^3 (C)Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord?
Or who may stand in His holy place?
⁴ He who has ^(D)clean hands and ^(E)a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol,
Nor ^(F)sworn deceitfully.
⁵ He shall receive blessing from the Lord,
And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
⁶ This is Jacob, the generation of those who ^(G)seek Him,
Who seek Your face. Selah

^7 (H)Lift up your heads, O you gates!
And be lifted up, you everlasting doors!
^(I)And the King of glory shall come in.
⁸ Who is this King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
The Lord mighty in ^(J)battle.
⁹ Lift up your heads, O you gates!
Lift up, you everlasting doors!
And the King of glory shall come in.
¹⁰ Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts,
He is the King of glory. Selah

⁴ Behold, God is my helper;
The Lord is with those who ^[c]uphold my life.
⁵ He will repay my enemies for their evil.
^[d]Cut them off in Your ^[e]truth.

⁶ I will freely sacrifice to You;
I will praise Your name, O Lord, for it is good.
⁷ For He has delivered me out of all trouble;
^(B)And my eye has seen its desire upon my enemies.

³ Even the sparrow has found a home,
And the swallow a nest for herself,
Where she may lay her young—
Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
My King and my God.
⁴ Blessed are those who dwell in Your ^(D)house;
They will still be praising You. Selah

⁵ Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
⁶ As they pass through the Valley ^(E)of ^[c]Baca,
They make it a spring;
The rain also covers it with ^[d]pools.
⁷ They go ^(F)from strength to strength;
^[e]Each one ^(G)appears before God in Zion.

⁸ O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
^9 (H)O God, behold our shield,
And look upon the face of Your ^[f]anointed.

¹⁰ For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather ^[g]be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
¹¹ For the Lord God is ^(I)a sun and ^(J)shield;
The Lord will give grace and glory;
^(K)No good thing will He withhold
From those who walk uprightly.

¹² O Lord of hosts,
^(L)Blessed is the man who trusts in You!

^3 (E)The sea saw it and fled;
^(F)Jordan turned back.
^4 (G)The mountains skipped like rams,
The little hills like lambs.
^5 (H)What ails you, O sea, that you fled?
O Jordan, that you turned back?
⁶ O mountains, that you skipped like rams?
O little hills, like lambs?

⁷ Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
At the presence of the God of Jacob,
^8 (I)Who turned the rock into a pool of water,
The flint into a fountain of waters.

^3 (B)Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?
^4 (C)Man is like a breath;
^(D)His days are like a passing shadow.

^5 (E)Bow down Your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
^(F)Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
^6 (G)Flash forth lightning and scatter them;
Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them.
⁷ Stretch out Your hand from above;
Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters,
From the hand of foreigners,
⁸ Whose mouth ^(H)speaks ^[b]lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

⁹ I will ^(I)sing a new song to You, O God;
On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
¹⁰ The One who gives ^[c]salvation to kings,
^(J)Who delivers David His servant
From the deadly sword.

¹¹ Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners,
Whose mouth speaks lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood—
¹² That our sons may be ^(K)as plants grown up in their youth;
That our daughters may be as ^[d]pillars,
Sculptured in palace style;
¹³ That our barns may be full,
Supplying all kinds of produce;
That our sheep may bring forth thousands
And ten thousands in our fields;
¹⁴ That our oxen may be well laden;
That there be no ^[e]breaking in or going out;
That there be no outcry in our streets.
^15 (L)Happy are the people who are in such a state;
Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!

³ Through wisdom a house is built,
And by understanding it is established;
⁴ By knowledge the rooms are filled
With all precious and pleasant riches.

^5 (B)A wise man is strong,
Yes, a man of knowledge increases strength;
^6 (C)For by wise counsel you will wage your own war,
And in a multitude of counselors there is safety.

^7 (D)Wisdom is too lofty for a fool;
He does not open his mouth in the gate.

⁸ He who ^(E)plots to do evil
Will be called a ^[a]schemer.
⁹ The devising of foolishness is sin,
And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

¹⁰ If you ^(F)faint in the day of adversity,
Your strength is small.

^11 (G)Deliver those who are drawn toward death,
And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.
¹² If you say, “Surely we did not know this,”
Does not ^(H)He who weighs the hearts consider it?
He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?
And will He not render to each man ^(I)according to his deeds?

¹³ My son, ^(J)eat honey because it is good,
And the honeycomb which is sweet to your taste;
^14 (K)So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul;
If you have found it, there is a ^[b]prospect,
And your hope will not be cut off.

¹⁵ Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
Do not plunder his resting place;
^16 (L)For a righteous man may fall seven times
And rise again,
^(M)But the wicked shall fall by calamity.

^17 (N)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
¹⁸ Lest the Lord see it, and ^[c]it displease Him,
And He turn away His wrath from him.

^19 (O)Do not fret because of evildoers,
Nor be envious of the wicked;
²⁰ For there will be no prospect for the evil man;
The lamp of the wicked will be put out.

²¹ My son, ^(P)fear the Lord and the king;
Do not associate with those given to change;
²² For their calamity will rise suddenly,
And who knows the ruin those two can bring?

^(Q)It is not good to ^[d]show partiality in judgment.
^24 (R)He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
Him the people will curse;
Nations will abhor him.
²⁵ But those who rebuke the wicked will have ^(S)delight,
And a good blessing will come upon them.

²⁶ He who gives a right answer kisses the lips.

^27 (T)Prepare your outside work,
Make it fit for yourself in the field;
And afterward build your house.

^28 (U)Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,
^[e]For would you deceive with your lips?
^29 (V)Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me;
I will render to the man according to his work.”

³⁰ I went by the field of the lazy man,
And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding;
³¹ And there it was, ^(W)all overgrown with thorns;
Its surface was covered with nettles;
Its stone wall was broken down.
³² When I saw it, I considered it well;
I looked on it and received instruction:
^33 (X)A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest;
^34 (Y)So shall your poverty come like ^[f]a prowler,
And your need like ^[g]an armed man.