⁵ Blessed are those whose strength^(H) is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.^(I)
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
    they make it a place of springs;^(J)
    the autumn^(K) rains also cover it with pools.^[d]
7 They go from strength to strength,^(L)
    till each appears^(M) before God in Zion.^(N)

⁸ Hear my prayer,^(O) Lord God Almighty;
    listen to me, God of Jacob.
⁹ Look on our shield,^[e](P) O God;
    look with favor on your anointed one.^(Q)

¹⁰ Better is one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper^(R) in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
¹¹ For the Lord God is a sun^(S) and shield;^(T)
    the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold^(U)
    from those whose walk is blameless.

¹² Lord Almighty,
    blessed^(V) is the one who trusts in you.

² I have seen you in the sanctuary^(C)
    and beheld your power and your glory.^(D)
3 Because your love is better than life,^(E)
    my lips will glorify you.
⁴ I will praise you as long as I live,^(F)
    and in your name I will lift up my hands.^(G)
5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;^(H)
    with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

⁶ On my bed I remember you;
    I think of you through the watches of the night.^(I)
7 Because you are my help,^(J)
    I sing in the shadow of your wings.^(K)
8 I cling to you;^(L)
    your right hand upholds me.^(M)

⁹ Those who want to kill me will be destroyed;^(N)
    they will go down to the depths of the earth.^(O)
10 They will be given over to the sword^(P)
    and become food for jackals.^(Q)

¹¹ But the king will rejoice in God;
    all who swear by God will glory in him,^(R)
    while the mouths of liars will be silenced.^(S)

² Hide me from the conspiracy^(C) of the wicked,^(D)
    from the plots of evildoers.
³ They sharpen their tongues like swords^(E)
    and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.^(F)
4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent;^(G)
    they shoot suddenly, without fear.^(H)

⁵ They encourage each other in evil plans,
    they talk about hiding their snares;^(I)
    they say, “Who will see it^[b]?”^(J)
6 They plot injustice and say,
    “We have devised a perfect plan!”
    Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.

⁷ But God will shoot them with his arrows;
    they will suddenly be struck down.
⁸ He will turn their own tongues against them^(K)
    and bring them to ruin;
    all who see them will shake their heads^(L) in scorn.^(M)
9 All people will fear;^(N)
    they will proclaim the works of God
    and ponder what he has done.^(O)

¹⁰ The righteous will rejoice in the Lord^(P)
    and take refuge in him;^(Q)
    all the upright in heart will glory in him!^(R)

³ Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed,^(G)
    and the ears^(H) of those who hear will listen.
⁴ The fearful heart will know and understand,^(I)
    and the stammering tongue^(J) will be fluent and clear.
⁵ No longer will the fool^(K) be called noble
    nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
⁶ For fools speak folly,^(L)
    their hearts are bent on evil:^(M)
They practice ungodliness^(N)
    and spread error^(O) concerning the Lord;
the hungry they leave empty^(P)
    and from the thirsty they withhold water.
⁷ Scoundrels use wicked methods,^(Q)
    they make up evil schemes^(R)
to destroy the poor with lies,
    even when the plea of the needy^(S) is just.^(T)
8 But the noble make noble plans,
    and by noble deeds^(U) they stand.^(V)

“Listen, you leaders^(A) of Jacob,
    you rulers of Israel.
Should you not embrace justice,
²     you who hate good and love evil;
who tear the skin from my people
    and the flesh from their bones;^(B)
3 who eat my people’s flesh,^(C)
    strip off their skin
    and break their bones in pieces;^(D)
who chop^(E) them up like meat for the pan,
    like flesh for the pot?^(F)”

⁴ Then they will cry out to the Lord,
    but he will not answer them.^(G)
At that time he will hide his face^(H) from them
    because of the evil they have done.^(I)

“As for the prophets
    who lead my people astray,^(J)
they proclaim ‘peace’^(K)
    if they have something to eat,
but prepare to wage war against anyone
    who refuses to feed them.
⁶ Therefore night will come over you, without visions,
    and darkness, without divination.^(L)
The sun will set for the prophets,^(M)
    and the day will go dark for them.^(N)
7 The seers will be ashamed^(O)
    and the diviners disgraced.^(P)
They will all cover^(Q) their faces^(R)
    because there is no answer from God.^(S)”
⁸ But as for me, I am filled with power,
    with the Spirit of the Lord,
    and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob his transgression,
    to Israel his sin.^(T)