⁶ The Lord works righteousness^(M)
    and justice for all the oppressed.^(N)

⁷ He made known^(O) his ways^(P) to Moses,
    his deeds^(Q) to the people of Israel:
⁸ The Lord is compassionate and gracious,^(R)
    slow to anger, abounding in love.
⁹ He will not always accuse,
    nor will he harbor his anger forever;^(S)
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve^(T)
    or repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his love^(U) for those who fear him;^(V)
12 as far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions^(W) from us.

¹³ As a father has compassion^(X) on his children,
    so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
¹⁴ for he knows how we are formed,^(Y)
    he remembers that we are dust.^(Z)
15 The life of mortals is like grass,^(AA)
    they flourish like a flower^(AB) of the field;
¹⁶ the wind blows^(AC) over it and it is gone,
    and its place^(AD) remembers it no more.
¹⁷ But from everlasting to everlasting
    the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
    and his righteousness with their children’s children^(AE)—
¹⁸ with those who keep his covenant^(AF)
    and remember^(AG) to obey his precepts.^(AH)

¹⁹ The Lord has established his throne^(AI) in heaven,
    and his kingdom rules^(AJ) over all.

²⁰ Praise the Lord,^(AK) you his angels,^(AL)
    you mighty ones^(AM) who do his bidding,^(AN)
    who obey his word.
²¹ Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts,^(AO)
    you his servants^(AP) who do his will.
²² Praise the Lord, all his works^(AQ)
    everywhere in his dominion.

Praise the Lord, my soul.^(AR)

⁶ Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
    let an accuser^(I) stand at his right hand.
⁷ When he is tried, let him be found guilty,^(J)
    and may his prayers condemn^(K) him.
⁸ May his days be few;^(L)
    may another take his place^(M) of leadership.
⁹ May his children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow.^(N)
10 May his children be wandering beggars;^(O)
    may they be driven^[a] from their ruined homes.
¹¹ May a creditor^(P) seize all he has;
    may strangers plunder^(Q) the fruits of his labor.^(R)
12 May no one extend kindness to him
    or take pity^(S) on his fatherless children.
¹³ May his descendants be cut off,^(T)
    their names blotted out^(U) from the next generation.
¹⁴ May the iniquity of his fathers^(V) be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
¹⁵ May their sins always remain before^(W) the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name^(X) from the earth.

¹⁶ For he never thought of doing a kindness,
    but hounded to death the poor
    and the needy^(Y) and the brokenhearted.^(Z)
17 He loved to pronounce a curse—
    may it come back on him.^(AA)
He found no pleasure in blessing—
    may it be far from him.
¹⁸ He wore cursing^(AB) as his garment;
    it entered into his body like water,^(AC)
    into his bones like oil.
¹⁹ May it be like a cloak wrapped^(AD) about him,
    like a belt tied forever around him.
²⁰ May this be the Lord’s payment^(AE) to my accusers,
    to those who speak evil^(AF) of me.

²¹ But you, Sovereign Lord,
    help me for your name’s sake;^(AG)
    out of the goodness of your love,^(AH) deliver me.^(AI)
22 For I am poor and needy,
    and my heart is wounded within me.
²³ I fade away like an evening shadow;^(AJ)
    I am shaken off like a locust.
²⁴ My knees give^(AK) way from fasting;^(AL)
    my body is thin and gaunt.^(AM)
25 I am an object of scorn^(AN) to my accusers;
    when they see me, they shake their heads.^(AO)

²⁶ Help me,^(AP) Lord my God;
    save me according to your unfailing love.
²⁷ Let them know^(AQ) that it is your hand,
    that you, Lord, have done it.
²⁸ While they curse,^(AR) may you bless;
    may those who attack me be put to shame,
    but may your servant rejoice.^(AS)
29 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace
    and wrapped in shame^(AT) as in a cloak.

³⁰ With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord;
    in the great throng^(AU) of worshipers I will praise him.
³¹ For he stands at the right hand^(AV) of the needy,
    to save their lives from those who would condemn them.

“Sit at my right hand^(AX)
    until I make your enemies
    a footstool for your feet.”^(AY)

² The Lord will extend your mighty scepter^(AZ) from Zion,^(BA) saying,
    “Rule^(BB) in the midst of your enemies!”
³ Your troops will be willing
    on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,^(BC)
    your young men will come to you
    like dew from the morning’s womb.^[c](BD)

⁴ The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind:^(BE)
“You are a priest forever,^(BF)
    in the order of Melchizedek.^(BG)”

⁵ The Lord is at your right hand^[d];^(BH)
    he will crush kings^(BI) on the day of his wrath.^(BJ)
6 He will judge the nations,^(BK) heaping up the dead^(BL)
    and crushing the rulers^(BM) of the whole earth.
⁷ He will drink from a brook along the way,^[e]
    and so he will lift his head high.^(BN)

³ Jerusalem is built like a city
    that is closely compacted together.
⁴ That is where the tribes go up—
    the tribes of the Lord—
to praise the name of the Lord
    according to the statute given to Israel.
⁵ There stand the thrones for judgment,
    the thrones of the house of David.

⁶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
    “May those who love^(A) you be secure.
⁷ May there be peace^(B) within your walls
    and security within your citadels.^(C)”
⁸ For the sake of my family and friends,
    I will say, “Peace be within you.”
⁹ For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will seek your prosperity.^(D)

⁶ Praise be to the Lord,
    who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
⁷ We have escaped like a bird
    from the fowler’s snare;^(D)
the snare has been broken,^(E)
    and we have escaped.
⁸ Our help is in the name^(F) of the Lord,
    the Maker of heaven^(G) and earth.

³ Israel, put your hope^(G) in the Lord
    both now and forevermore.^(H)

² It is like precious oil poured on the head,^(C)
    running down on the beard,
running down on Aaron’s beard,
    down on the collar of his robe.
³ It is as if the dew^(D) of Hermon^(E)
    were falling on Mount Zion.^(F)
For there the Lord bestows his blessing,^(G)
    even life forevermore.^(H)

⁴ May all the kings of the earth^(J) praise you, Lord,
    when they hear what you have decreed.
⁵ May they sing^(K) of the ways of the Lord,
    for the glory of the Lord^(L) is great.

⁶ Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly;^(M)
    though lofty, he sees them^(N) from afar.
⁷ Though I walk^(O) in the midst of trouble,
    you preserve my life.^(P)
You stretch out your hand^(Q) against the anger of my foes;^(R)
    with your right hand^(S) you save me.^(T)
8 The Lord will vindicate^(U) me;
    your love, Lord, endures forever^(V)—
    do not abandon^(W) the works of your hands.^(X)

⁷ Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee^(AI) from your presence?
⁸ If I go up to the heavens,^(AJ) you are there;
    if I make my bed^(AK) in the depths, you are there.
⁹ If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand will guide me,^(AL)
    your right hand^(AM) will hold me fast.
¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”
¹² even the darkness will not be dark^(AN) to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

¹³ For you created my inmost being;^(AO)
    you knit me together^(AP) in my mother’s womb.^(AQ)
14 I praise you^(AR) because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,^(AS)
    I know that full well.
¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made^(AT) in the secret place,
    when I was woven together^(AU) in the depths of the earth.^(AV)
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained^(AW) for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
¹⁷ How precious to me are your thoughts,^[a](AX) God!^(AY)
    How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸ Were I to count them,^(AZ)
    they would outnumber the grains of sand^(BA)—
    when I awake,^(BB) I am still with you.

¹⁹ If only you, God, would slay the wicked!^(BC)
    Away from me,^(BD) you who are bloodthirsty!^(BE)
20 They speak of you with evil intent;
    your adversaries^(BF) misuse your name.^(BG)
21 Do I not hate those^(BH) who hate you, Lord,
    and abhor^(BI) those who are in rebellion against you?
²² I have nothing but hatred for them;
    I count them my enemies.^(BJ)
23 Search me,^(BK) God, and know my heart;^(BL)
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
²⁴ See if there is any offensive way^(BM) in me,
    and lead me^(BN) in the way everlasting.

⁴ Keep me safe,^(BU) Lord, from the hands of the wicked;^(BV)
    protect me from the violent,
    who devise ways to trip my feet.
⁵ The arrogant have hidden a snare^(BW) for me;
    they have spread out the cords of their net^(BX)
    and have set traps^(BY) for me along my path.

⁶ I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”^(BZ)
    Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy.^(CA)
7 Sovereign Lord,^(CB) my strong deliverer,
    you shield my head in the day of battle.
⁸ Do not grant the wicked^(CC) their desires, Lord;
    do not let their plans succeed.

⁹ Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
    may the mischief of their lips engulf them.^(CD)
10 May burning coals fall on them;
    may they be thrown into the fire,^(CE)
    into miry pits, never to rise.
¹¹ May slanderers not be established in the land;
    may disaster hunt down the violent.^(CF)

¹² I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor^(CG)
    and upholds the cause^(CH) of the needy.^(CI)
13 Surely the righteous will praise your name,^(CJ)
    and the upright will live^(CK) in your presence.^(CL)

³ Set a guard over my mouth,^(CR) Lord;
    keep watch over the door of my lips.^(CS)
4 Do not let my heart^(CT) be drawn to what is evil
    so that I take part in wicked deeds^(CU)
along with those who are evildoers;
    do not let me eat their delicacies.^(CV)

⁵ Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
    let him rebuke me^(CW)—that is oil on my head.^(CX)
My head will not refuse it,
    for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.

⁶ Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,^(CY)
    and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
⁷ They will say, “As one plows^(CZ) and breaks up the earth,^(DA)
    so our bones have been scattered at the mouth^(DB) of the grave.”

⁸ But my eyes are fixed^(DC) on you, Sovereign Lord;
    in you I take refuge^(DD)—do not give me over to death.
⁹ Keep me safe^(DE) from the traps set by evildoers,^(DF)
    from the snares^(DG) they have laid for me.
¹⁰ Let the wicked fall^(DH) into their own nets,
    while I pass by in safety.^(DI)