1 HAPPY is the man that hath

not walked in the counsel of the wicked,

Nor stood in the way of sinners, Nor sat in the seat of the scornful. "But his delight is in the law of the LORD;

And in His law doth he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by streams of water,

That bringeth forth its fruit in its season,

And whose leaf doth not wither; And in whatsoever he doeth he shall prosper.

'Not so the wicked;

But they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. "Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment,

Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the LORD regardeth the way of the righteous;

But the way of the wicked shall perish.

2 Why are the nations in an uproar? And why do the peoples mutter in vain?

"The kings of the earth stand up, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD, and against His anointed:

'Let us break their bands asunder,

And cast away their cords from us.'

'He that sitteth in heaven laugheth, The Lord hath them in derision. "Then will He speak unto them in His wrath,

And affright them in His sore displeasure:

"Truly it is I that have established My king

Upon Zion, My holy mountain.'

I will tell of the decree:
The LORD said unto me: 'Thou
art My son,

This day have I begotten thee.
Ask of Me, and I will give the

nations for thine inheritance, And the ends of the earth for thy possession.

"Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron;

Thou shalt dash them in pieces

like a potter's vessel.'

10Now therefore, O ye kings, be wise; Be admonished, ye judges of the earth.

11Serve the LORD with fear,

And rejoice with trembling. 12 Do homage in purity, lest He be

angry, and ye perish in the way, When suddenly His wrath is kindled.

Happy are all they that take refuge in Him.

"Thou destroyest them that speak falsehood;

The LORD abhorreth the man of blood and of deceit.

But as for me, in the abundance of Thy lovingkindness will I come into Thy house;

I will bow down toward Thy holy temple in the fear of Thee.

"O LORD, lead me in Thy righteousness because of them that lie in wait for me;

Make Thy way straight before my face.

10 For there is no sincerity in their mouth;

Their inward part is a yawning gulf,

Their throat is an open sepulchre; They make smooth their tongue. "Hold them guilty, O God,

Let them fall by their own counsels; Cast them down in the multitude of their transgressions;

Heal me, O LORD, for my bones are affrighted.

'My soul also is sore affrighted; And Thou, O LORD, how long?

"Return, O LORD, deliver my soul; Save me for Thy mercy's sake. "For in death there is no remembrance of Thee;

In the nether-world who will give Thee thanks?

"I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim;

I melt away my couch with my

tears.

Mine eye is dimmed because of vexation;

It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.

'Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity;

For the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.

12So shall all those that take refuge in Thee rejoice,

They shall ever shout for joy,
And Thou shalt shelter them;
Let them also that love Thy name
exult in Thee.

13 For Thou dost bless the righteous; O LORD, Thou dost encompass him

with favour as with a shield.

6 For the Leader; with string-music;

on the Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

20 LORD, rebuke me not in Thine anger,

Neither chasten me in Thy wrath. Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I languish away;

tion;

The LORD receiveth my prayer. "All mine enemies shall be ashamed and sore affrighted;

They shall turn back, they shall be ashamed suddenly.

7 Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning Cush a Benjamite.

20 LORD my God, in Thee have I taken refuge;

Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me;

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

"O LORD my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;

"If I have requited him that did evil unto me,

Or spoiled mine adversary unto

emptiness;

"Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it,

And tread my life down to the earth;

Yea, let him lay my glory in the dust. Selah

"Arise, O LORD, in Thine anger, Lift up Thyself in indignation against mine adversaries; Yea, awake for me at the judgment which Thou hast commanded.

Yea, he conceiveth mischief, and bringeth forth falsehood.

16He hath digged a pit, and hollowed it,

And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

"His mischief shall return upon his own head,

And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

18I will give thanks unto the LORD according to His righteousness; And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

"O LORD, who ministerest judgment to the peoples, Judge me, O LORD,

According to my righteousness,

and according to mine integrity that is in me.

10Oh that a full measure of evil might come upon the wicked,

And that Thou wouldest establish the righteous;

For the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

"My shield is with God,

Who saveth the upright in heart. 12God is a righteous judge,

Yea, a God that hath indignation every day:

13 If a man turn not, He will whet His sword,

He hath bent His bow, and made it ready;

14He hath also prepared for him the weapons of death,

Yea, His arrows which He made sharp.

15Behold, he travaileth with iniquity;

For the Leader; upon the Gittith.

A Psalm of David.

20 LORD, our Lord,

How glorious is Thy name in all the earth!

Whose majesty is rehearsed above the heavens.

3Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries; That Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

"When I behold Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers,

The moon and the stars, which Thou hast established;

"What is man, that Thou art mindful of him?

And the son of man, that Thou thinkest of him?

"Yet Thou hast made him but little lower than the angels,

And hast crowned him with glory and honour.

"Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands;

Thou hast put all things under his feet:

He will minister judgment to the peoples with equity.

10The LORD also will be a high tower for the oppressed,

A high tower in times of trouble; 11And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee;

For Thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.

12Sing praises to the LORD, who dwelleth in Zion;

Declare among the peoples His doings.

13 For He that avengeth blood hath remembered them;

He hath not forgotten the cry of the humble.

14Be gracious unto me, O LORD,

Behold mine affliction at the hands of them that hate me;

Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

15That I may tell of all Thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion,

That I may rejoice in Thy salvation.

16The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made;

In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

17The LORD hath made Himself known, He hath executed judgment,

The wicked is snared in the work

of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah 18The wicked shall return to the nether-world,

Even all the nations that forget God. 19For the needy shall not alway be forgotten,

Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.