they not rejoice over me,
Who, when my foot slips, would boast against me.”
¹⁷ 
For I am ready to fall;
My sorrow is continually before me.
¹⁸ 
For I do confess my guilt and iniquity;
I am filled with anxiety because of my sin.^(BR)
19 
But my [numerous] enemies are vigorous and strong,
And those who hate me without cause are many.
²⁰ 
They repay evil for good, they attack and try to kill me,
Because I follow what is good.
²¹ 
Do not abandon me, O Lord;
O my God, do not be far from me.
²² 
Make haste to help me,
O Lord, my Salvation.

⁷ 
“And now, Lord, for what do I expectantly wait?
My hope [my confident expectation] is in You.
⁸ 
“Save me from all my transgressions;
Do not make me the scorn and reproach of the [self-righteous, arrogant] fool.
⁹ 
“I am mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is You who has done it.
¹⁰ 
“Remove Your plague from me;
I am wasting away because of the conflict and opposition of Your hand.
¹¹ 
“With rebukes You discipline man for sin;
You consume like a moth what is precious to him;
Surely every man is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]. Selah.

¹² 
“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and listen to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am Your temporary guest,
A sojourner like all my fathers.
¹³ 
“O look away from me, that I may smile and again know joy
Before I depart and am no more.”

⁴ 
Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who makes the Lord his trust,
And does not regard the proud nor those who lapse into lies.
⁵ 
Many, O Lord my God, are the wonderful works which You have done,
And Your thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of your wonders,
They would be too many to count.

⁶ 
Sacrifice and meal offering You do not desire, nor do You delight in them;
You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word];
Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require.^(BV)
7 
Then I said, “Behold, I come [to the throne];
In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
⁸ 
“I delight to do Your will, O my God;
Your law is within my heart.”^(BW)

⁹ 
I have proclaimed good news of righteousness [and the joy that comes from obedience to You] in the great assembly;
Behold, I will not restrain my lips [from proclaiming Your righteousness],
As You know, O Lord.
¹⁰ 
I have not concealed Your righteousness within my heart;
I have proclaimed Your faithfulness and Your salvation.
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly.^(BX)

¹¹ 
Do not withhold Your compassion and tender mercy from me, O Lord;
Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.
¹² 
For innumerable evils have encompassed me;
My sins have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see.
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has failed me.

¹³ 
Be pleased, O Lord, to save me;
O Lord, make haste to help me.
¹⁴ 
Let those be ashamed and humiliated together
Who seek my life to destroy it;
Let those be turned back [in defeat] and dishonored
Who delight in my hurt.
¹⁵ 
Let those be appalled and desolate because of their shame
Who say to me, “Aha, aha [rejoicing in my misfortune]!”
¹⁶ 
Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let those who love Your salvation say continually,
“The Lord be magnified!”
¹⁷ 
Even though I am afflicted and needy,
Still the Lord takes thought and is mindful of me.
You are my help and my rescuer.
O my God, do not delay.^(BY)

⁴ 
As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;
Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
⁵ 
My enemies speak evil of me, saying,
“When will he die and his name perish?”
⁶ 
And when one comes to see me, he speaks empty words,
While his heart gathers malicious gossip [against me];
When he goes away, he tells it [everywhere].
⁷ 
All who hate me whisper together about me;
Against me they devise my hurt [imagining the worst for me], saying,
⁸ 
“A wicked thing is poured out upon him and holds him;
And when he lies down, he will not rise up again.”
⁹ 
Even my own close friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me [betraying me].^(BZ)

¹⁰ 
But You, O Lord, be gracious to me and ^[aw]restore me [to health],
So that I may repay them.
¹¹ 
By this I know that You favor and delight in me,
Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.
¹² 
As for me, You uphold me in my integrity,
And You set me in Your presence forever.

¹³ 
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
From everlasting to everlasting [from this age to the next, and forever].
Amen and Amen (so be it).

⁵ 
Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.
⁶ 
O my God, my soul is in despair within me [the burden more than I can bear];
Therefore I will [fervently] remember You from the land of the Jordan
And the peaks of [Mount] Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
⁷ 
Deep calls to deep at the [thundering] sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
⁸ 
Yet the Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime,
And in the night His song will be with me,
A prayer to the God of my life.

⁹ 
I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
¹⁰ 
As a crushing of my bones [with a sword], my adversaries taunt me,
While they say continually to me, “Where is your God?”
¹¹ 
Why are you in despair, O my soul?
Why have you become restless and disquieted within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him,
The ^[ay]help of my countenance and my God.

³ 
O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me;
Let them bring me to Your holy hill
And to Your dwelling places.
⁴ 
Then I will go to the altar of God,
To God, my exceeding joy;
With the lyre I will praise You, O God, my God!

⁵ 
Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why are you restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him,
The ^[az]help of my [sad] countenance and my God.

⁴ 
You are my King, O God;
Command victories and deliverance for Jacob (Israel).
⁵ 
Through You we will gore our enemies [like a bull];
Through Your name we will trample down those who rise up against us.
⁶ 
For I will not trust in my bow,
Nor will my sword save me.
⁷ 
But You have saved us from our enemies,
And You have put them to shame and humiliated those who hate us.
⁸ 
In God we have boasted all the day long,
And we will praise and give thanks to Your name forever. Selah.

⁹ 
But now You have rejected us and brought us to dishonor,
And You do not go out with our armies [to lead us to victory].
¹⁰ 
You make us turn back from the enemy,
And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.
¹¹ 
You have made us like sheep to be eaten [as mutton]
And have scattered us [in exile] among the nations.
¹² 
You sell Your people cheaply,
And have not increased Your wealth by their sale.
¹³ 
You have made us the reproach and taunt of our neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to those around us.
¹⁴ 
You make us a byword among the nations,
A ^[ba]laughingstock among the people.
¹⁵ 
My dishonor is before me all day long,
And humiliation has covered my face,
¹⁶ 
Because of the voice of the taunter and reviler,
Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.

¹⁷ 
All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You,
Nor have we been false to Your covenant [which You made with our fathers].
¹⁸ 
Our heart has not turned back,
Nor have our steps wandered from Your path,
¹⁹ 
Yet You have [distressingly] crushed us in the place of jackals
And covered us with [the deep darkness of] the shadow of death.

²⁰ 
If we had forgotten the name of our God
Or stretched out our hands to a strange god,
²¹ 
Would not God discover this?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.
^22 
[bb]But for Your sake we are killed all the day long;
We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.^(CB)
23 
Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?
Awaken, do not reject us forever.
²⁴ 
Why do You hide Your face
And forget our affliction and our oppression?
²⁵ 
For our life has melted away into the dust;
Our body clings to the ground.
²⁶ 
Rise up! Come be our help,
And ransom us for the sake of Your steadfast love.

³ 
Strap Your sword on Your thigh, O mighty One,
In Your splendor and Your majesty!
⁴ 
And in Your majesty ride on triumphantly
For the cause of truth and humility and righteousness;
Let Your right hand guide You to awesome things.
⁵ 
Your arrows are sharp;
The peoples (nations) fall under You;
Your arrows pierce the hearts of the King’s enemies.

^6 
[bd]Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
⁷ 
You have loved righteousness (virtue, morality, justice) and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, your God, has anointed You
Above Your companions with the oil of jubilation.^(CC)
8 
All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh, aloes and cassia;
From ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad.
⁹ 
Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies;
At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

¹⁰ 
Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear [to my instruction]:
Forget your people and your father’s house;
¹¹ 
Then the King will desire your beauty;
Because He is your Lord, bow down and honor Him.
¹² 
The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;
The rich among the people will seek your favor.

¹³ 
Glorious is the King’s daughter within [the palace];
Her robe is interwoven with gold.^(CD)
14 
She will be brought to the King in embroidered garments;
The virgins, her companions who follow her,
Will be brought to You.
¹⁵ 
With gladness and rejoicing will they be led;
They will enter into the King’s palace.

¹⁶ 
In place of your fathers will be ^[be]your sons;
You shall make princes in all the land.
¹⁷ 
I will make Your name to be remembered in all generations;
Therefore the peoples will praise and give You thanks forever and ever.

⁴ 
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.
⁵ 
God is in the midst of her [His city], she will not be moved;
God will help her when the morning dawns.
⁶ 
The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered and were moved;
He raised His voice, the earth melted.
⁷ 
The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.

⁸ 
Come, behold the works of the Lord,
Who has brought desolations and wonders on the earth.
⁹ 
He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow into pieces and snaps the spear in two;
He burns the chariots with fire.
¹⁰ 
“Be still and know (recognize, understand) that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth.”
¹¹ 
The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.

⁵ 
God has ascended amid shouting,
The Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
⁶ 
Sing praises to God, sing praises;
Sing praises to our King, sing praises.
⁷ 
For God is the King of all the earth;
Sing praises in a skillful psalm and with understanding.
⁸ 
God reigns over the nations;
God sits on His holy throne.
⁹ 
The princes of the people have gathered together as the people of the God of Abraham,
For the shields of the earth belong to God;
He is highly exalted.

⁴ 
For, lo, the kings assembled themselves,
They [came and] passed by together.
⁵ 
They saw it, then they were amazed;
They were stricken with terror, they fled in alarm.
⁶ 
Panic seized them there,
And pain, as that of a woman in childbirth.
⁷ 
With the east wind
You shattered the ships of Tarshish.
⁸ 
As we have heard, so have we seen
In the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God:
God will establish her forever. Selah.

⁹ 
We have thought of Your lovingkindness, O God,
In the midst of Your temple.
¹⁰ 
As is Your name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness, justice).
¹¹ 
Let Mount Zion be glad,
Let the daughters of Judah rejoice
Because of Your [righteous] judgments.
¹² 
Walk about Zion, go all around her;
Count her towers,
¹³ 
Consider her ramparts,
Go through her palaces,
That you may tell the next generation [about her glory].
¹⁴ 
For this is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will be our guide even until death.

⁵ 
Why should I fear in the days of evil,
When the wickedness of those who would betray me surrounds me [on every side],
⁶ 
Even those who trust in and rely on their wealth
And boast of the abundance of their riches?
⁷ 
None of them can by any means redeem [either himself or] his brother,
Nor give to God a ransom for him—
⁸ 
For the ransom of his soul is too costly,
And he should cease trying forever—
⁹ 
So that he should live on eternally,
That he should never see the pit (grave) and undergo decay.

¹⁰ 
For he sees that even wise men die;
The fool and the stupid alike perish
And leave their wealth to others.^(CG)
11 
Their inward thought is that their houses will continue forever,
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They have named their lands after their own names [ignoring God].
¹² 
But man, with all his [self] honor and pomp, will not endure;
He is like the beasts that perish.

¹³ 
This is the fate of those who are foolishly confident,
And of those after them who approve [and are influenced by] their words. Selah.
¹⁴ 
Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
Death will be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form and beauty shall ^[bf]be for Sheol to consume,
So that they have no dwelling [on earth].
¹⁵ 
But God will redeem my life from the power of Sheol,
For He will receive me. Selah.

¹⁶ 
Be not afraid when [an ungodly] man becomes rich,
When the wealth and glory of his house are increased;
¹⁷ 
For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
His glory will not descend after him.
¹⁸ 
Though while he lives he counts himself happy and prosperous—
And though people praise you when you do well for yourself—
¹⁹ 
He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
They shall never again see the light.
²⁰ 
A man [who is held] in honor,
Yet who lacks [spiritual] understanding and a teachable heart, is like the beasts that perish.

⁷ 
“Hear, O My people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you:
I am God, your God.
⁸ 
“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices;
Your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
⁹ 
“I will accept no young bull from your house
Nor male goat from your folds.
¹⁰ 
“For every beast of the forest is Mine,
And the cattle on a thousand hills.
¹¹ 
“I know every bird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is ^[bh]Mine.
¹² 
“If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
For the world and all it contains are Mine.^(CH)
13 
“Shall I eat the flesh of bulls
Or drink the blood of male goats?
¹⁴ 
“Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving
And pay your vows to the Most High;
¹⁵ 
Call on Me in the day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.”

¹⁶ 
But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite My statutes
Or to take My covenant on your lips?
¹⁷ 
“For you hate instruction and discipline
And cast My words behind you [discarding them].
¹⁸ 
“When you see a thief, you are pleased with him and condone his behavior,
And you associate with adulterers.
¹⁹ 
“You give your mouth to evil
And your tongue frames deceit.
²⁰ 
“You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.
²¹ 
“These things you have done and I kept silent;
You thought that I was just like you.
Now I will reprimand and denounce you and state the case in order before your eyes.

²² 
“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [you].
²³ 
“He who offers a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who orders his way rightly [who follows the way that I show him],
I shall show the salvation of God.”

⁵ 
I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness;
In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].^(CJ)
6 
Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,
And in the hidden part [of my heart] You will make me know wisdom.
⁷ 
Purify me with ^[bi]hyssop, and I will be clean;
Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
⁸ 
Make me hear joy and gladness and be satisfied;
Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.
⁹ 
Hide Your face from my sins
And blot out all my iniquities.

¹⁰ 
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a right and steadfast spirit within me.
¹¹ 
Do not cast me away from Your presence
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
¹² 
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation
And sustain me with a willing spirit.
¹³ 
Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted and return to You.

¹⁴ 
Rescue me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;
Then my tongue will sing joyfully of Your righteousness and Your justice.
¹⁵ 
O Lord, open my lips,
That my mouth may declare Your praise.
¹⁶ 
For You do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.^(CK)
17 
My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit;
A broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.

¹⁸ 
By Your favor do good to Zion;
May You rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
¹⁹ 
Then will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,
In burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

⁵ 
But God will break you down forever;
He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.
⁶ 
The righteous will see it and fear,
And will [scoffingly] laugh, saying,
⁷ 
“Look, [this is] the man who would not make God his strength [his stronghold and fortress],
But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
Taking refuge in his wealth.”

⁸ 
But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;
I trust [confidently] in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.
⁹ 
I will thank You forever, because You have done it, [You have rescued me and kept me safe].
I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.