BLESSED is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, * and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful.
2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; * and in his law will he exercise himself day and night.
3And he shall be like a tree planted by the water-side, * that will bring forth his fruit in due season.
4His leaf also shall not wither; * and look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.
5As for the ungodly, it is not so with them; * but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth.
6Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment, * neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
7But the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous; * and the way of the ungodly shall perish.
O LORD my God, in thee have I put my trust: * save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me;
2Lest he devour my soul like a lion, and tear it in pieces, * while there is none to help.
3O LORD my God, if I have done any such thing; * or if there be any wickedness in my hands;
4If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me; * (yea, I have delivered him that without any cause is mine enemy;)
5Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and take me; * yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust.
6Stand up, O LORD, in thy wrath, and lift up thyself, because of the indignation of mine enemies; * arise up for me in the judgment that thou hast commanded.
7And so shall the congregation of the peoples come about thee: * for their sakes therefore lift up thyself again.
8The LORD shall judge the peoples: give sentence with me, O LORD, * according to my righteousness, and according to the innocency that is in me.
9O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end; * but guide thou the just.
10For the righteous God * trieth the very hearts and reins.
11My help cometh of God, * who preserveth them that are true of heart.
12God is a righteous Judge, strong, and patient; * and God is provoked every day.
13If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword; * he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
14He hath prepared for him the instruments of death; * he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
15Behold, the ungodly travaileth with iniquity; * he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
16He hath graven and digged up a pit, * and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for other.
17For his travail shall come upon his own head, * and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.
18I will give thanks unto the LORD, according to his righteousness; * and I will praise the Name of the LORD Most High.
IN the LORD put I my trust; * how say ye then to my soul, that she should flee as a bird unto the hill?
2For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows within the quiver, * that they may privily shoot at them which are true of heart.
3If the foundations be destroyed, * what can the righteous do?
4The LORD is in his holy temple; * the LORD'S seat is in heaven.
5His eyes consider the poor, * and his eyelids try the children of men.
6The LORD approveth the righteous: * but the ungodly, and him that delighteth in wickedness, doth his soul abhor.
7Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, storm and tempest: * this shall be their portion to drink.
8For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; * his countenance will behold the thing that is just.
GOD is our hope and strength, * a very present help in trouble.
2Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved, * and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea;
3Though the waters thereof rage and swell, * and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same.
4There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God; * the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most Highest.
5God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not be removed; * God shall help her, and that right early.
6The nations make much ado, and the kingdoms are moved; * but God hath showed his voice, and the earth shall melt away.
7The LORD of hosts is with us; * the God of Jacob is our refuge.
8O come hither, and behold the works of the LORD, * what destruction he hath brought upon the earth.
9He maketh wars to cease in all the world; * he breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder, and burneth the chariots in the fire.
10Be still then, and know that I am God: * I will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth.
11The LORD of hosts is with us; * the God of Jacob is our refuge.
THE LORD, even the Most Mighty God, hath spoken, * and called the world, from the rising up of the sun unto the going down thereof.
2Out of Sion hath God appeared * in perfect beauty.
3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence; * there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him.
4He shall call the heaven from above, * and the earth, that he may judge his people.
5Gather my saints together unto me; * those that have made a covenant with me with sacrifice.
6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; * for God is Judge himself.
7Hear, O my people, and I will speak; * I myself will testify against thee, O Israel; for I am God, even thy God.
8I will not reprove thee because of thy sacrifices; * as for thy burnt-offerings, they are alway before me.
9I will take no bullock out of thine house, * nor he-goats out of thy folds.
10For all the beasts of the forest are mine, * and so are the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11I know all the fowls upon the mountains, * and the wild beasts of the field are in my sight.
12If I be hungry, I will not tell thee; * for the whole world is mine, and all that is therein.
13Thinkest thou that I will eat bulls' flesh, * and drink the blood of goats?
14Offer unto God thanksgiving, * and pay thy vows unto the Most Highest.
15And call upon me in the time of trouble; * so will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me.
16But unto the ungodly saith God, * Why dost thou preach my laws, and takest my covenant in thy mouth;
17Whereas thou hatest to be reformed, * and hast cast my words behind thee?
18When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst unto him; * and hast been partaker with the adulterers.
19Thou hast let thy mouth speak wickedness, * and with thy tongue thou hast set forth deceit.
20Thou sattest and spakest against thy brother; * yea, and hast slandered thine own mother's son.
21These things hast thou done, and I held my tongue, and thou thoughtest wickedly, that I am even such a one as thyself; * but I will reprove thee, and set before thee the things that thou hast done.
22O consider this, ye that forget God, * lest I pluck you away, and there be none to deliver you.
23Whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he honoureth me; * and to him that ordereth his way aright, will I show the salvation of God.
MY soul truly waiteth still upon God; * for of him cometh my salvation.
2He verily is my strength and my salvation; * he is my defence, so that I shall not greatly fall.
3How long will ye imagine mischief against every man? * Ye shall be slain all the sort of you; yea, as a tottering wall shall ye be, and like a broken hedge.
4Their device is only how to put him out whom God will exalt; * their delight is in lies; they give good words with their mouth, but curse with their heart.
5Nevertheless, my soul, wait thou still upon God; * for my hope is in him.
6He truly is my strength and my salvation; * he is my defence, so that I shall not fall.
7In God is my health and my glory; * the rock of my might; and in God is my trust.
8O put your trust in him alway, ye people; * pour out your hearts before him, for God is our hope.
9As for the children of men, they are but vanity; the children of men are deceitful; * upon the weights they are altogether lighter than vanity itself.
10O trust not in wrong and robbery; give not yourselves unto vanity: * if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
11God spake once, and twice I have also heard the same, * that power belongeth unto God;
12And that thou, Lord, art merciful; * for thou rewardest every man according to his work.
UNTO thee, O God, do we give thanks; * yea, unto thee do we give thanks.
2Thy Name also is so nigh; * and that do thy wondrous works declare.
3In the appointed time, saith God, * I shall judge according unto right.
4The earth is weak, and all the inhabiters thereof: * I bear up the pillars of it.
5I said unto the fools, Deal not so madly; * and to the ungodly, Set not up your horn.
6Set not up your horn on high, * and speak not with a stiff neck.
7For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, * nor yet from the south.
8And why? God is the Judge; * he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
9For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; * it is full mixt, and he poureth out of the same.
10As for the dregs thereof, * all the ungodly of the earth shall drink them, and suck them out.
11But I will talk of the God of Jacob, * and praise him for ever.
12All the horns of the ungodly also will I break, * and the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
IN Judah is God known; * his Name is great in Israel.
2At Salem is his tabernacle, * and his dwelling in Sion.
3There brake he the arrows of the bow, * the shield, the sword, and the battle.
4Thou art glorious in might, * when thou comest from the hills of the robbers.
5The proud are robbed, they have slept their sleep; * and all the men whose hands were mighty have found nothing.
6At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, * both the chariot and horse are fallen.
7Thou, even thou art to be feared; * and who may stand in thy sight when thou art angry?
8Thou didst cause thy judgment to be heard from heaven; * the earth trembled, and was still,
9When God arose to judgment, * and to help all the meek upon earth.
10The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise; * and the fierceness of them shalt thou refrain.
11Promise unto the LORD your God, and keep it, all ye that are round about him; * bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
12He shall refrain the spirit of princes, * and is wonderful among the kings of the earth.
GOD standeth in the congregation of princes; * he is a Judge among gods.
2How long will ye give wrong judgment, * and accept the persons of the ungodly?
3Defend the poor and fatherless; * see that such as are in need and necessity have right.
4Deliver the outcast and poor; * save them from the hand of the ungodly.
5They know not, neither do they understand, but walk on still in darkness: * all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
6I have said, Ye are gods, * and ye are all the children of the Most Highest.
7But ye shall die like men, * and fall like one of the princes.
8Arise, O God, and judge thou the earth; * for thou shalt take all nations to thine inheritance.
LORD, thou hast been our refuge, * from one generation to another.
2Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made, * thou art God from everlasting, and world without end.
3Thou turnest man to destruction; * again thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men.
4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, * and as a watch in the night.
5As soon as thou scatterest them they are even as a sleep; * and fade away suddenly like the grass.
6In the morning it is green, and groweth up; * but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered.
7For we consume away in thy displeasure, * and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation.
8Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee; * and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
9For when thou art angry all our days are gone: * we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.
10The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years, * yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.
11But who regardeth the power of thy wrath? * or feareth aright thy indignation?
12So teach us to number our days, * that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
13Turn thee again, O LORD, at the last, * and be gracious unto thy servants.
14O satisfy us with thy mercy, and that soon: * so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life.
15Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast plagued us; * and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity.
16Show thy servants thy work, * and their children thy glory.
17And the glorious majesty of the LORD our God be upon us: * prosper thou the work of our hands upon us; O prosper thou our handy-work.
O sing unto the LORD a new song; * sing unto the LORD, all the whole earth.
2Sing unto the LORD, and praise his Name; * be telling of his salvation from day to day.
3Declare his honour unto the heathen, * and his wonders unto all peoples.
4For the LORD is great, and cannot worthily be praised; * he is more to be feared than all gods.
5As for all the gods of the heathen, they are but idols; * but it is the LORD that made the heavens.
6Glory and worship are before him; * power and honour are in his sanctuary.
7Ascribe unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the peoples, * ascribe unto the LORD worship and power.
8Ascribe unto the LORD the honour due unto his Name; * bring presents, and come into his courts.
9O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness; * let the whole earth stand in awe of him.
10Tell it out among the heathen, that the LORD is King, and that it is he who hath made the round world so fast that it cannot be moved; * and how that he shall judge the peoples righteously.
11Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; * let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is.
12Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it; * then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the LORD.
13For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth; * and with righteousness to judge the world, and the peoples with his truth.
THE LORD is King, the earth may be glad thereof; * yea, the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof.
2Clouds and darkness are round about him: * righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat.
3There shall go a fire before him, * and burn up his enemies on every side.
4His lightnings gave shine unto the world: * the earth saw it, and was afraid.
5The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD; * at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
6The heavens have declared his righteousness, * and all the peoples have seen his glory.
7Confounded be all they that worship carved images, and that delight in vain gods: * worship him, all ye gods.
8Sion heard of it, and rejoiced; and the daughters of Judah were glad, * because of thy judgments, O LORD.
9For thou, LORD, art higher than all that are in the earth: * thou art exalted far above all gods.
10O ye that love the LORD, see that ye hate the thing which is evil: * the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints; he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly.
11There is sprung up a light for the righteous, * and joyful gladness for such as are true-hearted.
12Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; * and give thanks for a remembrance of his holiness.
O sing unto the LORD a new song; * for he hath done marvellous things.
2With his own right hand, and with his holy arm, * hath he gotten himself the victory.
3The LORD declared his salvation; * his righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen.
4He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel; * and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God.
5Show yourselves joyful unto the LORD, all ye lands; * sing, rejoice, and give thanks.
6Praise the LORD upon the harp; * sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving.
7With trumpets also and shawms, * O show yourselves joyful before the LORD, the King.
8Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is; * the round world, and they that dwell therein.
9Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together before the LORD; * for he is come to judge the earth.
10With righteousness shall he judge the world, * and the peoples with equity.