My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart are things of understanding.

What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?

Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.

Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever,their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.

but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish.

This their way is folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

Be not afraid when [an ungodly] man becomes rich,
When the wealth and glory of his house are increased;

Wealthy people do not understand; they are like animals that perish.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.

“For every beast of the forest is Mine,
And the cattle on a thousand hills.

I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

“If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
For the world and all it contains are Mine.

Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!"

When you see a thief, then you are pleased with him, and your association [is] with adulterers.

Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

Against You, You only, have I sinned
And done that which is evil in Your sight,
So that You are justified when You speak [Your sentence]
And faultless in Your judgment.

Indeed, you are pleased with truth in the inner person, and you will teach me wisdom in my innermost parts.

For you do not delight [in] sacrifice or I would give [it]. [With] a burnt offering you are not pleased.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

I will continually thank you when you execute judgment; I will rely on you, for your loyal followers know you are good.

{To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God.

Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Are the workers of iniquity, without knowledge? Devouring my people, as they devour food? Upon God, have they not called.

There they were, in great terror and dread, where there had been no terror or dread;
For God scattered the bones of him who besieged you;
You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.

For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

Look, God is my helper; the Lord is with those who are guarding my life.

I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.

My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.

Desolations are upon them, They go down to Sheol -- alive, For wickedness is in their dwelling, in their midst.

He safely redeems my life from [the] battle against me, because [those standing] against me are among many.

God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.

He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.

Smooth were the milky words of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords.

But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.

For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rechovim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.

Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! In your anger bring down the nations, O God!

Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.

For thou deliveredst my soul from death: are not my feet from falling, to go about before God in the light of the living?

Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious and merciful to me,
For my soul finds shelter and safety in You,
And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge and be confidently secure
Until destruction passes by.

My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

You are my glory; let the instruments of music be awake; I myself will be awake with the dawn.

For Your faithfulness and lovingkindness are great, reaching to the heavens,
And Your truth to the clouds.

Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men?

The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

Who will not be moved by the voice of the wonder-worker, however great are his powers.

They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.

Before your cooking pots can feel the fire of thorns [burning under them as fuel],
He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike.

So that a son of earth may say - Surely there is fruit for the righteous man! Surely there are gods who judge in the earth!

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Rise up, behold, and help me!

And you, Yahweh, God [of] hosts, [are] the God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations. Do not be gracious to any [who] treacherously plot evil. Selah

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

But you are laughing at them, O Lord; you will make sport of all the nations.

O my strength, I will watch for you, because [you], O God, [are] my (high) stronghold.

The sin of their mouth is a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

Consume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah.

They -- they wander for food, If they are not satisfied -- then they murmur.

As for me, I will sing about your strength; I will praise your loyal love in the morning. For you are my refuge and my place of shelter when I face trouble.

My Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, God of Gracious Love, are my fortress. To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Lily of The Covenant," for teaching about his battle with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, when Joab returned and attacked 12,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley.

Aren't you the one, God, who has cast us off? Didn't you refuse, God, to accompany our armies?

Indeed, you are my shelter, a strong tower that protects me from the enemy.

Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down.

They only plan to thrust [him] down from his high position; they are pleased [with] deception. With their mouths they bless, but {inwardly} they curse. Selah

For God alone my soul waits in silence and quietly submits to Him,
For my hope is from Him.

Upon God, depend my salvation and mine honour, My rock of strength, my refuge, are in God.

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

One thing, hath God spoken, Two things, there are which I have heard, That, power, belongeth unto God;

O God, You are my God; with deepest longing I will seek You;
My soul [my life, my very self] thirsts for You, my flesh longs and sighs for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

because You are my helper;
I will rejoice in the shadow of Your wings.

They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are.

O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.

Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

shooting from concealed places at the innocent.
They shoot at him suddenly and are not afraid.

They search out perverse things, 'We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart are deep.

But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;

By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.

The righteous man shall rejoice Yahweh, and seek refuge in him, Then shall glory - all who are upright in heart.

Thine, are silence and praise, O God, in Zion, - And, to thee, shall be paid the vow.

Things of iniquity are mightier than I; as for our transgressions, You shall purge them away.

O the happiness of him whom Thou choosest, And drawest near, he inhabiteth Thy courts, We are satisfied with the goodness of Thy house, Thy holy temple.

By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

The God by whose strength the mountains are fixed; who is robed with power:

They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; And the hills are girded with joy.

The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.

Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

Come and see the wonders of God;
His acts for humanity are awe-inspiring.

He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah.)