³ Surely ^(D)He shall deliver you from the snare of the ^[a]fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.
^4 (E)He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and ^[b]buckler.
^5 (F)You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
⁶ Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

⁷ A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
⁸ Only ^(G)with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.

⁹ Because you have made the Lord, who is ^(H)my refuge,
Even the Most High, ^(I)your dwelling place,
^10 (J)No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
^11 (K)For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
¹² In their hands they shall ^[c]bear you up,
^(L)Lest you ^[d]dash your foot against a stone.
¹³ You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.

¹⁴ “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will ^[e]set him on high, because he has ^(M)known My name.
¹⁵ He shall ^(N)call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be ^(O)with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
¹⁶ With ^[f]long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation.”

⁴ The ungodly are not so,
But are ^(G)like the chaff which the wind drives away.
⁵ Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

⁶ For ^(H)the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

⁴ He who sits in the heavens ^(N)shall laugh;
The Lord shall hold them in derision.
⁵ Then He shall speak to them in His wrath,
And distress them in His deep displeasure:
⁶ “Yet I have ^[h]set My King
^[i]On My holy hill of Zion.”

⁷ “I will declare the ^[j]decree:
The Lord has said to Me,
^(O)‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.
⁸ Ask of Me, and I will give You
The nations for Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth for Your possession.
^9 (P)You shall ^[k]break them with a rod of iron;
You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”

¹⁰ Now therefore, be wise, O kings;
Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
¹¹ Serve the Lord with fear,
And rejoice with trembling.
^12 [l]Kiss the Son, lest ^[m]He be angry,
And you perish in the way,
When ^(Q)His wrath is kindled but a little.
^(R)Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.

³ But You, O Lord, are ^(T)a shield ^[n]for me,
My glory and ^(U)the One who lifts up my head.
⁴ I cried to the Lord with my voice,
And ^(V)He heard me from His ^(W)holy hill. Selah

^5 (X)I lay down and slept;
I awoke, for the Lord sustained me.
^6 (Y)I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people
Who have set themselves against me all around.

⁷ Arise, O Lord;
Save me, O my God!
^(Z)For You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone;
You have broken the teeth of the ungodly.
^8 (AA)Salvation belongs to the Lord.
Your blessing is upon Your people. Selah

² How long, O you sons of men,
Will you turn my glory to shame?
How long will you love worthlessness
And seek falsehood? Selah
³ But know that ^(AB)the Lord has ^[q]set apart for Himself him who is godly;
The Lord will hear when I call to Him.

^4 (AC)Be^[r] angry, and do not sin.
^(AD)Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah
⁵ Offer ^(AE)the sacrifices of righteousness,
And ^(AF)put your trust in the Lord.

⁶ There are many who say,
“Who will show us any good?”
^(AG)Lord, lift up the light of Your countenance upon us.
⁷ You have put ^(AH)gladness in my heart,
More than in the season that their grain and wine increased.
^8 (AI)I will both lie down in peace, and sleep;
^(AJ)For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

⁴ For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness,
Nor shall evil ^[u]dwell with You.
⁵ The ^(AM)boastful shall not ^(AN)stand in Your sight;
You hate all workers of iniquity.
⁶ You shall destroy those who speak falsehood;
The Lord abhors the ^(AO)bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

⁷ But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy;
In fear of You I will worship toward ^[v]Your holy temple.
^8 (AP)Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies;
Make Your way straight before my face.

⁹ For there is no ^[w]faithfulness in their mouth;
Their inward part is destruction;
^(AQ)Their throat is an open tomb;
They flatter with their tongue.
¹⁰ Pronounce them guilty, O God!
Let them fall by their own counsels;
Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions,
For they have rebelled against You.

¹¹ But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You;
Let them ever shout for joy, because You ^[x]defend them;
Let those also who love Your name
Be joyful in You.
¹² For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous;
With favor You will surround him as with a shield.

⁴ Return, O Lord, deliver me!
Oh, save me for Your mercies’ sake!
^5 (AV)For in death there is no remembrance of You;
In the grave who will give You thanks?

⁶ I am weary with my groaning;
^[z]All night I make my bed swim;
I drench my couch with my tears.
^7 (AW)My eye wastes away because of grief;
It grows old because of all my enemies.

^8 (AX)Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity;
For the Lord has ^(AY)heard the voice of my weeping.
⁹ The Lord has heard my supplication;
The Lord will receive my prayer.
¹⁰ Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled;
Let them turn back and be ashamed suddenly.

³ O Lord my God, ^(BE)if I have done this:
If there is ^(BF)iniquity in my hands,
⁴ If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me,
Or ^(BG)have plundered my enemy without cause,
⁵ Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me;
Yes, let him trample my life to the earth,
And lay my honor in the dust. Selah

⁶ Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;
^(BH)Lift Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies;
^(BI)Rise up ^[ab]for me to the judgment You have commanded!
⁷ So the congregation of the peoples shall surround You;
For their sakes, therefore, return on high.
⁸ The Lord shall judge the peoples;
^(BJ)Judge me, O Lord, ^(BK)according to my righteousness,
And according to my integrity within me.

⁹ Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,
But establish the just;
^(BL)For the righteous God tests the hearts and ^[ac]minds.
^10 [ad]My defense is of God,
Who saves the ^(BM)upright in heart.

¹¹ God is a just judge,
And God is angry with the wicked every day.
¹² If he does not turn back,
He will ^(BN)sharpen His sword;
He bends His bow and makes it ready.
¹³ He also prepares for Himself instruments of death;
He makes His arrows into fiery shafts.

^14 (BO)Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity;
Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood.
¹⁵ He made a pit and dug it out,
^(BP)And has fallen into the ditch which he made.
^16 (BQ)His trouble shall return upon his own head,
And his violent dealing shall come down on ^[ae]his own crown.

¹⁷ I will praise the Lord according to His righteousness,
And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

^2 (BT)Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have ^[ag]ordained strength,
Because of Your enemies,
That You may silence ^(BU)the enemy and the avenger.

³ When I ^(BV)consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
^4 (BW)What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You ^(BX)visit^[ah] him?
⁵ For You have made him a little lower than ^[ai]the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

^6 (BY)You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
^(BZ)You have put all things under his feet,
⁷ All sheep and oxen—
Even the beasts of the field,
⁸ The birds of the air,
And the fish of the sea
That pass through the paths of the seas.

^9 (CA)O Lord, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth!

³ When my enemies turn back,
They shall fall and perish at Your presence.
⁴ For You have maintained my right and my cause;
You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.
⁵ You have rebuked the ^[ak]nations,
You have destroyed the wicked;
You have ^(CD)blotted out their name forever and ever.

⁶ O enemy, destructions are finished forever!
And you have destroyed cities;
Even their memory has ^(CE)perished.
^7 (CF)But the Lord shall endure forever;
He has prepared His throne for judgment.
^8 (CG)He shall judge the world in righteousness,
And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.

⁹ The Lord also will be a ^(CH)refuge^[al] for the oppressed,
A refuge in times of trouble.
¹⁰ And those who ^(CI)know Your name will put their trust in You;
For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

¹¹ Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion!
^(CJ)Declare His deeds among the people.
^12 (CK)When He avenges blood, He remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the ^[am]humble.

¹³ Have mercy on me, O Lord!
Consider my trouble from those who hate me,
You who lift me up from the gates of death,
¹⁴ That I may tell of all Your praise
In the gates of ^[an]the daughter of Zion.
I will ^(CL)rejoice in Your salvation.

^15 (CM)The ^[ao]nations have sunk down in the pit which they made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.
¹⁶ The Lord is ^(CN)known by the judgment He executes;
The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.
^(CO)Meditation.^[ap] Selah

¹⁷ The wicked shall be turned into hell,
And all the ^[aq]nations ^(CP)that forget God.
^18 (CQ)For the needy shall not always be forgotten;
^(CR)The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.

¹⁹ Arise, O Lord,
Do not let man prevail;
Let the ^[ar]nations be judged in Your sight.
²⁰ Put them in fear, O Lord,
That the ^[as]nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah

³ For the wicked ^(CT)boasts of his heart’s desire;
^[au]He ^(CU)blesses the greedy and renounces the Lord.
⁴ The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God;
^[av]God is in none of his ^(CV)thoughts.

⁵ His ways ^[aw]are always prospering;
Your judgments are far above, out of his sight;
As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.
^6 (CW)He has said in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
^(CX)I shall never be in adversity.”
^7 (CY)His mouth is full of cursing and ^(CZ)deceit and oppression;
Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity.

⁸ He sits in the lurking places of the villages;
In the secret places he murders the innocent;
His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless.
⁹ He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den;
He lies in wait to catch the poor;
He catches the poor when he draws him into his net.
¹⁰ So ^[ax]he crouches, he lies low,
That the helpless may fall by his ^[ay]strength.
¹¹ He has said in his heart,
“God has forgotten;
He hides His face;
He will never see.”

¹² Arise, O Lord!
O God, ^(DA)lift up Your hand!
Do not forget the ^(DB)humble.
¹³ Why do the wicked renounce God?
He has said in his heart,
“You will not require an account.”

¹⁴ But You have ^(DC)seen, for You observe trouble and grief,
To repay it by Your hand.
The helpless ^(DD)commits^[az] himself to You;
^(DE)You are the helper of the fatherless.
¹⁵ Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man;
Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

^16 (DF)The Lord is King forever and ever;
The nations have perished out of His land.
¹⁷ Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will prepare their heart;
You will cause Your ear to hear,
¹⁸ To ^[ba]do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,
That the man of the earth may ^[bb]oppress no more.

⁴ The Lord is in His holy temple,
The Lord’s ^(DJ)throne is in heaven;
^(DK)His eyes behold,
His eyelids test the sons of men.
⁵ The Lord ^(DL)tests the righteous,
But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.
⁶ Upon the wicked He will rain coals;
Fire and brimstone and a burning wind
^(DM)Shall be ^[bd]the portion of their cup.

⁷ For the Lord is righteous,
He ^(DN)loves righteousness;
^[be]His countenance beholds the upright.

³ May the Lord ^[bi]cut off all flattering lips,
And the tongue that speaks ^[bj]proud things,
⁴ Who have said,
“With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own;
Who is lord over us?”

⁵ “For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord;
“I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”

⁶ The words of the Lord are ^(DR)pure words,
Like silver tried in a furnace of earth,
Purified seven times.
⁷ You shall keep them, O Lord,
You shall preserve them from this generation forever.

⁸ The wicked prowl on every side,
When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

³ Consider and hear me, O Lord my God;
^(DT)Enlighten my eyes,
^(DU)Lest I sleep the sleep of death;
⁴ Lest my enemy say,
“I have prevailed against him”;
Lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

⁵ But I have trusted in Your mercy;
My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
⁶ I will sing to the Lord,
Because He has dealt bountifully with me.

^2 (DX)The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
^3 (DY)They have all turned aside,
They have together become corrupt;
There is none who does good,
No, not one.

⁴ Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And ^(DZ)do not call on the Lord?
⁵ There they are in great fear,
For God is with the generation of the righteous.
⁶ You shame the counsel of the poor,
But the Lord is his ^(EA)refuge.

^7 (EB)Oh,^[bk] that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
^(EC)When the Lord brings back ^[bl]the captivity of His people,
Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.

² He who walks uprightly,
And works righteousness,
And speaks the ^(EE)truth in his heart;
³ He who ^(EF)does not backbite with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
^(EG)Nor does he ^[bn]take up a reproach against his friend;
^4 (EH)In whose eyes a vile person is despised,
But he honors those who fear the Lord;
He who ^(EI)swears to his own hurt and does not change;
⁵ He who does not put out his money at usury,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.

He who does these things ^(EJ)shall never be moved.

² O my soul, you have said to the Lord,
“You are my Lord,
^(EL)My goodness is nothing apart from You.”
³ As for the saints who are on the earth,
“They are the excellent ones, in ^(EM)whom is all my delight.”

⁴ Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god;
Their drink offerings of ^(EN)blood I will not offer,
^(EO)Nor take up their names on my lips.

⁵ O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You ^[bp]maintain my lot.
⁶ The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Yes, I have a good inheritance.

⁷ I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel;
My ^[bq]heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
^8 (EP)I have set the Lord always before me;
Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.

⁹ Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will ^[br]rest in hope.
^10 (EQ)For You will not leave my soul in ^[bs]Sheol,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to ^[bt]see corruption.
¹¹ You will show me the ^(ER)path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.