In Jehovah have I taken refuge. How can you say to my soul,
Flee to  ¹the mountains like a bird?

For behold, the wicked bend the bow;
They ready their arrow on the string
To shoot in the dark at the upright in heart.

When the foundations are destroyed,
What will the righteous man do?

Jehovah is in His holy temple;
Jehovah — His throne is in heaven.
His eyes behold;
His  ¹eyelids try the sons of men.

Jehovah tries the righteous man;
But the wicked man and him who loves violence, His soul hates.

He will rain down snares upon the wicked;
Fire and brimstone and a scorching wind will be the portion of their cup.

For Jehovah is righteous; He loves righteous deeds.
The upright man will behold His face.

To the choir director: on the octave. A Psalm of David

Save, O Jehovah; for the faithful man is no more,
For the trustworthy have vanished from among the sons of men.

Each man speaks falsehood with his neighbor;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

May Jehovah cut off all the flattering lips,
The tongue speaking great things,

Those who said, With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own: Who is our lord?

Because of the devastation of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy,
I will now arise, says Jehovah;
I will set him in the safety that he longs for.

The words of Jehovah are pure words,
Silver refined in a furnace on the earth,
Purified seven times.

You, O Jehovah, will keep them;
You will guard them from this generation forever.

The wicked go about all around,
While vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

To the choir director. A Psalm of David

How long, O Jehovah? Will You forget me continually?
How long will You hide Your face from me?

How long will I bear concern in my soul
And sorrow in my heart day after day?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

Consider and answer me, O Jehovah my God;
Enlighten my eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death,

Lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him,
And my adversaries exult when I am shaken.

But I trust in Your lovingkindness;
My heart will exult in Your salvation;

will sing to Jehovah,
For He has dealt bountifully with me.

To the choir director. Of David

The fool has said in his heart,
There is no God.
They are corrupt; they commit abominable deeds;
There is none who does good.

Jehovah looked down from heaven
Upon the sons of men
To see if there was anyone who had insight,
Who seeks after God.

They have all turned aside;
They are together perverse.
There is none who does good;
There is not even one.

Have they no knowledge, all the workers of iniquity,
Who eat up my people as they would eat up bread
And do not call upon Jehovah?

There they were in great fear,
For God is among the generation of the righteous.

You put the counsel of the afflicted to shame,
But Jehovah is their refuge.

Oh that the salvation of Israel might come forth from Zion!
When Jehovah turns the captivity of His people,
Jacob will exult, Israel will rejoice.

A Psalm of David

 ¹O Jehovah, who may sojourn in Your  ²tent?
Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?

 ¹He who walks in integrity
And does righteousness
And speaks truth from his heart.

He does not slander with his tongue;
He does not do evil to his friend,
Nor does he take up a reproach against his neighbor.

In his eyes a reprobate is despised,
But he honors those who fear Jehovah.
Should he swear to his harm,
He does not change.

He does not lend his money on interest,
Nor accept a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things will not be shaken forever.