Transgression speaks to the wicked
Within  ¹his heart;
There is no dread of God
Before his eyes.

For he flatters himself in his own eyes,
That his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
He has ceased being wise and doing good.

He plans wickedness on his bed;
He sets himself on a way that is not good;
He does not reject evil.

 ¹O Jehovah, Your lovingkindness is in the heavens;
Your faithfulness reaches unto the skies.

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
Your judgments are like the great deep;
You preserve man and beast, O Jehovah.

How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Thus the sons of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

They are saturated with the  ¹fatness of Your  ²house,
And You cause them to drink of the river of Your pleasures.

For with You is the fountain of life;
In Your light we see light.

Continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,
And Your righteousness to those who are upright in heart.

Do not let the foot of the arrogant come upon me,
Nor let the hand of the wicked drive me away.

There the workers of iniquity are fallen;
They are cast down and unable to rise.

Of David

 ¹Do not be incensed because of evildoers;
Do not be envious of wrongdoers.

For they soon wither like grass
And fade away like green herbage.

Trust in Jehovah, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.

Delight yourself in Jehovah,
And He will give you the requests of your heart.

Commit your way to Jehovah,
And trust in Him; and He will act.

And He will cause your righteousness to go forth like light,
And your justness like noonday.

Be still before Jehovah, and wait for Him;
Do not be incensed because of him who enjoys prosperity on his way,
Because of the man who performs his evil schemes.

Cease from anger and forsake wrath;
Do not be incensed; it leads only to evil.

For the evildoers will be cut off;
But those who wait on Jehovah,
They will inherit the land.

And in a little while longer there will be no wicked man;
Indeed, you will look diligently for his place, and he will not be there.

But the lowly will inherit the land
And delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

The wicked man makes evil schemes against the righteous man
And gnashes his teeth at him.

The Lord will laugh at him,
For He sees that his day will come.

The wicked have drawn out the sword
And bent their bow,
To cast the poor and the needy down,
To slaughter those who are upright in their way.

Their sword will enter their own heart,
And their bows will be broken.

Better is the little that the righteous man has
Than the abundance of many wicked.

For the arms of the wicked will be broken,
But Jehovah upholds the righteous.

Jehovah knows the days of the perfect,
And their inheritance will be forever.

They will not be put to shame in a time of evil,
And in the days of famine they will be satisfied.

But the wicked will perish,
And the enemies of Jehovah will be like the glory of the pastures:
They are consumed; in smoke they are consumed.

The wicked borrow but do not repay,
But the righteous is gracious and gives.

For those blessed by Him will inherit the land,
But those cursed by Him will be cut off.

A man's steps are established by Jehovah,
And He delights in his way.

If he falls, he is not utterly cast down;
For Jehovah upholds him by the hand.

I was once a young man; now I am old.
Yet I have not seen the righteous man forsaken,
Nor his seed seeking bread.

He is always gracious and lends,
And his seed becomes a blessing.

Turn away from evil and do good,
And abide forever.

For Jehovah loves justice
And does not abandon His faithful ones;
They are kept forever;
But the seed of the wicked is cut off.

The righteous will inherit the land,
And they will abide in it forever.

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,
And his tongue speaks justice.

The law of his God is in his heart;
His steps do not slip.

The wicked man watches for the righteous man
And seeks to slay him.

Jehovah does not leave him in his hand,
Nor let him be condemned when he is judged.

Wait for Jehovah,
And keep His way;
And He will exalt you to inherit the land;
When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

I have seen the wicked man terrorizing,
And spreading himself like a luxuriant native tree.

Then someone passes by, and behold, he is not there;
I search for him, and he is not found.

Observe the perfect man, and watch the upright man;
For there is a future for the man of peace.

But the transgressors will be altogether destroyed;
The future of the wicked will be cut off.

And the salvation of the righteous is from Jehovah;
He is their stronghold in a time of distress.

And Jehovah helps them and rescues them;
He rescues them from the wicked,
And saves them, for they take refuge in Him.

A Psalm of David, for remembrance

 ¹O Jehovah, do not rebuke me in Your indignation,
Nor chasten me in Your burning wrath.

For Your arrows have sunk deep in me,
And Your hand has come down heavy upon me.

There is no soundness in my flesh due to Your indignation;
There is no wholeness in my bones due to my sin.

For my iniquities have passed over my head;
Like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

My wounds are odious and festering
Due to my foolishness.

I am bent down and bowed utterly;
I go about all day long mourning.

For my loins are filled with burning,
And there is no soundness in my flesh.

I am benumbed and crushed utterly;
I cry out due to the  ¹groaning of my heart.

O Lord, all my desire is before You,
And my groaning is not hidden from You.

My heart throbs; my strength fails me;
And as for the light of my eyes, neither is it with me.

Those who love me and those who are my friends stand aloof from my
plague,
And my relatives stand far away.

And those who seek my soul lay traps for me,
And those who pursue my misfortune speak of destruction,
And they contemplate deceit all day long.

But I, like a deaf man, cannot hear;
And I am like a dumb man, who cannot open his mouth.

Indeed I am like a man who does not hear
And in whose mouth there are no reproofs.

For in You, O Jehovah, do I hope;
You will respond, O Lord my God.

For I said, May they never rejoice over me!
When my foot slips, they magnify themselves over me.

For I am ready to stumble,
And my pain is before me continually.

For I declare my iniquity;
I am anxious because of my sin.

But my enemies are vigorous; they are strong;
And those who wrongly hate me are many.

Those also who repay evil for good
Are my adversaries because I pursue what is good.

Do not abandon me, O Jehovah;
O my God, do not be far away from me.

Hasten to help me,
O Lord, my salvation.

To the choir director, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David

I said, I will keep my ways,
So that I do not sin with my tongue;
I will keep a muzzle on my mouth
When the wicked are before me.

I was dumb and silent;
I held my peace, even from good;
And my pain was stirred up.

My heart was hot within me;
While I mused, the fire burned;
I spoke with my tongue:

O Jehovah, cause me to know my end,
And the measure of my days, what it is.
May I know how transient I am.

Behold, You have made my days as mere handbreadths,
And my lifetime is as nothing before You;
Surely every man  ¹at his best is altogether  ²vanity. Selah

Surely man goes about as a semblance;
Surely they bustle about in vain:
He heaps up riches yet knows not
Who will gather them.

And now what am I waiting for, O Lord?
My hope — it is in You.

Deliver me from all my transgressions;
Do not make me the fool's reproach.

I was dumb; I did not open my mouth;
For You have done this.

Remove Your plague from me;
By the hostility of Your hand I am consumed.

With rebukes You chasten a man because of iniquity,
And cause what is desirous to him to disappear like a moth.
Surely every man is vanity. Selah

Hear my prayer, O Jehovah;
And give ear to my cry;
Do not hold Your peace at my tears.
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Look away from me, that I may be cheerful,
Before I go away and am no more.

To the choir director. A Psalm of David

I waited patiently on Jehovah,
And He inclined to me
And heard my cry.

Then He brought me up out of a pit of destruction,
Out of the miry clay;
And He set my feet upon a rock,
Establishing my steps.

Then He put a new song in my mouth,
A praise to our God.
Many see it and fear,
And they trust in Jehovah.

 ¹Blessed is the man
Who makes Jehovah his trust
And does not turn to the proud
Or to those who turn aside after deception.

Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful deeds which You have done
And Your thoughts toward us;
They cannot be set in order unto You.
Were I to declare and speak of them,
They would be too numerous to recount.

 ¹You do not delight in  ²sacrifice and offering;
You have  ³prepared ears for Me;
You do not require burnt offering and sin offering.

Then I said,
Behold, I have  ¹come;
In the  ²scroll of the book
It is written concerning Me.

I delight in doing Your will, O My God;
Indeed Your law is within My inward parts.

I bear tidings of righteousness
In the great congregation.
Behold, I will not withhold My lips;
O Jehovah, You know.

I have not hidden Your righteousness
Within My heart;
I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great
congregation.

You, O Jehovah, do not withhold
Your compassions from me;
May Your lovingkindness and Your truth
Preserve me continually.

For evils encompass me until they cannot be counted;
My iniquities have so overtaken me
That I cannot see;
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head;
Thus my heart fails me.

Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me;
O Jehovah, hasten to help me.

May those who seek my life to destroy it
Be put to shame and confounded together;
May those who take delight in my misfortune
Be turned back and humiliated.

May those who say to me, Aha! Aha!
Be desolate because of their shame.

May all those who seek You
Be glad and rejoice in You;
May those who love Your salvation say continually,
May Jehovah be magnified!

But I am poor and needy;
May the Lord think about me.
You are my help and my Deliverer;
O my God, do not delay.