^[a]1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor standeth in the way of sinners,
Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:
² But his delight is in the law of Jehovah;
And on his law doth he meditate day and night.
³ And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water,
That bringeth forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also doth not wither;
And ^[b]whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
⁴ The wicked are not so,
But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
⁵ Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
⁶ For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous;
But the way of the wicked shall perish.

2 Why do the nations ^[c]rage,
And the peoples meditate a vain thing?
² The kings of the earth set themselves,
And the rulers take counsel together,
Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, saying,
³ Let us break their bonds asunder,
And cast away their cords from us.
⁴ He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh:
The Lord will have them in derision.
⁵ Then will he speak unto them in his wrath,
And ^[d]vex them in his sore displeasure:
⁶ Yet I have set my king
Upon my holy hill of Zion.
⁷ I will tell of the decree:
Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son;
This day have I begotten thee.
⁸ Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance,
And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
⁹ Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron;
Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

15 Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy ^[a]tabernacle?
Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
² He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness,
And speaketh truth in his heart;
^3 [b]He that slandereth not with his tongue,
Nor doeth evil to his friend,
Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor;
⁴ In ^[c]whose eyes a reprobate is despised,
But ^[d]who honoreth them that fear Jehovah;
^[e]He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not;
^5 [f]He that putteth not out his money to interest,
Nor taketh reward against the innocent.
He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

22 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
^[b]Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
² O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not;
And in the night season, ^[c]and am not silent.
³ But thou art holy,
O thou that ^[d]inhabitest the praises of Israel.
⁴ Our fathers trusted in thee:
They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
⁵ They cried unto thee, and were delivered:
They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.
⁶ But I am a worm, and no man;
A reproach of men, and despised of the people.
⁷ All they that see me laugh me to scorn:
They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
^8 [e]Commit thyself unto Jehovah; let him deliver him:
Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.
⁹ But thou art he that took me out of the womb;
Thou didst make me trust when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
¹⁰ I was cast upon thee from the womb;
Thou art my God since my mother bare me.
¹¹ Be not far from me; for trouble is near;
For there is none to help.
¹² Many bulls have compassed me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
¹³ They gape upon me with their mouth,
As a ravening and a roaring lion.
¹⁴ I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint:
My heart is like wax;
It is melted within me.
¹⁵ My strength is dried up like a potsherd;
And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws;
And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
¹⁶ For dogs have compassed me:
A company of evil-doers have inclosed me;
^[f]They pierced my hands and my feet.
¹⁷ I may count all my bones.
They look and stare upon me;
¹⁸ They part my garments among them,
And upon my vesture do they cast lots.
¹⁹ But be not thou far off, O Jehovah:
O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.
²⁰ Deliver my soul from the sword,
My ^[g]darling from the power of the dog.
²¹ Save me from the lion’s mouth;
Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.

23 Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.
² He maketh me to lie down in green pastures;
He leadeth me beside ^[i]still waters.
³ He restoreth my soul:
He guideth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
⁴ Yea, though I walk through the valley of ^[j]the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil; for thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
⁵ Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
Thou hast anointed my head with oil;
My cup runneth over.
^6 [k]Surely goodness and lovingkindness shall follow me all the days of my life;
And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah ^[l]for ever.

24 The earth is Jehovah’s, and the fulness thereof;
The world, and they that dwell therein.
² For he hath founded it upon the seas,
And established it upon the floods.
³ Who shall ascend into the hill of Jehovah?
And who shall stand in his holy place?
⁴ He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart;
Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood,
And hath not sworn deceitfully.
⁵ He shall receive a blessing from Jehovah,
And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
⁶ This is the generation of them that seek after him,
That seek thy face, even Jacob. Selah

47 Oh clap your hands, all ye peoples;
Shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
² For ^[a]Jehovah Most High is terrible;
He is a great King over all the earth.
³ He subdueth peoples under us,
And nations under our feet.
⁴ He chooseth our inheritance for us,
The glory of Jacob whom he ^[b]loved. Selah
⁵ God is gone up with a shout,
Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet.
⁶ Sing praises to God, sing praises:
Sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
⁷ For God is the King of all the earth:
Sing ye praises ^[c]with understanding.
⁸ God reigneth over the nations:
God sitteth upon his holy throne.
⁹ The princes of the peoples are gathered together
^[d]To be the people of the God of Abraham;
For the shields of the earth belong unto God:
He is greatly exalted.