⁴ Enter his gates with thanksgiving^(H)
    and his courts^(I) with praise;
    give thanks to him and praise his name.^(J)
5 For the Lord is good^(K) and his love endures forever;^(L)
    his faithfulness^(M) continues through all generations.

I will conduct the affairs^(P) of my house
    with a blameless heart.
³ I will not look with approval
    on anything that is vile.^(Q)

I hate what faithless people do;^(R)
    I will have no part in it.
⁴ The perverse of heart^(S) shall be far from me;
    I will have nothing to do with what is evil.

⁵ Whoever slanders their neighbor^(T) in secret,
    I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes^(U) and a proud heart,
    I will not tolerate.

⁶ My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,
    that they may dwell with me;
the one whose walk is blameless^(V)
    will minister to me.

⁷ No one who practices deceit
    will dwell in my house;
no one who speaks falsely
    will stand in my presence.

⁸ Every morning^(W) I will put to silence
    all the wicked^(X) in the land;
I will cut off every evildoer^(Y)
    from the city of the Lord.^(Z)

³ For my days vanish like smoke;^(AE)
    my bones^(AF) burn like glowing embers.
⁴ My heart is blighted and withered like grass;^(AG)
    I forget to eat my food.^(AH)
5 In my distress I groan aloud^(AI)
    and am reduced to skin and bones.
⁶ I am like a desert owl,^(AJ)
    like an owl among the ruins.
⁷ I lie awake;^(AK) I have become
    like a bird alone^(AL) on a roof.
⁸ All day long my enemies^(AM) taunt me;^(AN)
    those who rail against me use my name as a curse.^(AO)
9 For I eat ashes^(AP) as my food
    and mingle my drink with tears^(AQ)
10 because of your great wrath,^(AR)
    for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
¹¹ My days are like the evening shadow;^(AS)
    I wither^(AT) away like grass.

¹² But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;^(AU)
    your renown endures^(AV) through all generations.^(AW)
13 You will arise^(AX) and have compassion^(AY) on Zion,
    for it is time^(AZ) to show favor^(BA) to her;
    the appointed time^(BB) has come.
¹⁴ For her stones are dear to your servants;
    her very dust moves them to pity.
¹⁵ The nations will fear^(BC) the name of the Lord,
    all the kings^(BD) of the earth will revere your glory.
¹⁶ For the Lord will rebuild Zion^(BE)
    and appear in his glory.^(BF)
17 He will respond to the prayer^(BG) of the destitute;
    he will not despise their plea.

¹⁸ Let this be written^(BH) for a future generation,
    that a people not yet created^(BI) may praise the Lord:
¹⁹ “The Lord looked down^(BJ) from his sanctuary on high,
    from heaven he viewed the earth,
²⁰ to hear the groans of the prisoners^(BK)
    and release those condemned to death.”
²¹ So the name of the Lord will be declared^(BL) in Zion
    and his praise^(BM) in Jerusalem
²² when the peoples and the kingdoms
    assemble to worship^(BN) the Lord.

²³ In the course of my life^[c] he broke my strength;
    he cut short my days.^(BO)
24 So I said:
“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;
    your years go on^(BP) through all generations.
²⁵ In the beginning^(BQ) you laid the foundations of the earth,
    and the heavens^(BR) are the work of your hands.^(BS)
26 They will perish,^(BT) but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them
    and they will be discarded.
²⁷ But you remain the same,^(BU)
    and your years will never end.^(BV)
28 The children of your servants^(BW) will live in your presence;
    their descendants^(BX) will be established before you.”