“Yet as for Me, I have anointed and firmly installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”

With my voice I was crying to the Lord, And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah.

But as for me, I will enter Your house through the abundance of Your steadfast love and tender mercy; At Your holy temple I will bow [obediently] in reverence for You.

The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven. His eyes see, His eyelids test the children of men.

Folly and Wickedness of Men.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

The [spiritually ignorant] fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they have committed repulsive and unspeakable deeds; There is no one who does good.

Description of a Citizen of Zion.

A Psalm of David.

O Lord, who may lodge [as a guest] in Your tent? Who may dwell [continually] on Your holy hill?

For You will not abandon me to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.

The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness (moral character, spiritual integrity); According to the cleanness of my hands He has rewarded me.

Therefore the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness (moral character, spiritual integrity), According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven With the saving strength of His right hand.

But You are holy, O You who are enthroned in [the holy place where] the praises of Israel [are offered].

Who may ascend onto the mountain of the Lord? And who may stand in His holy place?

Hear the voice of my supplication (specific requests, humble entreaties) as I cry to You for help, As I lift up my hands and heart toward Your innermost sanctuary (Holy of Holies).

Sing to the Lord, O you His godly ones, And give thanks at the mention of His holy name.

Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth and faithfulness.

O love the Lord, all you His godly ones! The Lord preserves the faithful [those with moral and spiritual integrity] And fully repays the [self-righteousness of the] arrogant.

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute wickedness, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You [for forgiveness] in a time when You [are near and] may be found; Surely when the great waters [of trial and distressing times] overflow they will not reach [the spirit in] him.

For in Him our heart rejoices, Because we trust [lean on, rely on, and are confident] in His holy name.

O [reverently] fear the Lord, you His saints (believers, holy ones); For to those who fear Him there is no want.

The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous [those with moral courage and spiritual integrity] And His ears are open to their cry.

The Lord is near to the heartbroken And He saves those who are crushed in spirit (contrite in heart, truly sorry for their sin).

Mark the blameless man [who is spiritually complete], and behold the upright [who walks in moral integrity]; There is a [good] future for the man of peace [because a life of honor blesses one’s descendants].

O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your dwelling places.

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy dwelling places of the Most High.