Ask it of Me, and I will certainly give the nations as Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth as Your possession.

Please let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God puts hearts and minds to the test.

The enemy has come to an end in everlasting ruins, And You have uprooted the cities; The very memory of them has perished.

God, a Helper against the Treacherous.

For the music director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

Help, Lord, for the godly person has come to an end, For the faithful have disappeared from the sons of mankind.

Their line has gone out into all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them He has placed a tent for the sun,

Its rising is from one end of the heavens, And its circuit to the other end of them; And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the Lord are true; they are righteous altogether.

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, And all the families of the nations will worship before You.

“Lord, let me know my end, And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am.

He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariots with fire.

As is Your name, God, So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.

But man in his splendor will not endure; He is like the animals that perish.

Futility of Boastful Wickedness.

For the music director. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”

Why do you boast in evil, you mighty man? The faithfulness of God endures all day long.

For it is not an enemy who taunts me, Then I could endure it; Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me, Then I could hide myself from him.

Destroy them in wrath, destroy them so that they will no longer exist; So that people may know that God rules in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah

From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

By awesome deeds You answer us in righteousness, God of our salvation, You who are the trust of all the ends of the earth and the farthest sea;

They who dwell at the ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs; You make the sunrise and the sunset shout for joy.

God blesses us, So that all the ends of the earth may fear Him.

Because for Your sake I have endured disgrace; Dishonor has covered my face.

May he also rule from sea to sea, And from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.

May his name endure forever; May his name produce descendants as long as the sun shines; And may people wish blessings on themselves by him; May all nations call him blessed.

The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

BOOK 3

The End of the Wicked Contrasted with That of the Righteous.

A Psalm of Asaph.

God certainly is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart!

Until I entered the sanctuary of God; Then I perceived their end.