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BLESSED is the man who walks not in the way of the ungodly, nor abides by the counsel of sinners, nor sits in the company of mockers;

But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law does he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by a stream of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaves fall not off; and whatsoever he begins he accomplishes.

The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

Therefore the ungodly shall not be justified in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

WHY do the Gentiles rage and the peoples imagine vain things?

The kings of the earth and the rulers have conspired and have taken counsel together against the LORD and against his anointed, saying,

Let us break their bands asunder, and let us cast away their yoke from us.

He that dwells in heaven shall laugh, and the LORD shall mock at them.

Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath and say,

I have appointed my king over Zion, my holy mountain,

To declare my promise; the LORD has said to me, You are my Son; this day have I begotten you.

Ask of me, and I shall give you the heathen for your inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for your dominion.

You shall shepherd them with a rod of iron; you shall break them in pieces like a potters vessel.

Be wise now, therefore, O kings; be instructed, O judges of the earth.

Serve the LORD with reverence, and uphold him with trembling.

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish from his way while his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

O LORD, how my oppressors are increased! Many are they that rise up against me.

Many there are that say to my soul, You have no salvation in your God.

But thou, O LORD, art my help and my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

I have cried to the LORD with my voice, and he has answered me from his holy mountain.

I lay down and slept; and I awoke; for the LORD sustained me.

I will not be afraid of thousands of people that have surrounded me and set themselves against me.

Arise, O LORD my God, and save me; for thou hast smitten all my enemies upon their cheeks; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

For salvation belongs to the LORD; and thy blessing is upon thy people.

WHEN I have called thee, thou hast answered me, O my God and Saviour of my righteousness; thou hast comforted me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me and hear my prayer.

Men, how long will you obscure my glory? how long will you love vanity? do you want deception forever?

But know that the LORD has set apart for himself him that is wonderful; the LORD will hear when I call to him.

Be angry and yet sin not; commune with your own heart and meditate upon your bed.

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness and put your trust in the LORD.

There are many that say, Who can show us a good man so that he may shine upon us the light of his countenance?

O LORD, thou hast put gladness in my heart more than in the time that their wheat and their wine and their oil increased.

in peace I will both lie down and sleep; for thou, O LORD, alone makest me dwell in safety.

GIVE ear to my words, O LORD, and consider my meditation.

Hearken to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for to thee do I pray.

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD: and in the morning will I prepare myself and see thee.

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; neither shall evil dwell with thee.

The proud shall not stand in thy sight; thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

Thou shalt destroy them that speak falsehood; the LORD will reject the bloody and deceitful man.

But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy; and I will enter into thy house and worship in thy holy temple.

Lead me, O LORD, in thy reverence and righteousness; and because of mine enemies, make thy way straight before my face.

For there is no justice in their mouth; there is wickedness in them; their throat is an open sepulchre; they deceive with their tongues.

Condemn thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their wickedness, for they have provoked thee.

But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice; they shall glorify thee forever, and thou shalt dwell among them; and all they that love thy name shall be strengthened by thee.

For thou wilt bless the righteous; O LORD, thou hast adorned me like a perfect shield.

O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak; O LORD, heal me; for my bones are troubled.

My soul is also troubled exceedingly but thou, O LORD, how long?

Return, O LORD, and deliver my soul: save me for thy mercies sake.

For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in Sheol who shall give thee thanks?

I am weary with my groaning; and every night I water my bed and wash my mattress with my tears.

Mine eye is weakened because of anger; and I am troubled by all my enemies.

Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; for the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.

The LORD has heard my supplication; the LORD has received my prayer.

Let all my enemies be ashamed and defeated; let them turn back and be destroyed suddenly.

O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust; save me; from all them that persecute me, deliver me,

Lest my soul be torn as by a lion, and there is no one to save me and to deliver me.

O LORD my God, if I have done this thing and if there be iniquity in my hands,

If I have been vengeful to him that has done me evil, and if I have oppressed my enemies without a cause;

Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me, yea, let him tread clown my life upon the earth and lay my honor in the dust.

Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself over the neck of mine enemies; and make me alert in the judgment that thou hast commanded.

Let the congregation of the peoples circle thee about; and for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

The LORD shall judge the people; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.

Oh let the evil of the wicked come to an end; and establish thou the righteous, O thou searcher of hearts and souls.

O God who saveth the upright in heart, O righteous God, help me.

God is a righteous judge; yea he is not angry every day.

If he turn not from his anger, he will whet his sword and bend his bow and make it ready.

He has also prepared for himself the instruments of wrath; he pointed his arrows against the persecutor.

Because the wicked has become corrupt and has conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood,

He has made a well, and deepened it, and is fallen into the pit which he made.

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his iniquity upon his own pate.

I will praise the LORD according to my righteousness; and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

O LORD, our LORD, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! Thou hast set thy glory upon the heavens.

Out of the mouth of young men and infants hast thou established thy glory because of thine enemies, that thou mightest destroy the enemy and the avenger.

For thy heavens have seen the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast clothed him with glory and honor.

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet,

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the wilderness;

The fowl of the air and the fish of the sea which pass through the paths of the seas.

O LORD, our LORD, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

I WILL praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvelous works.

I will be glad and rejoice in thee and I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

When mine enemies are beaten back, they shall stumble and perish before thy presence.

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou hast sat on the throne, O thou righteous judge.

Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles and thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

My enemies have been annihilated by the sword for ever; and thou hast destroyed the villages and their very memory hath perished.

But the LORD shall endure for ever; he has prepared his throne for judgment.

And he shall judge the world in righteousness and the people in uprightness.

The LORD also will be a refuge for the poor, a refuge in times of trouble.

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O LORD.

Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; declare among the people his skillful doings;

For he has remembered to avenge their blood; he forgets not the cry of the poor.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, and consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, O thou that removest me away from the gates of death,

That I may declare all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; I will rejoice in thy salvation.

The Gentiles are sunk down in the pit that they made; and their foot is caught in the net which they hid.

The LORD makes known the judgment which he executes; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.

The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, and all the peoples that forsake God.

For the poor shall not always be forgotten; and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail; let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.

Appoint for them a lawgiver, that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.