⁷ I will tell of the decree:
The Lord said to me, ^(D)“You are my Son;
    today I have begotten you.
⁸ Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
    and ^(E)the ends of the earth your possession.

² He who ^(D)walks blamelessly and ^(E)does what is right
    and ^(F)speaks truth in his heart;
³ who ^(G)does not slander with his tongue
    and does no evil to his neighbor,
    nor ^(H)takes up a reproach against his friend;
^4 (I)in whose eyes a vile person is despised,
    but who honors those who fear the Lord;
who ^(J)swears to his own hurt and does not change;
⁵ who ^(K)does not put out his money at interest
    and ^(L)does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be ^(M)moved.

³ As for ^(Q)the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
    in whom is all my delight.^[b]

⁴ The sorrows of those who run after^[c] another god shall multiply;
    their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
    or ^(R)take their names on my lips.

⁵ The Lord is ^(S)my chosen portion and my ^(T)cup;
    you hold my ^(U)lot.
^6 (V)The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
    indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

⁷ I bless the Lord who ^(W)gives me counsel;
    in ^(X)the night also my ^(Y)heart instructs me.^[d]
8 (Z)I have ^(AA)set the Lord always before me;
    because he is at my ^(AB)right hand, I shall not be ^(AC)shaken.

⁹ Therefore my heart is glad, and my ^(AD)whole being^[e] rejoices;
    my flesh also dwells secure.
¹⁰ For you will not abandon my soul to ^(AE)Sheol,
    ^(AF)or let your ^(AG)holy one see ^(AH)corruption.^[f]

¹¹ You make known to me ^(AI)the path of life;
    in your presence there is ^(AJ)fullness of joy;
    at your right hand are ^(AK)pleasures forevermore.

³ You have ^(AO)tried my heart, you have ^(AP)visited me by ^(AQ)night,
    you have ^(AR)tested me, and you will find nothing;
    I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
⁴ With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips
    I have avoided the ways of the violent.
⁵ My steps have ^(AS)held fast to your paths;
    my feet have not slipped.

⁶ I ^(AT)call upon you, for you will answer me, O God;
    ^(AU)incline your ear to me; hear my words.
^7 (AV)Wondrously show^[g] your steadfast love,
    O Savior of those who seek refuge
    from ^(AW)their adversaries at your right hand.

⁸ Keep me as ^(AX)the apple of your eye;
    hide me in ^(AY)the shadow of your wings,
⁹ from the wicked who do me violence,
    my deadly enemies who ^(AZ)surround me.

^10 (BA)They close their hearts to pity;
    with their mouths they ^(BB)speak arrogantly.
¹¹ They have now surrounded our ^(BC)steps;
    they set their eyes to ^(BD)cast us to the ground.
¹² He is like a lion eager to tear,
    as a young lion ^(BE)lurking in ambush.

¹³ Arise, O Lord! Confront him, subdue him!
    Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
¹⁴ from men by your hand, O Lord,
    from ^(BF)men of the world whose ^(BG)portion is in this life.^[h]
You fill their womb with treasure;^[i]
    they are satisfied with ^(BH)children,
    and they leave their abundance to their infants.

¹⁵ As for me, I shall ^(BI)behold your face in righteousness;
    when I ^(BJ)awake, I shall be ^(BK)satisfied with your likeness.

^4 (BW)The cords of death encompassed me;
    ^(BX)the torrents of destruction assailed me;^[j]
5 (BY)the cords of Sheol entangled me;
    the snares of death confronted me.

^6 (BZ)In my distress I called upon the Lord;
    to my God I cried for help.
From his ^(CA)temple he heard my voice,
    and my cry to him reached his ears.

⁷ Then the earth ^(CB)reeled and rocked;
    the foundations also of the mountains trembled
    and quaked, because he was angry.
⁸ Smoke went up from his nostrils,^[k]
    and devouring ^(CC)fire from his mouth;
    glowing coals flamed forth from him.
⁹ He ^(CD)bowed the heavens and ^(CE)came down;
    ^(CF)thick darkness was under his feet.
¹⁰ He rode on a cherub and flew;
    he came swiftly on ^(CG)the wings of the wind.
¹¹ He made darkness his covering, his ^(CH)canopy around him,
    thick clouds ^(CI)dark with water.
¹² Out of the brightness before him
    ^(CJ)hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.

¹³ The Lord also ^(CK)thundered in the heavens,
    and the Most High uttered his ^(CL)voice,
    hailstones and coals of fire.
¹⁴ And he sent out his ^(CM)arrows and scattered them;
    he flashed forth lightnings and ^(CN)routed them.
¹⁵ Then ^(CO)the channels of the sea were seen,
    and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at your ^(CP)rebuke, O Lord,
    at the blast of ^(CQ)the breath of your nostrils.

¹⁶ He ^(CR)sent from on high, he took me;
    he ^(CS)drew me out of ^(CT)many waters.
¹⁷ He rescued me from my strong enemy
    and from those who hated me,
    for they were ^(CU)too mighty for me.
¹⁸ They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
    but the Lord was my support.
¹⁹ He brought me out into ^(CV)a broad place;
    he rescued me, because he ^(CW)delighted in me.

²⁰ The Lord dealt with me ^(CX)according to my righteousness;
    according to ^(CY)the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
²¹ For I have ^(CZ)kept the ways of the Lord,
    and have not wickedly departed from my God.
²² For ^(DA)all his rules^[l] were before me,
    and his statutes I did not put away from me.
²³ I was ^(DB)blameless before him,
    and I kept myself from my guilt.
²⁴ So the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
    according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

²⁵ With ^(DC)the merciful you show yourself merciful;
    with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
²⁶ with the purified you show yourself pure;
    and with ^(DD)the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
²⁷ For you save ^(DE)a humble people,
    but ^(DF)the haughty eyes you bring down.
²⁸ For it is you who light my ^(DG)lamp;
    the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
²⁹ For by you I can run against a troop,
    and by my God I can ^(DH)leap over ^(DI)a wall.
³⁰ This God—his way is ^(DJ)perfect;^[m]
    the word of the Lord ^(DK)proves true;
    he is ^(DL)a shield for all those who ^(DM)take refuge in him.

³¹ For ^(DN)who is God, but the Lord?
    And who is ^(DO)a rock, except our God?—
³² the God who ^(DP)equipped me with strength
    and made my way ^(DQ)blameless.
³³ He made my feet like the feet of a ^(DR)deer
    and set me secure on ^(DS)the heights.
³⁴ He ^(DT)trains my hands for war,
    so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
³⁵ You have given me the shield of your salvation,
    and your right hand ^(DU)supported me,
    and your ^(DV)gentleness made me great.
³⁶ You ^(DW)gave a wide place for my steps under me,
    and my feet did not slip.
³⁷ I pursued my enemies and overtook them,
    and did not turn back till they were consumed.
³⁸ I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise;
    they fell under my feet.
³⁹ For you equipped me with strength for the battle;
    you made those who rise against me sink under me.
⁴⁰ You made my enemies ^(DX)turn their backs to me,^[n]
    and those who hated me I destroyed.
^41 (DY)They cried for help, but there was none to save;
    they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
⁴² I beat them fine as ^(DZ)dust before the wind;
    I cast them out like ^(EA)the mire of the streets.

⁴³ You delivered me from ^(EB)strife with the people;
    you made me ^(EC)the head of the nations;
    ^(ED)people whom I had not known served me.
⁴⁴ As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me;
    ^(EE)foreigners ^(EF)came cringing to me.
^45 (EG)Foreigners lost heart
    and ^(EH)came trembling out of their fortresses.

⁴⁶ The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,
    and exalted be the God of my salvation—
⁴⁷ the God who gave me vengeance
    and ^(EI)subdued peoples under me,
⁴⁸ who rescued me from my enemies;
    yes, you ^(EJ)exalted me above those who rose against me;
    you delivered me from ^(EK)the man of violence.

^49 (EL)For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations,
    and ^(EM)sing to your name.
⁵⁰ Great ^(EN)salvation he brings to his king,
    and shows steadfast love to his ^(EO)anointed,
    to ^(EP)David and his offspring forever.

^7 (EW)The law of the Lord is perfect,^{[q]
    (EX)}reviving the soul;
^(EY)the testimony of the Lord is ^(EZ)sure,
    ^(FA)making wise ^(FB)the simple;
^8 (FC)the precepts of the Lord are right,
    rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is ^(FD)pure,
    ^(FE)enlightening the eyes;
⁹ the fear of the Lord is clean,
    enduring forever;
the rules^[r] of the Lord are ^(FF)true,
    and righteous altogether.
¹⁰ More to be desired are they than ^(FG)gold,
    even much ^(FH)fine gold;
^(FI)sweeter also than honey
    and drippings of ^(FJ)the honeycomb.
¹¹ Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
    ^(FK)in keeping them there is great reward.

^12 (FL)Who can discern his errors?
    ^(FM)Declare me innocent from ^(FN)hidden faults.
^13 (FO)Keep back your servant also from ^(FP)presumptuous sins;
    let them not have ^(FQ)dominion over me!
Then I shall be blameless,
    and innocent of great transgression.

¹⁴ Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
    be acceptable in your sight,
    O Lord, my ^(FR)rock and my ^(FS)redeemer.

⁴ May he ^(FZ)grant you your heart's desire
    and fulfill all your plans!
⁵ May we shout for joy over ^(GA)your salvation,
    and in the name of our God set up our ^(GB)banners!
May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!

⁶ Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed;
    he will answer him from his holy heaven
    with ^(GC)the saving might of his right hand.
⁷ Some trust in ^(GD)chariots and some in ^(GE)horses,
    ^(GF)but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
⁸ They collapse and fall,
    but we rise and stand upright.

⁹ O Lord, save ^(GG)the king!
    May he answer us when we call.

⁸ Your hand will ^(GT)find out all your enemies;
    your right hand will find out those who hate you.
⁹ You will make them as ^(GU)a blazing oven
    when you appear.
The Lord will swallow them up in his ^(GV)wrath,
    and ^(GW)fire will consume them.
¹⁰ You ^(GX)will destroy their ^(GY)descendants from the earth,
    and their offspring from among the children of man.
¹¹ Though they plan evil against you,
    though they ^(GZ)devise mischief, they will not succeed.
¹² For you will put them ^(HA)to flight;
    you will ^(HB)aim at their faces with your bows.

¹³ Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength!
    We will sing and praise your power.

³ Yet you are ^(HG)holy,
    ^(HH)enthroned on ^(HI)the praises^[t] of Israel.
⁴ In you our fathers trusted;
    they trusted, and you delivered them.
⁵ To you they ^(HJ)cried and were rescued;
    in you they ^(HK)trusted and were not put to shame.

⁶ But I am ^(HL)a worm and not a man,
    ^(HM)scorned by mankind and ^(HN)despised by the people.
⁷ All who see me ^(HO)mock me;
    they make mouths at me; they ^(HP)wag their heads;
^8 (HQ)“He trusts in the Lord; let him ^(HR)deliver him;
    let him rescue him, for he ^(HS)delights in him!”

⁹ Yet you are he who ^(HT)took me from the womb;
    you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
¹⁰ On you was I cast from my birth,
    and from ^(HU)my mother's womb you have been my God.
¹¹ Be not ^(HV)far from me,
    for trouble is near,
    and there is ^(HW)none to help.

¹² Many bulls encompass me;
    ^(HX)strong bulls of ^(HY)Bashan surround me;
¹³ they ^(HZ)open wide their mouths at me,
    like a ravening and roaring lion.

¹⁴ I am ^(IA)poured out like water,
    and all my bones are ^(IB)out of joint;
my ^(IC)heart is like ^(ID)wax;
    it is melted within my breast;
¹⁵ my strength is ^(IE)dried up like a potsherd,
    and my ^(IF)tongue sticks to my jaws;
    you lay me in the dust of death.

¹⁶ For ^(IG)dogs encompass me;
    a company of evildoers ^(IH)encircles me;
they have ^(II)pierced my hands and feet^[u]—
¹⁷ I can count all my bones—
they ^(IJ)stare and gloat over me;
^18 (IK)they divide my garments among them,
    and for my clothing they cast lots.

¹⁹ But you, O Lord, ^(IL)do not be far off!
    O you my help, ^(IM)come quickly to my aid!
²⁰ Deliver my soul from the sword,
    my precious life from the power of ^(IN)the dog!
²¹     Save me from ^(IO)the mouth of the lion!
You have rescued^[v] me from the horns of ^(IP)the wild oxen!

^22 (IQ)I will tell of your name to my ^(IR)brothers;
    in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
²³ You who ^(IS)fear the Lord, praise him!
    All you offspring of Jacob, ^(IT)glorify him,
    and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
²⁴ For he has not despised or abhorred
    the affliction of ^(IU)the afflicted,
and he has not ^(IV)hidden his face from him,
    but has heard, when he ^(IW)cried to him.

²⁵ From you comes my praise in the great ^(IX)congregation;
    my ^(IY)vows I will ^(IZ)perform before those who fear him.
^26 (JA)The afflicted^[w] shall ^(JB)eat and be satisfied;
    those who seek him shall praise the Lord!
    May your hearts ^(JC)live forever!

²⁷ All ^(JD)the ends of the earth shall remember
    and turn to the Lord,
and all ^(JE)the families of the nations
    shall worship before you.
²⁸ For ^(JF)kingship belongs to the Lord,
    and he rules over the nations.

²⁹ All ^(JG)the prosperous of the earth eat and worship;
    before him shall ^(JH)bow all who go down to the dust,
    even the one who could not ^(JI)keep himself alive.
³⁰ Posterity shall serve him;
    it shall be told of the Lord to the coming ^(JJ)generation;
³¹ they shall ^(JK)come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet ^(JL)unborn,
    that he has done it.

⁴ Even though I ^(JT)walk through the valley of ^(JU)the shadow of death,^[z]
    I will ^(JV)fear no evil,
for ^(JW)you are with me;
    your ^(JX)rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

⁵ You ^(JY)prepare a table before me
    in ^(JZ)the presence of my enemies;
you ^(KA)anoint my head with oil;
    my ^(KB)cup overflows.
⁶ Surely^[aa] goodness and mercy^[ab] shall follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I shall ^(KC)dwell^[ac] in the house of the Lord
    ^(KD)forever.^[ad]

^3 (KH)Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
    And who shall stand in his ^(KI)holy place?
^4 (KJ)He who has ^(KK)clean hands and ^(KL)a pure heart,
    who does not ^(KM)lift up his soul to ^(KN)what is false
    and does not swear deceitfully.
⁵ He will receive ^(KO)blessing from the Lord
    and ^(KP)righteousness from ^(KQ)the God of his salvation.
⁶ Such is ^(KR)the generation of those who seek him,
    who ^(KS)seek the face of the God of Jacob.^[af] Selah

^7 (KT)Lift up your heads, O gates!
    And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
    that ^(KU)the King of glory may come in.
⁸ Who is this King of glory?
    The Lord, strong and mighty,
    the Lord, ^(KV)mighty in battle!
⁹ Lift up your heads, O gates!
    And lift them up, O ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
¹⁰ Who is this King of glory?
    ^(KW)The Lord of hosts,
    he is the King of glory! Selah