⁴ For You are not a God ^(G)who takes pleasure in wickedness;
^(H)No evil can dwell with You.
⁵ The ^(I)boastful will not ^(J)stand before Your eyes;
You ^(K)hate all who do injustice.
⁶ You ^(L)destroy those who speak lies;
The Lord loathes ^(M)the person of bloodshed and deceit.
⁷ But as for me, ^(N)by Your abundant graciousness I will enter Your house,
^[d]At Your holy temple I will ^(O)bow in ^(P)reverence for You.

⁸ Lord, ^(Q)lead me ^(R)in Your righteousness ^(S)because of my enemies;
Make Your way ^[e]straight before me.
⁹ For there is ^(T)nothing ^[f]trustworthy in ^[g]their mouth;
Their ^(U)inward part is destruction itself.
Their ^(V)throat is an open grave;
They ^[h]flatter with their tongue.
¹⁰ Make them pay, God;
^(W)Have them fall by their own schemes!
^(X)Scatter them in the multitude of their wrongdoings,
For they are ^(Y)rebellious against You.

¹¹ But ^(Z)rejoice, all who ^(AA)take refuge in You,
Sing for joy forever!
And ^[i]may You ^(AB)shelter them,
That those who ^(AC)love Your name may rejoice in You.
¹² For You ^(AD)bless the righteous person, Lord,
You ^(AE)surround him with favor as with a shield.

⁴ Return, Lord, ^(G)rescue my ^[b]soul;
Save me because of Your mercy.
⁵ For ^(H)there is no ^[c]mention of You in death;
In ^[d]Sheol, who will praise You?

⁶ I am ^(I)weary with my sighing;
Every night I make my bed swim,
I flood my couch with ^(J)my tears.
⁷ My ^(K)eye has wasted away with grief;
It has grown old because of all my enemies.

^8 (L)Leave me, all you who practice injustice,
For the Lord ^(M)has heard the sound of my weeping.
⁹ The Lord ^(N)has heard my pleading,
The Lord ^(O)receives my prayer.
¹⁰ All my enemies will ^(P)be put to shame and greatly horrified;
They shall ^[e]turn back, they will ^(Q)suddenly be put to shame.

³ For the wicked ^(E)boasts of his ^(F)soul’s desire,
And ^[c]the greedy person curses and ^(G)shows disrespect to the Lord.
⁴ The wicked, ^[d]in his haughtiness, ^(H)does not seek Him.
^(I)There is no God in all his schemes.

⁵ His ways ^(J)succeed at all times;
Yet Your judgments are on high, ^(K)out of his sight;
As for all his enemies, he snorts at them.
⁶ He says to himself, “^(L)I will not be moved;
^[e]Throughout the generations ^(M)I will not be in adversity.”
⁷ His ^(N)mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and ^(O)oppression;
^(P)Under his tongue is harm and injustice.
⁸ He sits in the ^(Q)lurking places of the villages;
He ^(R)kills the innocent in the secret places;
His eyes ^[f]surreptitiously watch for the ^[g](S)unfortunate.
⁹ He lurks in secret like ^(T)a lion in his ^[h]lair;
He ^(U)lurks to catch ^(V)the needy;
He catches the needy when he pulls him into his ^(W)net.
¹⁰ Then he crushes the needy one, who cowers;
And ^[i]unfortunate people fall by his mighty power.
¹¹ He ^(X)says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”

¹² Arise, Lord; God, ^(Y)lift up Your hand.
^(Z)Do not forget the humble.
¹³ Why has the wicked ^(AA)treated God disrespectfully?
He has said to himself, “^[j]You will not require an account.”
¹⁴ You have seen it, for You have looked at ^(AB)harm and provocation to ^[k]take it into Your hand.
The ^[l](AC)unfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the ^(AD)helper of the orphan.
^15 (AE)Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,
^[m](AF)Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

¹⁶ The Lord is ^(AG)King forever and ever;
^(AH)Nations have perished from His land.
¹⁷ Lord, You have heard the ^(AI)desire of the humble;
You will ^(AJ)strengthen their heart, ^(AK)You will make Your ear attentive
¹⁸ To ^[n]vindicate the ^(AL)orphan and the ^(AM)oppressed,
So that mankind, which is of the earth, will no longer cause ^(AN)terror.

⁴ The Lord is in His ^(G)holy temple; the ^[b]Lord’s ^(H)throne is in heaven;
His ^(I)eyes see, His eyelids test the sons of mankind.
⁵ The Lord ^(J)tests the righteous and ^(K)the wicked,
And His soul hates one who loves violence.
⁶ He will ^(L)rain ^[c]coals of fire upon the wicked,
^(M)And brimstone and ^(N)burning wind will be the portion of ^(O)their cup.
⁷ For the Lord is ^(P)righteous, ^(Q)He loves ^[d]righteousness;
The upright will ^(R)see His face.

²⁴ Therefore the Lord ^[c]God of armies,
The ^(E)Mighty One of Israel, declares,
“Ah, I will have satisfaction against My adversaries,
And ^(F)avenge Myself on My enemies.
²⁵ I will also turn My hand against you,
And ^(G)smelt away your impurities as with lye;
And I will remove all your slag.
²⁶ Then I will restore your ^(H)judges as at first,
And your counselors as at the beginning;
After that you will be called the ^(I)city of righteousness,
A faithful city.”

²⁷ Zion will be ^(J)redeemed with justice
And her ^[d]repentant ones with righteousness.
²⁸ But ^[e]wrongdoers and sinners together will be ^(K)broken,
And those who abandon the Lord will come to an end.
^29 [f]You certainly will be ashamed of the ^[g](L)oaks which you have desired,
And you will be embarrassed by the ^(M)gardens which you have chosen.
³⁰ For you will be like an ^[h]oak whose ^(N)leaf withers away,
Or like a garden that has no water.
³¹ The strong man will become like ^[i]flax fiber,
And his work a spark.
So they shall both ^(O)burn together
And there will be ^(P)no one to extinguish them.