² When evildoers assail me
    to devour my flesh—
my adversaries and foes—
    they shall stumble and fall.^(B)

³ Though an army encamp against me,
    my heart shall not fear;
though war rise up against me,
    yet I will be confident.^(C)

⁴ One thing I asked of the Lord;
    this I seek:
to live in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of the Lord,
    and to inquire in his temple.^(D)

⁵ For he will hide me in his shelter
    in the day of trouble;
he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
    he will set me high on a rock.^(E)

⁶ Now my head is lifted up
    above my enemies all around me,
and I will offer in his tent
    sacrifices with shouts of joy;
I will sing and make melody to the Lord.^(F)

⁷ Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;
    be gracious to me and answer me!^(G)
8 “Come,” my heart says, “seek his face!”
    Your face, Lord, do I seek.^(H)
9     Do not hide your face from me.

Do not turn your servant away in anger,
    you who have been my help.
Do not cast me off; do not forsake me,
    O God of my salvation!^(I)
10 If my father and mother forsake me,
    the Lord will take me up.^(J)

¹¹ Teach me your way, O Lord,
    and lead me on a level path
    because of my enemies.^(K)
12 Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,
    for false witnesses have risen against me,
    and they are breathing out violence.^(L)

¹³ I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord
    in the land of the living.^(M)
14 Wait for the Lord;
    be strong, and let your heart take courage;
    wait for the Lord!^(N)

⁷ The way of the righteous is level;
    straight is the path of the righteous that you clear.^(A)
8 In the path of your judgments,
    O Lord, we have placed hope;
your name and your renown
    are the soul’s desire.^(B)
9 My soul yearns for you in the night;
    my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
For when your judgments are in the earth,
    the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.^(C)
10 If favor is shown to the wicked,
    they do not learn righteousness;
they corrupt what is upright on the earth
    and do not see the majesty of the Lord.^(D)
11 O Lord, your hand is lifted up,
    but they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people and be ashamed.
    Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.^(E)
12 O Lord, may you ordain peace for us,
    for indeed, all that we have done, you have done for us.^(F)
13 O Lord our God,
    other lords besides you have ruled over us,
    but we acknowledge your name alone.^(G)
14 The dead do not live;
    shades do not rise
because you have punished and destroyed them
    and wiped out all memory of them.^(H)
15 But you have increased the nation, O Lord;
    you have increased the nation; you are glorified;
    you have enlarged all the borders of the land.^(I)