³ Great^(F) is the Lord and most worthy of praise;^(G)
    his greatness no one can fathom.^(H)
4 One generation^(I) commends your works to another;
    they tell^(J) of your mighty acts.^(K)
5 They speak of the glorious splendor^(L) of your majesty—
    and I will meditate on your wonderful works.^[b](M)
6 They tell^(N) of the power of your awesome works—^(O)
    and I will proclaim^(P) your great deeds.^(Q)
7 They celebrate your abundant goodness^(R)
    and joyfully sing^(S) of your righteousness.^(T)

⁸ The Lord is gracious and compassionate,^(U)
    slow to anger and rich in love.^(V)

⁹ The Lord is good^(W) to all;
    he has compassion^(X) on all he has made.
¹⁰ All your works praise you,^(Y) Lord;
    your faithful people extol^(Z) you.^(AA)
11 They tell of the glory of your kingdom^(AB)
    and speak of your might,^(AC)
12 so that all people may know of your mighty acts^(AD)
    and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.^(AE)
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,^(AF)
    and your dominion endures through all generations.

The Lord is trustworthy^(AG) in all he promises^(AH)
    and faithful in all he does.^[c]
14 The Lord upholds^(AI) all who fall
    and lifts up all^(AJ) who are bowed down.^(AK)
15 The eyes of all look to you,
    and you give them their food^(AL) at the proper time.
¹⁶ You open your hand
    and satisfy the desires^(AM) of every living thing.

¹⁷ The Lord is righteous^(AN) in all his ways
    and faithful in all he does.^(AO)
18 The Lord is near^(AP) to all who call on him,^(AQ)
    to all who call on him in truth.
¹⁹ He fulfills the desires^(AR) of those who fear him;^(AS)
    he hears their cry^(AT) and saves them.^(AU)
20 The Lord watches over^(AV) all who love him,^(AW)
    but all the wicked he will destroy.^(AX)

²¹ My mouth will speak^(AY) in praise of the Lord.
    Let every creature^(AZ) praise his holy name^(BA)
    for ever and ever.

⁴ Not so the wicked!
    They are like chaff^(Q)
    that the wind blows away.
⁵ Therefore the wicked will not stand^(R) in the judgment,^(S)
    nor sinners in the assembly^(T) of the righteous.

⁶ For the Lord watches over^(U) the way of the righteous,
    but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.^(V)

⁴ The One enthroned^(AB) in heaven laughs;^(AC)
    the Lord scoffs at them.
⁵ He rebukes them in his anger^(AD)
    and terrifies them in his wrath,^(AE) saying,
⁶ “I have installed my king^(AF)
    on Zion,^(AG) my holy mountain.^(AH)”

He said to me, “You are my son;^(AI)
    today I have become your father.^(AJ)
8 Ask me,
    and I will make the nations^(AK) your inheritance,^(AL)
    the ends of the earth^(AM) your possession.
⁹ You will break them with a rod of iron^[b];^(AN)
    you will dash them to pieces^(AO) like pottery.^(AP)”

¹⁰ Therefore, you kings, be wise;^(AQ)
    be warned, you rulers^(AR) of the earth.
¹¹ Serve the Lord with fear^(AS)
    and celebrate his rule^(AT) with trembling.^(AU)
12 Kiss his son,^(AV) or he will be angry
    and your way will lead to your destruction,
for his wrath^(AW) can flare up in a moment.
    Blessed^(AX) are all who take refuge^(AY) in him.

³ But you, Lord, are a shield^(BB) around me,
    my glory, the One who lifts my head high.^(BC)
4 I call out to the Lord,^(BD)
    and he answers me from his holy mountain.^(BE)

⁵ I lie down and sleep;^(BF)
    I wake again,^(BG) because the Lord sustains me.
⁶ I will not fear^(BH) though tens of thousands
    assail me on every side.^(BI)

⁷ Arise,^(BJ) Lord!
    Deliver me,^(BK) my God!
Strike^(BL) all my enemies on the jaw;
    break the teeth^(BM) of the wicked.

⁸ From the Lord comes deliverance.^(BN)
    May your blessing^(BO) be on your people.

² How long will you people turn my glory^(BT) into shame?^(BU)
    How long will you love delusions and seek false gods^[f]?^[g](BV)
3 Know that the Lord has set apart his faithful servant^(BW) for himself;
    the Lord hears^(BX) when I call to him.

⁴ Tremble and^[h] do not sin;^(BY)
    when you are on your beds,^(BZ)
    search your hearts and be silent.
⁵ Offer the sacrifices of the righteous
    and trust in the Lord.^(CA)

⁶ Many, Lord, are asking, “Who will bring us prosperity?”
    Let the light of your face shine on us.^(CB)
7 Fill my heart^(CC) with joy^(CD)
    when their grain and new wine^(CE) abound.

⁸ In peace^(CF) I will lie down and sleep,^(CG)
    for you alone, Lord,
    make me dwell in safety.^(CH)

³ In the morning,^(CM) Lord, you hear my voice;
    in the morning I lay my requests before you
    and wait expectantly.^(CN)
4 For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness;
    with you, evil people^(CO) are not welcome.
⁵ The arrogant^(CP) cannot stand^(CQ)
    in your presence.
You hate^(CR) all who do wrong;
⁶     you destroy those who tell lies.^(CS)
The bloodthirsty and deceitful
    you, Lord, detest.
⁷ But I, by your great love,
    can come into your house;
in reverence^(CT) I bow down^(CU)
    toward your holy temple.^(CV)

⁸ Lead me, Lord, in your righteousness^(CW)
    because of my enemies—
    make your way straight^(CX) before me.
⁹ Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
    their heart is filled with malice.
Their throat is an open grave;^(CY)
    with their tongues they tell lies.^(CZ)
10 Declare them guilty, O God!
    Let their intrigues be their downfall.
Banish them for their many sins,^(DA)
    for they have rebelled^(DB) against you.
¹¹ But let all who take refuge in you be glad;
    let them ever sing for joy.^(DC)
Spread your protection over them,
    that those who love your name^(DD) may rejoice in you.^(DE)

¹² Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous;^(DF)
    you surround them^(DG) with your favor as with a shield.^(DH)

⁴ Turn,^(DP) Lord, and deliver me;
    save me because of your unfailing love.^(DQ)
5 Among the dead no one proclaims your name.
    Who praises you from the grave?^(DR)

⁶ I am worn out^(DS) from my groaning.^(DT)

All night long I flood my bed with weeping^(DU)
    and drench my couch with tears.^(DV)
7 My eyes grow weak^(DW) with sorrow;
    they fail because of all my foes.

⁸ Away from me,^(DX) all you who do evil,^(DY)
    for the Lord has heard my weeping.
⁹ The Lord has heard my cry for mercy;^(DZ)
    the Lord accepts my prayer.
¹⁰ All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish;^(EA)
    they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.^(EB)

³ Lord my God, if I have done this
    and there is guilt on my hands^(EI)—
⁴ if I have repaid my ally with evil
    or without cause^(EJ) have robbed my foe—
⁵ then let my enemy pursue and overtake^(EK) me;
    let him trample my life to the ground^(EL)
    and make me sleep in the dust.^[n](EM)

⁶ Arise,^(EN) Lord, in your anger;
    rise up against the rage of my enemies.^(EO)
    Awake,^(EP) my God; decree justice.
⁷ Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
    while you sit enthroned over them on high.^(EQ)
8     Let the Lord judge^(ER) the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,^(ES)
    according to my integrity,^(ET) O Most High.^(EU)
9 Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
    and make the righteous secure—^(EV)
you, the righteous God^(EW)
    who probes minds and hearts.^(EX)

¹⁰ My shield^[o](EY) is God Most High,
    who saves the upright in heart.^(EZ)
11 God is a righteous judge,^(FA)
    a God who displays his wrath^(FB) every day.
¹² If he does not relent,^(FC)
    he^[p] will sharpen his sword;^(FD)
    he will bend and string his bow.^(FE)
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;
    he makes ready his flaming arrows.^(FF)

¹⁴ Whoever is pregnant with evil
    conceives trouble and gives birth^(FG) to disillusionment.
¹⁵ Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
    falls into the pit^(FH) they have made.^(FI)
16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
    their violence comes down on their own heads.

¹⁷ I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;^(FJ)
    I will sing the praises^(FK) of the name of the Lord Most High.^(FL)

You have set your glory^(FN)
    in the heavens.^(FO)
2 Through the praise of children and infants
    you have established a stronghold^(FP) against your enemies,
    to silence the foe^(FQ) and the avenger.
³ When I consider your heavens,^(FR)
    the work of your fingers,^(FS)
the moon and the stars,^(FT)
    which you have set in place,
⁴ what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?^[s](FU)

⁵ You have made them^[t] a little lower than the angels^[u](FV)
    and crowned them^[v] with glory and honor.^(FW)
6 You made them rulers^(FX) over the works of your hands;^(FY)
    you put everything under their^[w] feet:^(FZ)
7 all flocks and herds,^(GA)
    and the animals of the wild,^(GB)
8 the birds in the sky,
    and the fish in the sea,^(GC)
    all that swim the paths of the seas.

⁹ Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!^(GD)

³ My enemies turn back;
    they stumble and perish before you.
⁴ For you have upheld my right^(GJ) and my cause,^(GK)
    sitting enthroned^(GL) as the righteous judge.^(GM)
5 You have rebuked the nations^(GN) and destroyed the wicked;
    you have blotted out their name^(GO) for ever and ever.
⁶ Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
    you have uprooted their cities;^(GP)
    even the memory of them^(GQ) has perished.

⁷ The Lord reigns forever;^(GR)
    he has established his throne^(GS) for judgment.
⁸ He rules the world in righteousness^(GT)
    and judges the peoples with equity.^(GU)
9 The Lord is a refuge^(GV) for the oppressed,^(GW)
    a stronghold in times of trouble.^(GX)
10 Those who know your name^(GY) trust in you,
    for you, Lord, have never forsaken^(GZ) those who seek you.^(HA)

¹¹ Sing the praises^(HB) of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;^(HC)
    proclaim among the nations^(HD) what he has done.^(HE)
12 For he who avenges blood^(HF) remembers;
    he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.^(HG)

¹³ Lord, see how my enemies^(HH) persecute me!
    Have mercy^(HI) and lift me up from the gates of death,^(HJ)
14 that I may declare your praises^(HK)
    in the gates of Daughter Zion,^(HL)
    and there rejoice in your salvation.^(HM)

¹⁵ The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;^(HN)
    their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.^(HO)
16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
    the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.^[z](HP)
17 The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,^(HQ)
    all the nations that forget God.^(HR)
18 But God will never forget the needy;
    the hope^(HS) of the afflicted^(HT) will never perish.

¹⁹ Arise,^(HU) Lord, do not let mortals triumph;^(HV)
    let the nations be judged^(HW) in your presence.
²⁰ Strike them with terror,^(HX) Lord;
    let the nations know they are only mortal.^(HY)

² In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,^(IB)
    who are caught in the schemes he devises.
³ He boasts^(IC) about the cravings of his heart;
    he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.^(ID)
4 In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;
    in all his thoughts there is no room for God.^(IE)
5 His ways are always prosperous;
    your laws are rejected by^[ab] him;
    he sneers at all his enemies.
⁶ He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.”
    He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”^(IF)

⁷ His mouth is full^(IG) of lies and threats;^(IH)
    trouble and evil are under his tongue.^(II)
8 He lies in wait^(IJ) near the villages;
    from ambush he murders the innocent.^(IK)
His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
⁹     like a lion in cover he lies in wait.
He lies in wait to catch the helpless;^(IL)
    he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.^(IM)
10 His victims are crushed,^(IN) they collapse;
    they fall under his strength.
¹¹ He says to himself, “God will never notice;^(IO)
    he covers his face and never sees.”^(IP)

¹² Arise,^(IQ) Lord! Lift up your hand,^(IR) O God.
    Do not forget the helpless.^(IS)
13 Why does the wicked man revile God?^(IT)
    Why does he say to himself,
    “He won’t call me to account”?^(IU)
14 But you, God, see the trouble^(IV) of the afflicted;
    you consider their grief and take it in hand.
The victims commit themselves to you;^(IW)
    you are the helper^(IX) of the fatherless.
¹⁵ Break the arm of the wicked man;^(IY)
    call the evildoer to account for his wickedness
    that would not otherwise be found out.

¹⁶ The Lord is King for ever and ever;^(IZ)
    the nations^(JA) will perish from his land.
¹⁷ You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted;^(JB)
    you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,^(JC)
18 defending the fatherless^(JD) and the oppressed,^(JE)
    so that mere earthly mortals
    will never again strike terror.

⁴ The Lord is in his holy temple;^(JN)
    the Lord is on his heavenly throne.^(JO)
He observes everyone on earth;^(JP)
    his eyes examine^(JQ) them.
⁵ The Lord examines the righteous,^(JR)
    but the wicked, those who love violence,
    he hates with a passion.^(JS)
6 On the wicked he will rain
    fiery coals and burning sulfur;^(JT)
    a scorching wind^(JU) will be their lot.

⁷ For the Lord is righteous,^(JV)
    he loves justice;^(JW)
    the upright^(JX) will see his face.^(JY)

³ May the Lord silence all flattering lips^(KC)
    and every boastful tongue—^(KD)
4 those who say,
    “By our tongues we will prevail;^(KE)
    our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”

⁵ “Because the poor are plundered^(KF) and the needy groan,^(KG)
    I will now arise,^(KH)” says the Lord.
    “I will protect them^(KI) from those who malign them.”
⁶ And the words of the Lord are flawless,^(KJ)
    like silver purified^(KK) in a crucible,^(KL)
    like gold^[ae] refined seven times.

⁷ You, Lord, will keep the needy safe^(KM)
    and will protect us forever from the wicked,^(KN)
8 who freely strut^(KO) about
    when what is vile is honored by the human race.

³ Look on me^(KU) and answer,^(KV) Lord my God.
    Give light to my eyes,^(KW) or I will sleep in death,^(KX)
4 and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,^(KY)”
    and my foes will rejoice when I fall.^(KZ)

⁵ But I trust in your unfailing love;^(LA)
    my heart rejoices in your salvation.^(LB)
6 I will sing^(LC) the Lord’s praise,
    for he has been good to me.