² “I will make you into a great nation,^(A)
    and I will bless you;^(B)
I will make your name great,
    and you will be a blessing.^[a](C)
3 I will bless those who bless you,
    and whoever curses you I will curse;^(D)
and all peoples on earth
    will be blessed through you.^(E)”^[b]

² Beautiful^(A) in its loftiness,
    the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon^[a](B) is Mount Zion,^(C)
    the city of the Great King.^(D)

³ May the peoples praise you, God;
    may all the peoples praise you.^(D)
4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy,^(E)
    for you rule the peoples with equity^(F)
    and guide the nations of the earth.^(G)
5 May the peoples praise you, God;
    may all the peoples praise you.

⁶ The land yields its harvest;^(H)
    God, our God, blesses us.^(I)
7 May God bless us still,
    so that all the ends of the earth^(J) will fear him.^(K)

¹¹ They say, “God has forsaken^(A) him;
    pursue him and seize him,
    for no one will rescue^(B) him.”

³ Though you probe my heart,^(G)
    though you examine me at night and test me,^(H)
you will find that I have planned no evil;^(I)
    my mouth has not transgressed.^(J)
4 Though people tried to bribe me,
    I have kept myself from the ways of the violent
    through what your lips have commanded.
⁵ My steps have held to your paths;^(K)
    my feet have not stumbled.^(L)

⁶ I call on you, my God, for you will answer me;^(M)
    turn your ear to me^(N) and hear my prayer.^(O)
7 Show me the wonders of your great love,^(P)
    you who save by your right hand^(Q)
    those who take refuge^(R) in you from their foes.
⁸ Keep me^(S) as the apple of your eye;^(T)
    hide me^(U) in the shadow of your wings^(V)
9 from the wicked who are out to destroy me,
    from my mortal enemies who surround me.^(W)

¹⁰ They close up their callous hearts,^(X)
    and their mouths speak with arrogance.^(Y)
11 They have tracked me down, they now surround me,^(Z)
    with eyes alert, to throw me to the ground.
¹² They are like a lion^(AA) hungry for prey,^(AB)
    like a fierce lion crouching in cover.

¹³ Rise up,^(AC) Lord, confront them, bring them down;^(AD)
    with your sword rescue me from the wicked.
¹⁴ By your hand save me from such people, Lord,
    from those of this world^(AE) whose reward is in this life.^(AF)
May what you have stored up for the wicked fill their bellies;
    may their children gorge themselves on it,
    and may there be leftovers^(AG) for their little ones.

¹⁵ As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face;
    when I awake,^(AH) I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.^(AI)

⁸ Hear me, my people,^(A) and I will warn you—
    if you would only listen to me, Israel!