³ Trust in the Lord and do good;
    dwell in the land^(E) and enjoy safe pasture.^(F)
4 Take delight^(G) in the Lord,
    and he will give you the desires of your heart.^(H)

⁵ Commit your way to the Lord;
    trust in him^(I) and he will do this:
⁶ He will make your righteous reward^(J) shine like the dawn,^(K)
    your vindication like the noonday sun.

⁷ Be still^(L) before the Lord
    and wait patiently^(M) for him;
do not fret^(N) when people succeed in their ways,^(O)
    when they carry out their wicked schemes.^(P)

⁸ Refrain from anger^(Q) and turn from wrath;
    do not fret^(R)—it leads only to evil.
⁹ For those who are evil will be destroyed,^(S)
    but those who hope^(T) in the Lord will inherit the land.^(U)

¹⁰ A little while, and the wicked will be no more;^(V)
    though you look for them, they will not be found.
¹¹ But the meek will inherit the land^(W)
    and enjoy peace and prosperity.^(X)

¹² The wicked plot^(Y) against the righteous
    and gnash their teeth^(Z) at them;
¹³ but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
    for he knows their day is coming.^(AA)

¹⁴ The wicked draw the sword^(AB)
    and bend the bow^(AC)
to bring down the poor and needy,^(AD)
    to slay those whose ways are upright.
¹⁵ But their swords will pierce their own hearts,^(AE)
    and their bows will be broken.^(AF)

¹⁶ Better the little that the righteous have
    than the wealth^(AG) of many wicked;
¹⁷ for the power of the wicked will be broken,^(AH)
    but the Lord upholds^(AI) the righteous.

¹⁸ The blameless spend their days under the Lord’s care,^(AJ)
    and their inheritance will endure forever.^(AK)
19 In times of disaster they will not wither;
    in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.

²⁰ But the wicked will perish:^(AL)
    Though the Lord’s enemies are like the flowers of the field,
    they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.^(AM)

²¹ The wicked borrow and do not repay,
    but the righteous give generously;^(AN)
22 those the Lord blesses will inherit the land,
    but those he curses^(AO) will be destroyed.^(AP)

²³ The Lord makes firm the steps^(AQ)
    of the one who delights^(AR) in him;
²⁴ though he may stumble, he will not fall,^(AS)
    for the Lord upholds^(AT) him with his hand.

²⁵ I was young and now I am old,
    yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken^(AU)
    or their children begging^(AV) bread.
²⁶ They are always generous and lend freely;^(AW)
    their children will be a blessing.^[b](AX)

²⁷ Turn from evil and do good;^(AY)
    then you will dwell in the land forever.^(AZ)
28 For the Lord loves the just
    and will not forsake his faithful ones.^(BA)

Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed^[c];
    the offspring of the wicked will perish.^(BB)
29 The righteous will inherit the land^(BC)
    and dwell in it forever.^(BD)

³⁰ The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom,^(BE)
    and their tongues speak what is just.
³¹ The law of their God is in their hearts;^(BF)
    their feet do not slip.^(BG)

³² The wicked lie in wait^(BH) for the righteous,^(BI)
    intent on putting them to death;
³³ but the Lord will not leave them in the power of the wicked
    or let them be condemned^(BJ) when brought to trial.^(BK)

³⁴ Hope in the Lord^(BL)
    and keep his way.^(BM)
He will exalt you to inherit the land;
    when the wicked are destroyed,^(BN) you will see^(BO) it.

³⁵ I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
    flourishing^(BP) like a luxuriant native tree,
³⁶ but he soon passed away and was no more;
    though I looked for him, he could not be found.^(BQ)

³⁷ Consider the blameless,^(BR) observe the upright;^(BS)
    a future awaits those who seek peace.^[d](BT)
38 But all sinners^(BU) will be destroyed;^(BV)
    there will be no future^[e] for the wicked.^(BW)

³⁹ The salvation^(BX) of the righteous comes from the Lord;
    he is their stronghold in time of trouble.^(BY)
40 The Lord helps^(BZ) them and delivers^(CA) them;
    he delivers them from the wicked and saves^(CB) them,
    because they take refuge^(CC) in him.

32 Listen,^(BK) you heavens,^(BL) and I will speak;
    hear, you earth, the words of my mouth.^(BM)
2 Let my teaching fall like rain^(BN)
    and my words descend like dew,^(BO)
like showers^(BP) on new grass,
    like abundant rain on tender plants.

³ I will proclaim^(BQ) the name of the Lord.^(BR)
    Oh, praise the greatness^(BS) of our God!
⁴ He is the Rock,^(BT) his works are perfect,^(BU)
    and all his ways are just.
A faithful God^(BV) who does no wrong,
    upright^(BW) and just is he.^(BX)

⁵ They are corrupt and not his children;
    to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.^(BY)
6 Is this the way you repay^(BZ) the Lord,
    you foolish^(CA) and unwise people?^(CB)
Is he not your Father,^(CC) your Creator,^[a]
    who made you and formed you?^(CD)

⁷ Remember the days of old;^(CE)
    consider the generations long past.^(CF)
Ask your father and he will tell you,
    your elders, and they will explain to you.^(CG)
8 When the Most High^(CH) gave the nations their inheritance,
    when he divided all mankind,^(CI)
he set up boundaries^(CJ) for the peoples
    according to the number of the sons of Israel.^[b](CK)
9 For the Lord’s portion^(CL) is his people,
    Jacob his allotted inheritance.^(CM)

¹⁰ In a desert^(CN) land he found him,
    in a barren and howling waste.^(CO)
He shielded^(CP) him and cared for him;
    he guarded him as the apple of his eye,^(CQ)
11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest
    and hovers over its young,^(CR)
that spreads its wings to catch them
    and carries them aloft.^(CS)
12 The Lord alone led^(CT) him;^(CU)
    no foreign god was with him.^(CV)

¹³ He made him ride on the heights^(CW) of the land
    and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,^(CX)
    and with oil^(CY) from the flinty crag,
¹⁴ with curds and milk from herd and flock
    and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan^(CZ)
    and the finest kernels of wheat.^(DA)
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.^(DB)

¹⁵ Jeshurun^[c](DC) grew fat^(DD) and kicked;
    filled with food, they became heavy and sleek.
They abandoned^(DE) the God who made them
    and rejected the Rock^(DF) their Savior.
¹⁶ They made him jealous^(DG) with their foreign gods
    and angered^(DH) him with their detestable idols.
¹⁷ They sacrificed^(DI) to false gods,^(DJ) which are not God—
    gods they had not known,^(DK)
    gods that recently appeared,^(DL)
    gods your ancestors did not fear.
¹⁸ You deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
    you forgot^(DM) the God who gave you birth.

¹⁹ The Lord saw this and rejected them^(DN)
    because he was angered by his sons and daughters.^(DO)
20 “I will hide my face^(DP) from them,” he said,
    “and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,^(DQ)
    children who are unfaithful.^(DR)
21 They made me jealous^(DS) by what is no god
    and angered me with their worthless idols.^(DT)
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
    I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.^(DU)
22 For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,^(DV)
    one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.^(DW)
It will devour^(DX) the earth and its harvests^(DY)
    and set afire the foundations of the mountains.^(DZ)

²³ “I will heap calamities^(EA) on them
    and spend my arrows^(EB) against them.
²⁴ I will send wasting famine^(EC) against them,
    consuming pestilence^(ED) and deadly plague;^(EE)
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,^(EF)
    the venom of vipers^(EG) that glide in the dust.^(EH)
25 In the street the sword will make them childless;
    in their homes terror^(EI) will reign.^(EJ)
The young men and young women will perish,
    the infants and those with gray hair.^(EK)
26 I said I would scatter^(EL) them
    and erase their name from human memory,^(EM)
27 but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy,
    lest the adversary misunderstand^(EN)
and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed;
    the Lord has not done all this.’”^(EO)

²⁸ They are a nation without sense,
    there is no discernment^(EP) in them.
²⁹ If only they were wise and would understand this^(EQ)
    and discern what their end will be!^(ER)
30 How could one man chase a thousand,
    or two put ten thousand to flight,^(ES)
unless their Rock had sold them,^(ET)
    unless the Lord had given them up?^(EU)
31 For their rock is not like our Rock,^(EV)
    as even our enemies concede.^(EW)
32 Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom^(EX)
    and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are filled with poison,^(EY)
    and their clusters with bitterness.^(EZ)
33 Their wine is the venom of serpents,
    the deadly poison of cobras.^(FA)

³⁴ “Have I not kept this in reserve
    and sealed it in my vaults?^(FB)
35 It is mine to avenge;^(FC) I will repay.^(FD)
    In due time their foot will slip;^(FE)
their day of disaster is near
    and their doom rushes upon them.^(FF)”

³⁶ The Lord will vindicate his people^(FG)
    and relent^(FH) concerning his servants^(FI)
when he sees their strength is gone
    and no one is left, slave^(FJ) or free.^[d]
37 He will say: “Now where are their gods,
    the rock they took refuge in,^(FK)
38 the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices
    and drank the wine of their drink offerings?^(FL)
Let them rise up to help you!
    Let them give you shelter!

³⁹ “See now that I myself am he!^(FM)
    There is no god besides me.^(FN)
I put to death^(FO) and I bring to life,^(FP)
    I have wounded and I will heal,^(FQ)
    and no one can deliver out of my hand.^(FR)
40 I lift my hand^(FS) to heaven and solemnly swear:
    As surely as I live forever,^(FT)
41 when I sharpen my flashing sword^(FU)
    and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance^(FV) on my adversaries
    and repay those who hate me.^(FW)
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,^(FX)
    while my sword devours flesh:^(FY)
the blood of the slain and the captives,
    the heads of the enemy leaders.”

⁴³ Rejoice,^(FZ) you nations, with his people,^[e][f]
    for he will avenge the blood of his servants;^(GA)
he will take vengeance on his enemies^(GB)
    and make atonement for his land and people.^(GC)

“The Lord came from Sinai^(GY)
    and dawned over them from Seir;^(GZ)
    he shone forth^(HA) from Mount Paran.^(HB)
He came with^[h] myriads of holy ones^(HC)
    from the south, from his mountain slopes.^[i]
3 Surely it is you who love^(HD) the people;
    all the holy ones are in your hand.^(HE)
At your feet they all bow down,^(HF)
    and from you receive instruction,
⁴ the law that Moses gave us,^(HG)
    the possession of the assembly of Jacob.^(HH)
5 He was king^(HI) over Jeshurun^[j](HJ)
    when the leaders of the people assembled,
    along with the tribes of Israel.

⁶ “Let Reuben live and not die,
    nor^[k] his people be few.”^(HK)

“Hear, Lord, the cry of Judah;
    bring him to his people.
With his own hands he defends his cause.
    Oh, be his help against his foes!”

“Your Thummim and Urim^(HN) belong
    to your faithful servant.^(HO)
You tested^(HP) him at Massah;
    you contended with him at the waters of Meribah.^(HQ)
9 He said of his father and mother,^(HR)
    ‘I have no regard for them.’
He did not recognize his brothers
    or acknowledge his own children,
but he watched over your word
    and guarded your covenant.^(HS)
10 He teaches^(HT) your precepts to Jacob
    and your law to Israel.^(HU)
He offers incense before you^(HV)
    and whole burnt offerings on your altar.^(HW)
11 Bless all his skills, Lord,
    and be pleased with the work of his hands.^(HX)
Strike down those who rise against him,
    his foes till they rise no more.”

“Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him,^(HZ)
    for he shields him all day long,^(IA)
    and the one the Lord loves^(IB) rests between his shoulders.^(IC)”

“May the Lord bless his land
    with the precious dew from heaven above
    and with the deep waters that lie below;^(IE)
14 with the best the sun brings forth
    and the finest the moon can yield;
¹⁵ with the choicest gifts of the ancient mountains^(IF)
    and the fruitfulness of the everlasting hills;
¹⁶ with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness
    and the favor of him who dwelt in the burning bush.^(IG)
Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,
    on the brow of the prince among^[l] his brothers.^(IH)
17 In majesty he is like a firstborn bull;
    his horns^(II) are the horns of a wild ox.^(IJ)
With them he will gore^(IK) the nations,
    even those at the ends of the earth.
Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim;^(IL)
    such are the thousands of Manasseh.^(IM)”

“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
    and you, Issachar,^(IO) in your tents.
¹⁹ They will summon peoples to the mountain^(IP)
    and there offer the sacrifices of the righteous;^(IQ)
they will feast on the abundance of the seas,^(IR)
    on the treasures hidden in the sand.”

“Blessed is he who enlarges Gad’s domain!^(IT)
    Gad lives there like a lion,
    tearing at arm or head.
²¹ He chose the best land for himself;^(IU)
    the leader’s portion was kept for him.^(IV)
When the heads of the people assembled,
    he carried out the Lord’s righteous will,^(IW)
    and his judgments concerning Israel.”

“Dan is a lion’s cub,
    springing out of Bashan.”

“Naphtali is abounding with the favor of the Lord
    and is full of his blessing;
    he will inherit southward to the lake.”

“Most blessed of sons is Asher;
    let him be favored by his brothers,
    and let him bathe his feet in oil.^(JA)
25 The bolts of your gates will be iron and bronze,^(JB)
    and your strength will equal your days.^(JC)

²⁶ “There is no one like the God of Jeshurun,^(JD)
    who rides^(JE) across the heavens to help you^(JF)
    and on the clouds^(JG) in his majesty.^(JH)
27 The eternal^(JI) God is your refuge,^(JJ)
    and underneath are the everlasting^(JK) arms.
He will drive out your enemies before you,^(JL)
    saying, ‘Destroy them!’^(JM)
28 So Israel will live in safety;^(JN)
    Jacob will dwell^[m] secure
in a land of grain and new wine,
    where the heavens drop dew.^(JO)
29 Blessed are you, Israel!^(JP)
    Who is like you,^(JQ)
    a people saved by the Lord?^(JR)
He is your shield and helper^(JS)
    and your glorious sword.
Your enemies will cower before you,
    and you will tread on their heights.^(JT)”