^2 (1) I will bless Adonai at all times;
his praise will always be in my mouth.
^3 (2) When I boast, it will be about Adonai;
the humble will hear of it and be glad.

^4 (3) Proclaim with me the greatness of Adonai;
let us exalt his name together.
^5 (4) I sought Adonai, and he answered me;
he rescued me from everything I feared.

^6 (5) They looked to him and grew radiant;
their faces will never blush for shame.
^7 (6) This poor man cried; Adonai heard
and saved him from all his troubles.
^8 (7) The angel of Adonai, who encamps
around those who fear him, delivers them.

^9 (8) Taste, and see that Adonai is good.
How blessed are those who take refuge in him!
^10 (9) Fear Adonai, you holy ones of his,
for those who fear him lack nothing.
^11 (10) Young lions can be needy, they can go hungry,
but those who seek Adonai lack nothing good.

^12 (11) Come, children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of Adonai.
^13 (12) Which of you takes pleasure in living?
Who wants a long life to see good things?
^14 (13) [If you do,] keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from deceiving talk;
^15 (14) turn from evil, and do good;
seek peace, go after it!

^16 (15) The eyes of Adonai watch over the righteous,
and his ears are open to their cry.
^17 (16) But the face of Adonai opposes those who do evil,
to cut off all memory of them from the earth.

^18 (17) [The righteous] cried out, and Adonai heard,
and he saved them from all their troubles.
^19 (18) Adonai is near those with broken hearts;
he saves those whose spirit is crushed.
^20 (19) The righteous person suffers many evils,
but Adonai rescues him out of them all.
^21 (20) He protects all his bones;
not one of them gets broken.

^22 (21) Evil will kill the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
^23 (22) But Adonai redeems his servants;
no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.

35 ⁽⁰⁾ By David:

⁽¹⁾ Adonai, oppose those who oppose me;
fight against those who fight against me.
² Grasp your shield and protective gear,
and rise to my defense.
³ Brandish spear and battle-axe
against my pursuers;
let me hear you say,
“I am your salvation.”

⁴ May those who seek my life
be disgraced and put to confusion;
may those who are plotting harm for me
be repulsed and put to shame.
⁵ May they be like chaff before the wind,
with the angel of Adonai to drive them on.
⁶ May their way be dark and slippery,
with the angel of Adonai to pursue them.
⁷ For unprovoked, they hid their net over a pit;
unprovoked, they dug it for me.
⁸ May destruction come over him unawares.
May the net he concealed catch himself;
may he fall into it and be destroyed.

⁹ Then I will be joyful in Adonai,
I will rejoice in his salvation.
¹⁰ All my bones will say,
“Who is like you?
Who can rescue the weak
from those stronger than they,
the poor and needy
from those who exploit them?”

¹¹ Malicious witnesses come forward,
asking me things about which I know nothing.
¹² They repay me evil for good;
it makes me feel desolate as a parent bereaved.
¹³ But I, when they were ill, wore sackcloth;
I put myself out and fasted;
I can pray that what I prayed for them
might also happen to me.
¹⁴ I behaved as I would for my friend or my brother;
I bent down in sorrow as if mourning my mother.

¹⁵ But when I stumble, they gather in glee;
they gather against me and strike me unawares;
they tear me apart unceasingly.
¹⁶ With ungodly mocking and grimacing,
they grind their teeth at me.
¹⁷ Adonai, how much longer will you look on?
Rescue me from their assaults,
save the one life I have from the lions!

¹⁸ I will give you thanks in the great assembly,
I will give you praise among huge crowds of people.
¹⁹ Don’t let those who are wrongfully my enemies
gloat over me;
and those who hate me unprovoked —
don’t let them smirk at me.

²⁰ For they don’t speak words of peace
but devise ways to deceive
the peaceful of the land.
²¹ They shout to accuse me, “Aha! Aha!
we saw you with our own eyes!”
²² You saw them, Adonai; don’t stay silent.
Adonai, don’t stay far away from me.

²³ Wake up! Get up, my God, my Lord!
Defend me and my cause!
²⁴ Give judgment for me, Adonai, my God,
as your righteousness demands.

Don’t let them gloat over me.
²⁵ Don’t let them say to themselves,
“Aha! We got what we wanted!”
or say, “We swallowed them up!”
²⁶ May those who gloat over my distress
be disgraced and humiliated.
May those who aggrandize themselves at my expense
be covered with shame and confusion.

²⁷ But may those who delight in my righteousness
shout for joy and be glad!
Let them say always, “How great is Adonai,
who delights in the peace of his servant!”
²⁸ Then my tongue will tell of your righteousness
and praise you all day long.

36 ⁽⁰⁾ For the leader. By David, the servant of Adonai:

^2 (1) Crime speaks to the wicked.
I perceive this in my heart;
before his eyes there is no fear
of God.
^3 (2) For, the way he sees it,
crime makes his life easy —
that is, until his wrongs are discovered;
then, he is hated.
^4 (3) His words are wrong and deceitful;
he has stopped being wise and doing good.
^5 (4) He devises trouble as he lies in bed;
so set is he on his own bad way
that he doesn’t hate evil.

^6 (5) Adonai, in the heavens is your grace;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
^7 (6) Your righteousness is like the mountains of God,
your judgments are like the great deep.
You save man and beast, Adonai.
^8 (7) How precious, God, is your grace!
People take refuge in the shadow of your wings,
^9 (8) they feast on the rich bounty of your house,
and you have them drink from the stream of your delights.
^10 (9) For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light we see light.
^11 (10) Continue your grace to those who know you
and your righteousness to the upright in heart.
^12 (11) Don’t let the foot of the proud tread on me
or the hands of the wicked drive me away.
^13 (12) There they lie fallen, those evildoers,
flung down and unable to rise.