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.

1  Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men.

2  But his delight is in the law of YHWH; and in His law doth he meditate day and night.

3  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.

3  And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, which will provide its fruit in its time, and its leaf will not fall away, and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.

4  Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

4  Not so the ungodly; —not so: but rather as the chaff which the wind scatters away from the face of the earth.

5  Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

5  Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment, nor sinners in the council of the just.

6  For YHWH regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked shall perish.

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

2:1  Why are the nations in an uproar? And why do the peoples mutter in vain?

1  Wherefore did the heathen rage, and the nations imagine vain things?

1  Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?

2:2  The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together, against YHWH, and against His anointed

2:3  'Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.'

3  saying, Let us break through their bonds, and cast away their yoke from us.

3  “Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us.”

2:4  He that sitteth in heaven laugheth, YHWH hath them in derision.

4  He that dwells in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn, and the Lord shall mock them.

4  He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them.

2:5  Then will He speak unto them in His wrath, and affright them in His sore displeasure

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

2:6  'Truly it is I that have established My king upon Zion, My holy mountain.'

6  Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.

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

2:7  I will tell of the decree: YHWH said unto me: 'Thou art My son, this day have I begotten thee.

7  The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you.

2:8  Ask of Me, and I will give the nations for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession.

2:9  Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.'

9  You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.

9  You shall shepherd them with a rod of iron; you shall break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

2:10  Now therefore, O ye kings, be wise; be admonished, ye judges of the earth.

10  And now, O kings, understand. Receive instruction, you who judge the earth.

2:11  Serve YHWH with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

11  Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice in him with trembling.

2:12  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.

12  Accept correction, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and ye should perish from the righteous way: whensoever his wrath shall be suddenly kindled, blessed are all they that trust in him.

3:1  YHWH, how many are mine adversaries become! Many are they that rise up against me.

title  A Psalm of David, when he fled from the presence of his son Abessalom.

1  O Lord, why are they that afflict me multiplied? many rise up against me.

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

3:2  Many there are that say of my soul: 'There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah

2  Many say concerning my soul, There is no deliverance for him in his God. Pause.

Ps3:2  Many say to my soul, “There is no salvation for him in his God.”

3:3  But thou, O YHWH, art a shield about me; my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

Ps3:3  But you, Lord, are my supporter, my glory, and the one who raises up my head.

3:4  With my voice I call unto YHWH, and He answereth me out of His holy mountain. Selah

4  I cried to the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy mountain. Pause.

Ps3:4  I have cried out to the Lord with my voice, and he has heard me from his holy mountain.

3:5  I lay me down, and I sleep; I awake, for YHWH sustaineth me.

5  I lay down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord will help me.

Ps3:5  I have slept, and I have been stupefied. But I awakened because the Lord has taken me up.

3:6  I am not afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

6  I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, who beset me round about.

Ps3:6  I will not fear the thousands of people surrounding me. Rise up, Lord. Save me, my God.

3:7  Arise, O YHWH; save me, O my God; for Thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek, Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

7  Arise, Lord; deliver me, my God: for thou hast smitten all who were without cause mine enemies; thou hast broken the teeth of sinners.

Ps3:7  For you have struck all those who oppose me without cause. You have broken the teeth of sinners.

3:8  Salvation belongeth unto YHWH; Thy blessing be upon Thy people. Selah

8  Deliverance is the Lord’s, and thy blessing is upon thy people.

4:2  O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be put to shame, in that ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah

Ps4:2  Sons of men, how long will you be dull in heart, so that whatever you love is in vain, and whatever you seek is false?

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

4:3  But know that YHWH hath set apart the godly man as His own; the YHWH will hear when I call unto Him.

3  But know ye that the Lord has done wondrous things for his holy one: the Lord will hear me when I cry to him.

Ps4:3  And know this: the Lord has made wondrous his holy one. The Lord will heed me when I cry out to him.

4:4  Tremble, and sin not; commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah

4  Be ye angry, and sin not; feel compunction upon your beds for what ye say in your hearts. Pause.

Ps4:4  Be angry, and do not be willing to sin. The things that you say in your hearts: be sorry for them on your beds.

4:5  Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in YHWH.

Ps4:5  Offer the sacrifice of justice, and hope in the Lord. Many say, “Who reveals to us what is good?”

4:6  Many there are that say: 'Oh that we could see some good!' YHWH, lift Thou up the light of Thy countenance upon us.

6  Many say, Who will shew us good things? the light of thy countenance, O Lord, has been manifested towards us.

Ps4:6  The light of your countenance, Lord, has been sealed upon us. You have given joy to my heart.

4:7  Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than when their corn and their wine increase.

Ps4:7  By the fruit of their grain, wine, and oil, they have been multiplied.

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

4:8  In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for Thou, YHWH, makest me dwell alone in safety.

8  I will both lie down in peace and sleep: for thou, Lord, only hast caused me to dwell securely.

8  In peace itself, I will sleep and I will rest.

9  For you, O Lord, have established me singularly in hope.

5:2  Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; for unto Thee do I pray.

2  Attend to the voice of my supplication, my King, and my God: for to thee, O Lord, will I pray.

5:3  O YHWH, in the morning shalt Thou hear my voice; in the morning will I order my prayer unto Thee, and will look forward.

Ps5:3  For to you, I will pray. In the morning, Lord, you will hear my voice.

5:4  For Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with Thee.

Ps5:4  In the morning, I will stand before you, and I will see. For you are not a God who wills iniquity.

5:5  The boasters shall not stand in Thy sight; Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

5  Neither shall the transgressors continue in thy sight: thou hatest, O Lord, all them that work iniquity.

Ps5:5  And the malicious will not dwell close to you, nor will the unjust endure before your eyes.

5:6  Thou destroyest them that speak falsehood; YHWH abhorreth the man of blood and of deceit.

Ps5:6  You hate all who work iniquity. You will destroy all who speak a lie. The bloody and deceitful man, the Lord will abominate.

5:7  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.

7  But I will enter into thine house in the multitude of thy mercy: I will worship in thy fear toward thy holy temple.

Ps5:7  But I am in the multitude of your mercy. I will enter your house. I will show adoration toward your holy temple, in your fear.

5:8  O YHWH, lead me in Thy righteousness because of them that lie in wait for me; make Thy way straight before my face.

8  Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make my way plain before thy face.

Ps5:8  Lord, lead me in your justice. Because of my enemies, direct my way in your sight.

5:9  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.

9  For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is vain; their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit.

5:10  Hold them guilty, O God, let them fall by their own counsels; cast them down in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against Thee.

10  Judge them, O God; let them fail of their counsels: cast them out according to the abundance of their ungodliness; for they have provoked thee, O Lord.

Ps5:10  Their throat is an open sepulcher. They have acted deceitfully with their tongues. Judge them, O God. Let them fall by their own intentions: according to the multitude of their impiety, expel them. For they have provoked you, O Lord.

5:11  So 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.

11  But let all that trust on thee be glad in thee: they shall exult for ever, and thou shalt dwell among them; and all that love thy name shall rejoice in thee.

Ps5:11  But let all those who hope in you rejoice. They will exult in eternity, and you will dwell in them. And all those who love your name will glory in you.

5:12  For Thou dost bless the righteous; O YHWH, Thou dost encompass him with favour as with a shield.

Ps5:12  For you will bless the just. You have crowned us, O Lord, as if with a shield of your good will.

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

6:2  Be gracious unto me, O YHWH, for I languish away; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are affrighted.

2  Pity me, O Lord; for I am weak: heal me, O Lord; for my bones are vexed.

Ps6:2  Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak. Heal me, Lord, for my bones have become disturbed,

6:3  My soul also is sore affrighted; and Thou, O YHWH, how long?

Ps6:3  and my soul has been very troubled. But as for you, Lord, when?

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

6:4  Return, O YHWH, deliver my soul; save me for Thy mercy's sake.

Ps6:4  Turn to me, Lord, and rescue my soul. Save me because of your mercy.

6:5  For in death there is no remembrance of Thee; in the nether-world who will give Thee thanks?

5  For in death no man remembers thee: and who will give thee thanks in Hades?

Ps6:5  For there is no one in death who would be mindful of you. And who will confess to you in Hell?

6:6  I am weary with my groaning; every night make I my bed to swim; I melt away my couch with my tears.

6  I am wearied with my groaning; I shall wash my bed every night; I shall water my couch with tears.

Ps6:6  I have labored in my groaning. Every night, with my tears, I will wash my bed and drench my blanket.

6:7  Mine eye is dimmed because of vexation; it waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.

Ps6:7  My eye has been troubled by rage. I have grown old among all my enemies.

6:8  Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for YHWH hath heard the voice of my weeping.

Ps6:8  Scatter before me, all you who work iniquity, for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.

6:9  YHWH hath heard my supplication; YHWH receiveth my prayer.

9  The Lord has hearkened to my petition; the Lord has accepted my prayer.

6:10  All mine enemies shall be ashamed and sore affrighted; they shall turn back, they shall be ashamed suddenly.

10  Let all mine enemies be put to shame and sore troubled: let them be turned back and grievously put to shame speedily.

Ps6:10  Let all my enemies be ashamed and together be greatly troubled. May they be converted and become ashamed very quickly.

7:2  Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

2  Lest at any time the enemy seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save.

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

7:3  O YHWH my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

3  O Lord my God, if I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands;)

Ps7:3  O Lord, my God, if there is iniquity in my hands, if I have done this

7:4  If I have requited him that did evil unto me, or spoiled mine adversary unto emptiness;

Ps7:4  if I have repaid those who rendered evils to me, may I deservedly fall away empty before my enemies

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

7:5  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

7:6  Arise, O YHWH, in Thine anger, lift up Thyself in indignation against mine adversaries; yea, awake for me at the judgment which Thou hast commanded.

6  Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath; be exalted in the utmost boundaries of mine enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which thou didst command.

Ps7:6  Rise up, Lord, in your anger. And be exalted to the borders of my enemies. And rise up, O Lord my God, according to the precept that you commanded,

7:7  And let the congregation of the peoples compass Thee about, and over them return Thou on high.

Ps7:7  and a congregation of people will surround you. And, because of this, return on high.

7:8  O YHWH, who ministerest judgment to the peoples, judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

8  The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me.

Ps7:8  The Lord judges the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice and according to my innocence within me.

7:9  Oh that a full measure of evil might come upon the wicked, and that Thou wouldest establish the righteous; for the righteous God trieth the heart and reins.

9  Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and then thou shalt direct the righteous, O God that searchest the hearts and reins.

Ps7:9  The wickedness of sinners will be consumed, and you will direct the just: the examiner of hearts and temperaments is God.

7:10  My shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart.

Ps7:10  Just is my help from the Lord, who saves the upright of heart.

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

7:11  God is a righteous judge, yea, a God that hath indignation every day

Ps7:11  God is a just judge, strong and patient. How could he be angry throughout every day?

7:12  If a man turn not, He will whet His sword, He hath bent His bow, and made it ready;

Ps7:12  Unless you will be converted, he will brandish his sword. He has extended his bow and made it ready.

7:13  He hath also prepared for him the weapons of death, yea, His arrows which He made sharp.

13  And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has completed his arrows for the raging ones.

Ps7:13  And with it, he has prepared instruments of death. He has produced his arrows for those on fire.

7:14  Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; yea, he conceiveth mischief, and bringeth forth falsehood.

Ps7:14  Behold him who has given birth to injustice: he has conceived sorrow and has begotten iniquity.

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

7:15  He hath digged a pit, and hollowed it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

Ps7:15  He has opened a pit and enlarged it. And he has fallen into the hole that he made.

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

7:16  His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

16  His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown.

Ps7:16  His sorrow will be turned upon his own head, and his iniquity will descend upon his highest point.

7:17  I will give thanks unto YHWH according to His righteousness; and will sing praise to the name of the YHWH Most High.

Ps7:17  I will confess to the Lord according to his justice, and I will sing a psalm to the name of the Lord Most High.

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

8:2  Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou founded strength, because of Thine adversaries; that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

Ps8:2  Out of the mouths of babes and infants, you have perfected praise, because of your enemies, so that you may destroy the enemy and the revenger.

8:3  When I behold Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast established;

3  For I will regard the heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and stars, which thou hast established.

Ps8:3  For I will behold your heavens, the works of your fingers: the moon and the stars, which you have founded.

8:4  What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that Thou thinkest of him?

8:5  Yet Thou hast made him but little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

5  Thou madest him a little less than angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour;

Ps8:5  You reduced him to a little less than the Angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor,

8:6  Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under His feet

6  and thou hast set him over the works of thy hands: thou hast put all things under his feet

Ps8:6  and you have set him over the works of your hands.

8:7  Sheep and oxen, all of them, yea, and the beasts of the field;

Ps8:7  You have subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and in addition: the beasts of the field,

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

8:8  The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea; whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

Ps8:8  the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, which pass through the paths of the sea.

8:9  O YHWH, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth!

9  O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth!

Ps8:9  O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is your name throughout all the earth!

9:2  I will be glad and exult in Thee; I will sing praise to Thy name, O Most High

Ps9:2  I will rejoice and exult in you. I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High.

9:3  When mine enemies are turned back, they stumble and perish at Thy presence;

Ps9:3  For my enemy will be turned back. They will be weakened and perish before your face.

9:4  For Thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sattest upon the throne as the righteous Judge.

Ps9:4  For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause. You have sat upon the throne that judges justice.

9:5  Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

Ps9:5  You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished. You have deleted their name in eternity and for all generations.

9:6  O thou enemy, the waste places are come to an end for ever; and the cities which thou didst uproot, their very memorial is perished.

6  The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and thou hast destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,

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

9:7  But YHWH is enthroned for ever; He hath established His throne for judgment.

7  but the Lord endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgement.

Ps9:7  But the Lord remains in eternity. He has prepared his throne in judgment.

9:8  And He will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples with equity.

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

9:9  YHWH also will be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble;

9  The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.

Ps9:9  And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.

9:10  And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee; for thou, YHWH, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.

10  And let them that know thy name hope in thee: for thou, O Lord, hast not failed them that diligently seek thee.

Ps9:10  And may they hope in you, who know your name. For you have not abandoned those seeking you, Lord.

9:11  Sing praises to YHWH, who dwelleth in Zion; declare among the peoples His doings.

Ps9:11  Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles.

9:12  For He that avengeth blood hath remembered them; He hath not forgotten the cry of the humble.

12  For he remembered them, in making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the supplication of the poor.

Ps9:12  Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them. He has not forgotten the cry of the poor.

9:13  Be gracious unto me, O YHWH, behold mine affliction at the hands of them that hate me; Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

13  Have mercy upon me, O Lord; look upon my affliction which I suffer of mine enemies, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death

Ps9:13  Have mercy on me, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies.

9:14  That I may tell of all Thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion, that I may rejoice in Thy salvation.

Ps9:14  You lift me up from the gates of death, so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.

9:15  The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

15  The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.

Ps9:15  I will exult in your salvation. The Gentiles have become trapped in the ruin that they made. Their foot has been caught in the same snare that they themselves had hidden.

9:16  YHWH hath made Himself known, He hath executed judgment, the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah

16  The Lord is known as executing judgements: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. A song of Pause.

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

9:17  The wicked shall return to the nether-world, even all the nations that forget God.

17  Let sinners be driven away into Hades, even all the nations that forget God.

Ps9:17  The sinners will be turned into Hell: all the Gentiles who have forgotten God.

9:18  For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

18  For the poor shall not be forgotten for ever: the patience of the needy ones shall not perish for ever.

Ps9:18  For the poor will not be forgotten in the end. The patience of the poor will not perish in the end.

9:19  Arise, O YHWH, let not man prevail; let the nations be judged in Thy sight.

19  Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged before thee.

Ps9:19  Rise up, Lord: do not let man be strengthened. Let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.

9:20  Set terror over them, O YHWH; let the nations know they are but men. Selah

20  Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. Pause.

10:2  Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, they are taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Ps9:22  While the impious is arrogant, the poor is enflamed. They are held by the counsels that they devise.

10:3  For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn YHWH.

3  Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself.

Ps9:23  For the sinner is praised by the desires of his soul, and the iniquitous is blessed.

10:4  The wicked, in the pride of his countenance , saith : 'He will not require'; all his thoughts are: 'There is no God.'

4  The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after him : God is not before him.

10:5  His ways prosper at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

5  His ways are profane at all times; thy judgements are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.

Ps9:25  God is not before his sight. His ways are stained at all times. Your judgments are removed from his face. He will be master of all his enemies.

10:6  He saith in his heart: 'I shall not be moved, I who to all generations shall not be in adversity.'

6  For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, continuing without evil from generation to generation.

6  He says in his heart, I shall not be moved from generation to generation; for he conceives evil.

10:7  His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

7  Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain.

10:8  He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in secret places doth he slay the innocent; his eyes are on the watch for the helpless.

8  He lies in wait with rich men in secret places, in order to slay the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor.

Ps9:28  He sits in ambush, with resources in hidden places, so that he may execute the innocent.

10:9  He lieth in wait in a secret place as a lion in his lair, he lieth in wait to catch the poor; he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him up in his net.

Ps9:29  His eyes catch sight of the poor. He lies in ambush, in hiding like a lion in his den. He lies in ambush, so that he may seize the poor, to seize the poor as he draws him in.

9  He lies in wait to snare the poor by drawing him into his net.

10:10  He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall into his mighty claws.

Ps9:30  With his snare, he will bring him down. He will crouch down and pounce, when he has power over the poor.

10  He shall be humbled and overthrown, and in his bones there shall be sickness and pain.

10:11  He hath said in his heart: 'God hath forgotten; He hideth His face; He will never see.'

11  For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he has turned away his face so as never to look.

11  He says in his heart, God has forgotten; he has turned away his face; he will never see it.

10:12  Arise, O YHWH; O God, lift up Thy hand; forget not the humble.

12  Arise, O Lord God; let thy hand be lifted up: forget not the poor.

Ps9:32  O Lord God, rise up. Let your hand be exalted. Do not forget the poor.

10:13  Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart: 'Thou wilt not require'?

Ps9:33  How has the impious one provoked God? For he has said in his heart, “He will not inquire.”

13  Why does the wicked provoke God? He says in his heart, God does not seek vengeance.

10:14  Thou hast seen; for Thou beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite them with Thy hand; unto Thee the helpless committeth himself; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

14  Thou seest it; for thou dost observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into thy hands: the poor has been left to thee; thou wast a helper to the orphan.

Ps9:34  You do see, for you examine hardship and sorrow, so that you may deliver them into your hands. The poor one has been abandoned to you. You will be a helper to the orphan.

10:15  Break Thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, search out his wickedness, till none be found.

Ps9:35  Break the arm of the sinner and the malicious. His sin will be sought, and it will not be found.

10:16  YHWH is King for ever and ever; the nations are perished out of His land.

16  The Lord shall reign for ever, even for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish out his land.

16  The LORD is King for ever and ever; the Gentiles are perished out of his land.

10:17  YHWH, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble: Thou wilt direct their heart, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to attend;

17  The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: thine ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;

17  LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the poor; thine ear hath heard the preparation of their heart;

10:18  To right the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.

11:1  For the Leader. A Psalm of David. In YHWH have I taken refuge; how say ye to my soul: 'Flee thou! to your mountain, ye birds'?

title  Unto the end. A Psalm of David.

1  I trust in the Lord. How can you say to my soul, “Sojourn to the mountain, like a sparrow.”

1  IN the LORD put I my trust; how say you to me, Flee as a bird to the mountains?

11:2  For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, they have made ready their arrow upon the string, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

2  For behold the sinners have bent their bow, they have prepared their arrows for the quiver, to shoot privily at the upright in heart.

11:3  When the foundations are destroyed, what hath the righteous wrought?

3  For they have pulled down what thou didst frame, but what has the righteous done?

3  For if they have destroyed the foundations which the LORD has prepared, what can the righteous do?

11:4  YHWH is in His holy temple, YHWH, His throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids try, the children of men.

4  The Lord is in his holy temple, as for the Lord, his throne is in heaven: his eyes look upon the poor, his eyelids try the sons of men.

11:5  YHWH trieth the righteous; but the wicked and him that loveth violence His soul hateth.

5  The Lord tries the righteous and the ungodly: and he that loves unrighteousness hates his own soul.

Ps10:5  The Lord questions the just and the impious. Yet he who loves iniquity, hates his own soul.

11:6  Upon the wicked He will cause to rain coals; fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

6  He shall rain upon sinners snares, fire, and brimstone, and a stormy blast shall be the portion of their cup.

11:7  For YHWH is righteous, He loveth righteousness; the upright shall behold His face.

7  For the Lord is righteous, and loves righteousness; his face beholds uprightness.

Ps10:7  For the Lord is just, and he has chosen justice. His countenance has beheld equity.

12:1  Help, YHWH; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

title  For the end, A Psalm of David, upon the eighth.

1  Save me, O Lord; for the godly man has failed; for truth is diminished from among the children of men.

1  SAVE, O LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for faith hath disappeared from the earth.

12:2  They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; with flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

Ps11:2  They have been speaking emptiness, each one to his neighbor; they have been speaking with deceitful lips and a duplicitous heart.

12:3  May YHWH cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things!

3  Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words

Ps11:3  May the Lord scatter all deceitful lips, along with the tongue that speaks malice.

12:4  Who have said: 'Our tongue will we make mighty; our lips are with us: who is lord over us?'

Ps11:4  They have said: “We will magnify our tongue; our lips belong to us. What is Lord to us?”

4  For they have said, With our tongue will we prevail: our lips are our own; who is lord over us?

12:5  'For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise', saith YHWH; 'I will set him in safety at whom they puff.'

5  Because of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will set them in safety; I will speak to them thereof openly.

5  Because of the oppression of the poor and the groans of the needy, now will I arise, says the LORD; and I will bring salvation openly.

12:6  The words of YHWH are pure words, as silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times.

6  The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; as silver tried in the fire, proved in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Ps11:6  The eloquence of the Lord is pure eloquence, silver tested by fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times.

12:7  Thou wilt keep them, O YHWH; Thou wilt preserve us from this generation for ever.

7  Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us, and shalt preserve us, from this generation, and for ever.

Ps11:7  You, O Lord, will preserve us, and you will guard us from this generation into eternity.

12:8  The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

13:2  How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart by day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

2  How long can I take counsel in my soul, sorrowing in my heart throughout the day?

3  How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

13:3  Behold Thou, and answer me, O YHWH my God; lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

3  Look on me, hearken to me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death;

3  Consider and hear me, O LORD my God; lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death,

13:4  Lest mine enemy say: 'I have prevailed against him'; lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

4  lest at any time mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: my persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved.

13:5  But as for me, in Thy mercy do I trust; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation.

5  But I have hoped in thy mercy; my heart shall exult in thy salvation.

5  But I have hoped in your mercy. My heart will exult in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, who assigns good things to me. And I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord Most High.

13:6  I will sing unto YHWH, because He hath dealt bountifully with me.

6  I will sing to the Lord who has dealt bountifully with me, and I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord most high.

14:1  For the Leader. A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart: 'There is no God'; they have dealt corruptly, they have done abominably; there is none that doeth good.

title  For the end, Psalm of David.

1  The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in their devices; there is none that does goodness, there is not even so much as one.

1  THE fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have been defiled by their own devices; there is none that does good.

14:2  YHWH looked forth from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any man of understanding, that did seek after God.

2  The Lord looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any that understood, or sought after God.

2  The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any who were considering or seeking God.

14:3  They are all corrupt, they are together become impure; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

3  They are all gone out of the way, they are together become good for nothing, there is none that does good, no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood: destruction and misery are in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes.

3  They have all gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one.

14:4  'Shall not all the workers of iniquity know it, who eat up My people as they eat bread, and call not upon YHWH?'

4  Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongues, they have been acting deceitfully; the venom of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.

4  They recognized not the workers of iniquity, who devour my people as one eats bread; and they called not upon the LORD.

14:5  There are they in great fear; for God is with the righteous generation.

5  There were they alarmed with fear, where there was no fear; for God is in the righteous generation.

5  Their feet are swift to shed blood. Grief and unhappiness are in their ways; and the way of peace, they have not known.

14:6  Ye would put to shame the counsel of the poor, but YHWH is his refuge.

6  Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his hope.

6  There is no fear of God before their eyes.

14:7  Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When YHWH turneth the captivity of His people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

7  Who will bring the salvation of Israel out of Sion? when the Lord brings back the captivity of his people, let Jacob exult, and Israel be glad.

7  Who will grant the salvation of Israel from Zion? When the Lord turns away the captivity of his people, Jacob will exult, and Israel will rejoice.

15:1  A Psalm of David. YHWH, who shall sojourn in Thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell upon Thy holy mountain?

1  LORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? who shall inhabit thy holy mountain?

15:2  He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh truth in his heart;

2  He that walks blameless, and works righteousness, who speaks truth in his heart.

2  He who walks without blemish and who works justice.

15:3  That hath no slander upon his tongue, nor doeth evil to his fellow, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;

3  Who has not spoken craftily with is tongue, neither has done evil to his neighbour, nor taken up a reproach against them that dwelt nearest to him.

3  He that deceives not with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor accepts a bribe from his neighbor;

15:4  In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honoureth them that fear YHWH; he that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not;

4  In his sight an evil-worker is set at nought, but he honours them that fear the Lord. He swears to his neighbour, and disappoints him not.

4  In his sight, the malicious one has been reduced to nothing, but he glorifies those who fear the Lord. He who swears to his neighbor and does not deceive.

15:5  He that putteth not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

5  He has not lent his money on usury, and has not received bribes against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved.

5  He who has not given his money in usury, nor accepted bribes against the innocent. He who does these things will be undisturbed for eternity.

16:1  Michtam of David. Keep me, O God; for I have taken refuge in Thee.

title  A writing of David.

1  Keep me, O Lord; for I have hoped in thee.

1  PRESERVE me, O God; for in thee do I put my trust.

16:2  I have said unto YHWH: 'Thou art my Lord; I have no good but in Thee';

2  I said to the Lord, Thou art my Lord; for thou has no need of my goodness.

2  I have said to the Lord: “You are my God, so you have no need of my goodness.”

16:3  As for the holy that are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

3  On behalf of the saints that are in his land, he has magnified all his pleasure in them.

3  I said it also to the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

16:4  Let the idols of them be multiplied that make suit unto another; their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take their names upon my lips.

4  Their weaknesses have been multiplied; afterward they hasted. I will by no means assemble their bloody meetings, neither will I make mention of their names with my lips.

16:5  O YHWH, the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup, Thou maintainest my lot.

5  The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou art he that restores my inheritance to me.

16:6  The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

6  The lots have fallen upon me with clarity. And, indeed, my inheritance has been very clear to me.

6  My portion of the land fell to me in goodly places; yea, I have been pleased with my heritage.

16:7  I will bless YHWH, who hath given me counsel; yea, in the night seasons my reins instruct me.

7  I will bless the Lord, who has bestowed understanding upon me. Moreover, my temperament has also corrected me, even through the night.

7  I will bless the LORD, for he has given me counsel; my intuition also guides me during the night.

16:8  I have set YHWH always before me; surely He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

8  I foresaw the Lord always before my face; for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

8  I have made provision for the Lord always in my sight. For he is at my right hand, so that I may not be disturbed.

16:9  Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; my flesh also dwelleth in safety;

9  Because of this, my heart has been joyful, and my tongue has exulted. Moreover, even my body will rest in hope.

16:10  For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to the nether-world; neither wilt Thou suffer Thy godly one to see the pit.

10  because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

10  For you will not abandon my soul to Hell, nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption.

16:11  Thou makest me to know the path of life; in Thy presence is fulness of joy, in Thy right hand bliss for evermore.

11  Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand there are delights for ever.

11  You have made known to me the ways of life; you will fill me with joy by your countenance. At your right hand are delights, even to the end.

17:1  A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O YHWH, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer from lips without deceit.

1  HEAR, O Holy LORD, and consider my supplication; give ear unto my prayer that proceedeth not out of deceitful lips.

17:2  Let my judgment come forth from Thy presence; let Thine eyes behold equity.

17:3  Thou hast tried my heart, Thou hast visited it in the night; Thou hast tested me, and Thou findest not that I had a thought which should not pass my mouth.

3  Thou has proved mine heart; thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me as with fire, and unrighteousness has not been found in me: I am purposed that my mouth shall not speak amiss.

3  You have tested my heart and visited it by night. You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me.

17:4  As for the doings of men, by the word of Thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.

4  Therefore, may my mouth not speak the works of men. I have kept to difficult ways because of the words of your lips.

4  Through the conversation of my lips thou hast kept me from evil ways.

17:5  My steps have held fast to Thy paths, my feet have not slipped.

5  Perfect my steps in your paths, so that my footsteps may not be disturbed.

5  Thou hast strengthened my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

17:6  As for me, I call upon Thee, for Thou wilt answer me, O God; incline Thine ear unto me, hear my speech.

6  I have cried, for thou heardest me, O God: incline thine ear to me, and hearken to my words.

6  I have cried out because you, O God, have listened to me. Incline your ear to me and heed my words.

17:7  Make passing great Thy mercies, O Thou that savest by Thy right hand from assailants them that take refuge in Thee.

7  Shew the marvels of thy mercies, thou that savest them that hope in thee.

7  Make your mercies wonderful, for you save those who hope in you.

17:8  Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me in the shadow of Thy wings,

8  From those who resist your right hand, preserve me like the pupil of your eye. Protect me under the shadow of your wings,

17:9  From the wicked that oppress, my deadly enemies, that compass me about.

9  from the face of the ungodly that have afflicted me: mine enemies have compassed about my soul.

9  From the sinners who plunder me, from the enemies of my soul who surround me.

17:10  Their gross heart they have shut tight, with their mouth they speak proudly.

10  They have enclosed themselves with their own fat: their mouth has spoken pride.

10  Silence their mouth, for they have spoken vanity.

17:11  At our every step they have now encompassed us; they set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

11  They have now cast me out and compassed me round about: they have set their eyes so as to bow them down to the ground.

11  They have praised me, and now have surrounded me; they have determined to bury me in the ground.

17:12  He is like a lion that is eager to tear in pieces, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.

12  They laid wait for me as a lion ready for prey, and like a lion’s whelp dwelling in secret places.

12  They have taken me, like a lion ready for the prey, and like a young lion dwelling in hiding.

17:13  Arise, O YHWH, confront him, cast him down; deliver my soul from the wicked, by Thy sword;

13  Arise, O Lord, prevent them, and cast them down: deliver my soul from the ungodly: draw thy sword,

13  Rise up, O Lord, arrive before him and displace him. Deliver my soul from the impious one: your spear from the enemies of your hand.

17:14  From men, by Thy hand, O YHWH, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life, and whose belly Thou fillest with Thy treasure; who have children in plenty, and leave their abundance to their babes.

14  because of the enemies of thine hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with thy hidden treasures: they have been satisfied with uncleanness, and have left the remnant of their possessions to their babes.

17:15  As for me, I shall behold Thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness.

15  But I shall appear in righteousness before thy face: I shall be satisfied when thy glory appears.

15  But as for me, I will appear before your sight in justice. I will be satisfied when your glory appears.

18:1  And he said: I love thee, O YHWH, my strength.

title  For the end, a Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord; the words which he spoke to the Lord, even the words of this Song, in the day in which the Lord delivered him out the hand of all his enemies, and out the hand of Saul: and he said

1  I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.

1  I WILL love thee, O LORD, my strength and my trust;

18:2  YHWH is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in Him I take refuge; my shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower.

2  The Lord is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; my God is my helper, I will hope in him; he is my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper.

2  My refuge and my deliverer is the mighty God in whom I trust; he is my helper and the horn of my salvation and my glorious refuge.

18:3  Praised, I cry, is YHWH, and I am saved from mine enemies.

3  I will call upon the Lord with praises, and I shall be saved from mine enemies.

Ps17:3  Praising, I will call upon the Lord. And I will be saved from my enemies.

18:4  The cords of Death compassed me, and the floods of Belial assailed me.

Ps17:4  The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the torrents of iniquity dismayed me.

4  For the pains of death surrounded me, and the rush of ungodly men have confused me.

18:5  The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.

5  The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death prevented me.

18:6  In my distress I called upon YHWH, and cried unto my God; out of His temple He heard my voice, and my cry came before Him unto His ears.

6  And when I was afflicted I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of this holy temple, and my cry shall enter before him, even into his ears.

Ps17:6  In my tribulation, I called upon the Lord, and I cried out to my God. And he listened to my voice from his holy temple. And my cry in his presence entered into his ears.

18:7  Then the earth did shake and quake, the foundations also of the mountains did tremble; they were shaken, because He was wroth.

Ps17:7  The earth was shaken, and it trembled. The foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and they were shaken, because he was angry with them.

18:8  Smoke arose up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth did devour; coals flamed forth from Him.

8  There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire burst into a flame at his presence: coals were kindled at it.

Ps17:8  A smoke ascended by his wrath, and a fire flared up from his face: coals were kindled by it.

18:9  He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet.

Ps17:9  He bent the heavens, and they descended. And darkness was under his feet.

18:10  And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yea, He did swoop down upon the wings of the wind.

10  And he mounted on cherubs and flew: he flew on the wings of winds.

Ps17:10  And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew: he flew upon the feathers of the winds.

18:11  He made darkness His hiding-place, His pavilion round about Him; darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

11  And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, even dark water in the clouds of the air.

Ps17:11  And he set darkness as his hiding place, with his tabernacle all around him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.

18:12  At the brightness before Him, there passed through His thick clouds hailstones and coals of fire.

12  Out of the brightness of his shadow his clouds rained hailstones and coals of fire.

18:13  YHWH also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High gave forth His voice; hailstones and coals of fire.

13  The Lord also thundered from heaven, and the Highest uttered his voice.

Ps17:13  And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.

18:14  And He sent out His arrows, and scattered them; and He shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them.

Ps17:14  And he sent forth his arrows and scattered them. He multiplied lightnings, and he set them in disarray.

18:15  And the channels of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid bare, at Thy rebuke, O YHWH, at the blast of the breath of Thy nostrils.

Ps17:15  Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were revealed, by your rebuke, O Lord, by the inspiration of the Spirit of your wrath.

15  Then the brooks appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid open at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thine anger.

18:16  He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.

18:17  He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, and from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

17  He will deliver me from my mighty enemies, and from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I.

Ps17:17  He rescued me from my strongest enemies, and from those who hated me. For they had been too strong for me.

18:18  They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but YHWH was a stay unto me.

18  They prevented me in the day of mine affliction: but the Lord was my stay against them.

Ps17:18  They intercepted me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my protector.

18:19  He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because He delighted in me.

19  And he brought me out into a wide place: he will deliver me, because he has pleasure in me.

Ps17:19  And he led me out, into a wide place. He accomplished my salvation, because he willed me.

18:20  YHWH rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.

20  And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me.

Ps17:20  And the Lord will reward me according to my justice, and he will repay me according to the purity of my hands.

18:21  For I have kept the ways of YHWH, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Ps17:21  For I have preserved the ways of the Lord, and I have not behaved impiously before my God.

18:22  For all His ordinances were before me, and I put not away His statutes from me.

Ps17:22  For all his judgments are in my sight, and his justice, I have not pushed away from me.

18:23  And I was single-hearted with Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

23  I was also blameless before him, and I carefully kept myself from my sins.

18:24  Therefore hath YHWH recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.

24  And the Lord shall recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.

18:25  With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright;

25  With the holy thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.

25  With the pure thou shalt be pure; with an upright man thou shalt be upright.

18:26  With the pure Thou dost show Thyself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.

26  And with the excellent man thou wilt be excellent; and with the perverse thou wilt shew frowardness.

26  With the clean thou shalt be clean; and from the crooked thou shalt turn aside.

18:27  For Thou dost save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes Thou dost humble.

27  For thou wilt save the lowly people, and wilt humble the eyes of the proud.

Ps17:27  For you will save the humble people, but you will bring down the eyes of the arrogant.

18:28  For Thou dost light my lamp; YHWH my God doth lighten my darkness.

Ps17:28  For you illuminate my lamp, O Lord. My God, enlighten my darkness.

18:29  For by Thee I run upon a troop; and by my God do I scale a wall.

Ps17:29  For in you, I will be delivered from temptation; and with my God, I will climb over a wall.

29  For through thee I have pursued a band of robbers; and through my God have I leaped over a fence.

18:30  As for God, His way is perfect; the word of YHWH is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in Him.

30  As for my God, his way is perfect: the oracles of the Lord are tried in the fire; he is a protector of all them that hope in him.

18:31  For who is God, save YHWH? And who is a Rock, except our God?

31  For there is no God save the LORD; and there is no one who is mighty like our God.

18:32  The God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way straight;

32  It is God that girds me with strength, and has made my way blameless

Ps17:32  It is God who has wrapped me with virtue and made my way immaculate.

18:33  Who maketh my feet like hinds', and setteth me upon my high places;

33  who strengthens my feet as hart’s feet, and sets me upon high places.

Ps17:33  It is he who has perfected my feet, like the feet of deer, and who stations me upon the heights.

18:34  Who traineth my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

Ps17:34  It is he who trains my hands for battle. And you have set my arms like a bow of brass.

18:35  Thou hast also given me Thy shield of salvation, and Thy right hand hath holden me up; and Thy condescension hath made me great.

35  And thou hast made me secure in my salvation: and thy right hand has helped me, and thy correction has upheld me to the end; yea, thy correction itself shall instruct me.

Ps17:35  And you have given me the protection of your salvation. And your right hand sustains me. And your discipline has corrected me unto the end. And your discipline itself will teach me.

18:36  Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.

36  Thou has made room for my goings under me, and by footsteps did not fail.

Ps17:36  You have expanded my footsteps under me, and my tracks have not been weakened.

18:37  I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them; neither did I turn back till they were consumed.

37  I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; and I will not turn back until they are consumed.

Ps17:37  I will pursue my enemies and apprehend them. And I will not turn back until they have failed.

18:38  I have smitten them through, so that they are not able to rise; they are fallen under my feet.

38  I will dash them to pieces and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.

Ps17:38  I will break them, and they will not be able to stand. They will fall under my feet.

18:39  For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

Ps17:39  And you have wrapped me with virtue for the battle. And those rising up against me, you have subdued under me.

18:40  Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, and I did cut off them that hate me.

40  And thou has made mine enemies turn their backs before me; and thou hast destroyed them that hated me.

Ps17:40  And you have given the back of my enemies to me, and you have destroyed those who hated me.

18:41  They cried, but there was none to save; even unto YHWH, but He answered them not.

Ps17:41  They cried out, but there was none to save them, to the Lord, but he did not heed them.

41  They shall cry, but there will be none to save them; they shall beg the LORD, but he will not answer them.

18:42  Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.

42  I will grind them as the mud of the streets: and I will beat them small as dust before the wind.

Ps17:42  And I will crush them into dust before the face of the wind, so that I will obliterate them like the mud in the streets.

18:43  Thou hast delivered me from the contentions of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known serve me.

43  Deliver me from the gain sayings of the people: thou shalt make me head of the Gentiles: a people whom I knew not served me,

Ps17:43  You will rescue me from the contradictions of the people. You will set me at the head of the Gentiles.

18:44  As soon as they hear of me, they obey me; the sons of the stranger dwindle away before me.

44  at the hearing of the ear they obeyed me: the strange children lied to me.

Ps17:44  A people I did not know has served me. As soon as their ears heard, they were obedient to me.

18:45  The sons of the stranger fade away, and come trembling out of their close places.

Ps17:45  The sons of foreigners have been deceitful to me, the sons of foreigners have grown weak with time, and they have wavered from their paths.

45  Strangers shall halt and shall be hindered from walking in their paths.

18:46  YHWH liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation;

46  The Lord lives; and blessed be my God; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

18:47  Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and subdueth peoples under me.

47  It is God that avenges me, and has subdued the nations under me;

Ps17:47  O God, who vindicates me and who subdues the people under me, my liberator from my enraged enemies.

18:48  He delivereth me from mine enemies; yea, Thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.

48  my deliverer from angry enemies: thou shalt set me on high above them that rise up against me: thou shalt deliver me from the unrighteous man.

Ps17:48  And you will exalt me above those who rise up against me. From the iniquitous man, you will rescue me.

18:49  Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, O YHWH, among the nations, and will sing praises unto Thy name.

49  Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name.

Ps17:49  Because of this, O Lord, I will confess to you among the nations, and I will compose a psalm to your name

18:50  Great salvation giveth He to His king; and showeth mercy to His anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.

50  God magnifies the deliverances of his king; and deals mercifully with David his anointed, and his seed, for ever.

Ps17:50  magnifying the salvation of his king, and showing mercy to David, his Christ, and to his offspring, even for all time.

19:2  Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night revealeth knowledge;

2  Day to day utters speech, and night to night proclaims knowledge.

Ps18:2  Day proclaims the word to day, and night to night imparts knowledge.

19:3  There is no speech, there are no words, neither is their voice heard.

Ps18:3  There are no speeches or conversations, where their voices are not being heard.

19:4  Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath He set a tent for the sun,

4  Their voice is gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

19:5  Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course.

5  In the sun he has set his tabernacle; and he comes forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber: he will exult as a giant to run his course.

Ps18:5  He has placed his tabernacle in the sun, and he is like a bridegroom coming out of his bedroom. He has exulted like a giant running along the way;

19:6  His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it; and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

Ps18:6  his departure is from the summit of heaven. And his course reaches all the way to its summit. Neither is there anyone who can hide himself from his heat.

19:7  The law of YHWH is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of the YHWH is sure, making wise the simple.

7  The law of the Lord is perfect, converting souls: the testimony of the Lord is faithful, instructing babes.

19:8  The precepts of YHWH are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the YHWH is pure, enlightening the eyes.

8  The ordinances of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is bright, enlightening the eyes.

Ps18:8  The justice of the Lord is right, rejoicing hearts. The precepts of the Lord are brilliant, enlightening the eyes.

19:9  The fear of YHWH is clean, enduring for ever; the ordinances of the YHWH are true, they are righteous altogether;

9  The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring for ever and ever: the judgements of the Lord are true, and justified altogether.

19:10  More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

10  To be desired more than gold, and much precious stone: sweeter also than honey and the honey-comb.

Ps18:10  desirable beyond gold and many precious stones, and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.

19:11  Moreover by them is Thy servant warned; in keeping of them there is great reward.

11  For thy servant keeps to them: in the keeping of them there is great reward.

Ps18:11  For, indeed, your servant keeps them, and in keeping them, there are many rewards.

19:12  Who can discern his errors? Clear Thou me from hidden faults.

12  Who will understand his transgressions? purge thou me from my secret sins.

Ps18:12  Who can understand transgression? From my hidden faults, cleanse me, O Lord,

19:13  Keep back Thy servant also from presumptuous sins, that they may not have dominion over me; then shall I be faultless, and I shall be clear from great transgression.

13  And spare thy servant the attack of strangers: if they do not gain the dominion over me, then shall I be blameless, and I shall be clear from great sin.

Ps18:13  and from those of others, spare your servant. If they will have no dominion over me, then I will be immaculate, and I will be cleansed from the greatest transgression.

19:14  Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before Thee, O YHWH, my Rock, and my Redeemer.

14  So shall the sayings of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be pleasing continually before thee, O Lord my helper, and my redeemer.

Ps18:14  And the eloquence of my mouth will be so as to please, along with the meditation of my heart, in your sight, forever, O Lord, my helper and my redeemer.

20:2  Send forth thy help from the sanctuary, and support thee out of Zion;

2  Send thee help from the sanctuary, and aid thee out of Sion.

Ps19:2  May he send you help from the sanctuary and watch over you from Zion.

20:3  Receive the memorial of all thy meal-offerings, and accept the fat of thy burnt-sacrifice; Selah

3  Remember all thy sacrifice, and enrich thy whole-burnt-offering. Pause.

Ps19:3  May he be mindful of all your sacrifices, and may your burnt-offerings be fat.

20:4  Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

Ps19:4  May he grant to you according to your heart, and confirm all your counsels.

4  May the LORD grant you according to your own heart, and fulfil all your counsel.

20:5  We will shout for joy in thy victory, and in the name of our God we will set up our standards; YHWH fulfil all thy petitions.

5  We will exult in thy salvation, and in the name of our God shall we be magnified: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.

Ps19:5  We will rejoice in your salvation, and in the name of our God, we will be magnified.

20:6  Now know I that YHWH saveth His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven with the mighty acts of His saving right hand.

Ps19:6  May the Lord fulfill all your petitions. Now I know that the Lord has saved his Christ. He will hear him from his holy heaven. The salvation of his right hand is in his power.

6  Henceforth it is known that the LORD has saved his anointed; and has heard him from his holy heaven and saved with the strength of his right hand.

20:7  Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will make mention of the name of YHWH our God.

7  Some glory in chariots, and some in horses: but we will glory in the name of the Lord our God.

20:8  They are bowed down and fallen; but we are risen, and stand upright.

Ps19:8  They have been bound, and they have fallen. But we have risen up, and we have been set upright.

20:9  Save, YHWH; let the King answer us in the day that we call.

9  O Lord, save the king: and hear us in whatever day we call upon thee.

21:2  Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and the request of his lips Thou hast not withholden. Selah

Ps20:2  You have granted him the desire of his heart, and you have not cheated him of the wish of his lips.

21:3  For Thou meetest him with choicest blessings; Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head.

3  For thou hast prevented him with blessings of goodness: thou has set upon his head a crown of precious stone.

Ps20:3  For you have gone ahead of him with blessings of sweetness. You have placed a crown of precious stones on his head.

21:4  He asked life of Thee, Thou gavest it him; even length of days for ever and ever.

Ps20:4  He petitioned you for life, and you have granted him length of days, in the present time, and forever and ever.

21:5  His glory is great through Thy salvation; honour and majesty dost Thou lay upon him.

Ps20:5  Great is his glory in your salvation. Glory and great adornment, you will lay upon him.

21:6  For Thou makest him most blessed for ever; Thou makest him glad with joy in Thy presence.

6  For thou wilt give him a blessing for ever and ever: thou wilt gladden him with joy with thy countenance.

Ps20:6  For you will give him as a blessing forever and ever. You will make him rejoice with gladness in your presence.

21:7  For the king trusteth in YHWH, yea, in the mercy of the Most High; he shall not be moved.

Ps20:7  Because the king hopes in the Lord, and in the mercy of the Most High, he will not be disturbed.

21:8  Thy hand shall be equal to all thine enemies; thy right hand shall overtake those that hate thee.

Ps20:8  May your hand be found by all your enemies. May your right hand discover all those who hate you.

8  Your hand shall overcome all your enemies; your right hand shall overcome those that hate you.

21:9  Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger; YHWH shall swallow them up in His wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

Ps20:9  You will make them like an oven of fire, in the time of your presence. The Lord will stir them up with his wrath, and fire will devour them.

9  You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your wrath; the LORD shall consume them in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

21:10  Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

Ps20:10  You will destroy their fruit from the earth and their offspring from the sons of men.

21:11  For they intended evil against thee, they imagined a device, wherewith they shall not prevail.

Ps20:11  For they have turned evils upon you; they have devised plans, which they have not been able to accomplish.

11  For they have planned evil against you; they conceived a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

21:12  For thou shalt make them turn their back, thou shalt make ready with thy bowstrings against the face of them.

Ps20:12  For you will make them turn their back; with your remnants, you will prepare their countenance.

12  For you shall place a scar on them; and you shall make ready your array against their faces.

21:13  Be Thou exalted, O YHWH, in Thy strength; so will we sing and praise Thy power.

Ps20:13  Be exalted, Lord, by your own power. We will play music and sing psalms to your virtues.

22:2  O my God, I call by day, but Thou answerest not; and at night, and there is no surcease for me.

Ps21:2  My God, I will cry out by day, and you will not heed, and by night, and it will not be foolishness for me.

22:3  Yet Thou art holy, O Thou that art enthroned upon the praises of Israel.

Ps21:3  But you dwell in holiness, O Praise of Israel.

3  For thou art holy, and Israel dwells under thy glory.

22:4  In Thee did our fathers trust; they trusted, and Thou didst deliver them.

4  Our fathers hoped in thee; they hoped, and thou didst deliver them.

Ps21:4  In you, our fathers have hoped. They hoped, and you freed them.

22:5  Unto Thee they cried, and escaped; in Thee did they trust, and were not ashamed.

Ps21:5  They cried out to you, and they were saved. In you, they hoped and were not confounded.

5  They cried unto thee and were delivered; they trusted in thee and were not confounded.

22:6  But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

Ps21:6  But I am a worm and not a man: a disgrace among men, and an outcast of the people.

22:7  All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head

7  All that saw me mocked me: they spoke with their lips, they shook the head, saying,

Ps21:7  All those who saw me have derided me. They have spoken with the lips and shook the head.

22:8  'Let him commit himself unto YHWH! let Him rescue him; let Him deliver him, seeing He delighteth in him.'

8  He hoped in the Lord: let him deliver him, let him save him, because he takes pleasure in him.

22:9  For Thou art He that took me out of the womb; Thou madest me trust when I was upon my mother's breasts.

Ps21:9  For you are the one who has drawn me out of the womb, my hope from the breasts of my mother.

22:10  Upon Thee I have been cast from my birth; Thou art my God from my mother's womb.

10  I was cast on thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.

Ps21:10  I have been thrown upon you from the womb; from the womb of my mother, you are my God.

22:11  Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

11  Stand not aloof from me; for affliction is near; for there is no helper.

Ps21:11  Do not depart from me. For tribulation is near, since there is no one who may help me.

22:12  Many bulls have encompassed me; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

Ps21:12  Many calves have surrounded me; fat bulls have besieged me.

22:13  They open wide their mouth against me, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

Ps21:13  They have opened their mouths over me, just like a lion seizing and roaring.

13  Their mouths snarl against me, as a ravening and roaring lion.

22:14  I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is become like wax; it is melted in mine inmost parts.

Ps21:14  And so, I have been poured out like water, and all my bones have been scattered. My heart has become like wax, melting in the midst of my chest.

22:15  My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my throat; and Thou layest me in the dust of death.

Ps21:15  My strength has dried up like clay, and my tongue has adhered to my jaws. And you have pulled me down, into the dust of death.

22:16  For dogs have encompassed me; a company of evil-doers have inclosed me; like a lion, they are at my hands and my feet.

16  For many dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked doers has beset me round: they pierced my hands and my feet.

22:17  I may count all my bones; they look and gloat over me.

Ps21:17  They have numbered all my bones. And they have examined me and stared at me.

17  My bones ached with pain; they looked and stared upon me.

22:18  They part my garments among them, and for my vesture do they cast lots.

22:19  But Thou, O YHWH, be not far off; O Thou my strength, hasten to help me.

Ps21:19  But you, O Lord, do not take your help far from me; be attentive to my defense.

19  But, O LORD, be not thou far from me; O God, O God, abide to help me.

22:20  Deliver my soul from the sword; mine only one from the power of the dog.

Ps21:20  O God, rescue my soul from the spear, and my only one from the hand of the dog.

22:21  Save me from the lion's mouth; yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen do Thou answer me.

22:22  I will declare Thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I praise Thee.

Ps21:22  I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the Church, I will praise you.

22  That I may declare thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

22:23  'Ye that fear YHWH, praise Him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify Him; and stand in awe of Him, all ye the seed of Israel.

Ps21:23  You who fear the Lord, praise him. All the offspring of Jacob, glorify him.

22:24  For He hath not despised nor abhorred the lowliness of the poor; neither hath He hid His face from him; but when he cried unto Him, He heard.'

24  For he has not despised nor been angry at the supplication of the poor; nor turned away his face from me; but when I cried to him, he heard me.

Ps21:24  May all the offspring of Israel fear him. For he has neither spurned nor despised the pleas of the poor. Neither has he turned his face away from me. And when I cried out to him, he heeded me.

22:25  From Thee cometh my praise in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear Him.

25  My praise is of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

Ps21:25  My praise is with you, within a great church. I will pay my vows in the sight of those who fear him.

22:26  Let the humble eat and be satisfied; let them praise YHWH that seek after Him; may your heart be quickened for ever!

26  The poor shall eat and be satisfied; and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their heart shall live for ever.

Ps21:26  The poor will eat and be satisfied, and those who yearn for the Lord will praise him. Their hearts will live forever and ever.

22:27  All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto YHWH; and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before Thee.

Ps21:27  All the ends of the earth will remember, and they will be converted to the Lord. And all the families of the Gentiles will adore in his sight.

22:28  For the kingdom is YHWH'S; and He is the ruler over the nations.

Ps21:28  For the kingdom belongs to the Lord, and he will have dominion over the Gentiles.

22:29  All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall kneel before Him, even he that cannot keep his soul alive.

Ps21:29  All the fat of the earth have gnashed their teeth, and they have adored. In his sight, they will fall down, all those who descend to the ground.

29  All they that are hungry upon earth shall eat and worship before the LORD; all they that are buried shall kneel before him; my soul is alive to him.

22:30  A seed shall serve him; it shall be told of YHWH unto the next generation.

Ps21:30  And my soul will live for him, and my offspring will serve him.

30  An offspring shall serve him; the generations thereof shall proclaim the LORD.

22:31  They shall come and shall declare His righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that He hath done it.

31  And they shall report his righteousness to the people that shall be born, whom the Lord has made.

Ps21:31  There will be announced for the Lord a future generation, and the heavens will announce his justice to a people who will be born, whom the Lord has made.

23:2  He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters.

2  In a place of green grass, there he has made me dwell: he has nourished me by the water of rest.

2  He has settled me here, in a place of pasture. He has led me out to the water of refreshment.

23:3  He restoreth my soul; He guideth me in straight paths for His name's sake.

3  He has restored my soul: he has guided me into the paths of righteousness, for his name’s sake.

23:4  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me.

4  Yea, even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will not be afraid of evils: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, these have comforted me.

4  For, even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils. For you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they have given me consolation.

23:5  Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; Thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

5  Thou has prepared a table before me in presence of them that afflict me: thou hast thoroughly anointed my head with oil; and thy cup cheers me like the best wine.

5  You have prepared a table in my sight, opposite those who trouble me. You have anointed my head with oil, and my cup, which inebriates me, how brilliant it is!

23:6  Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of YHWH for ever.

6  Thy mercy also shall follow me all the days of my life: and my dwelling shall be in the house of the Lord for a very long time.

6  And your mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and so may I dwell in the house of the Lord for length of days.

24:1  A Psalm of David. The earth is YHWH'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

title  A Psalm for David on the first day of the week.

1  The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof; the world, and all that dwell in it.

1  For the First Sabbath. A Psalm of David. The earth and all its fullness belong to the Lord: the whole world and all that dwells in it.

24:2  For He hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

2  He has founded it upon the seas, and prepared it upon the rivers.

2  For he has founded it upon the seas, and he has prepared it upon the rivers.

24:3  Who shall ascend into the mountain of YHWH? and who shall stand in His holy place?

3  Who shall go up to the mountain of the Lord, and who shall stand in his holy place?

24:4  He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not taken My name in vain, and hath not sworn deceitfully.

4  The innocent of hands and the clean of heart, who has not received his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbor.

24:5  He shall receive a blessing from YHWH, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

5  He will receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God, his Saviour.

24:6  Such is the generation of them that seek after Him, that seek Thy face, even Jacob. Selah

6  This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek the face of the God of Jacob. Pause.

24:7  Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; that the King of glory may come in.

7  Lift up your gates, you princes, and be lifted up, eternal gates. And the King of Glory shall enter.

24:8  'Who is the King of glory?' 'YHWH strong and mighty, YHWH mighty in battle.'

8  Who is this king of Glory? the Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.

24:9  Lift up your heads, O ye gates, yea, lift them up, ye everlasting doors; that the King of glory may come in.

9  Lift up your gates, you princes, and be lifted up, eternal gates. And the King of Glory shall enter.

24:10  'Who then is the King of glory?' 'YHWH of hosts; He is the King of glory.' Selah

10  Who is this king of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is this king of glory.

25:1  A Psalm of David. Unto Thee, O YHWH, do I lift up my soul.

1  Unto the end. A Psalm of David. To you, Lord, I have lifted up my soul.

1  UNTO thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

25:2  O my God, in Thee have I trusted, let me not be ashamed; let not mine enemies triumph over me.

2  In you, my God, I trust. Let me not be put to shame.

25:3  Yea, none that wait for Thee shall be ashamed; they shall be ashamed that deal treacherously without cause.

3  And do not let my enemies laugh at me. For all who remain with you will not be confounded.

25:4  Show me Thy ways, O YHWH; teach me Thy paths.

4  May all those who act unjustly over nothing be confounded. O Lord, demonstrate your ways to me, and teach me your paths.

25:5  Guide me in Thy truth, and teach me; for Thou art the God of my salvation; for Thee do I wait all the day.

5  Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art God my Saviour: and I have waited on thee all the day.

5  Direct me in your truth, and teach me. For you are God, my Saviour, and I remain with you all day long.

25:6  Remember, O YHWH, Thy compassions and Thy mercies; for they have been from of old.

6  O Lord, remember your compassion and your mercies, which are from ages past.

6  Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they are from the beginning of the world.

25:7  Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to Thy mercy remember Thou me, for Thy goodness' sake, O YHWH.

7  Do not remember the offenses of my youth and my ignorances. Remember me according to your mercy, because of your goodness, O Lord.

25:8  Good and upright is YHWH; therefore doth He instruct sinners in the way.

8  The Lord is sweet and righteous. Because of this, he will grant a law to those who fall short in the way.

25:9  He guideth The humble in justice; and He teacheth the humble His way.

9  The meek will he guide in judgement: the meek will he teach his ways.

9  He will guide the meek in judgment, and he will teach the poor his way.

25:10  All the paths of YHWH are mercy and truth unto such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.

25:11  For Thy name's sake, O YHWH, pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.

11  For thy name’s sake, O Lord, do thou also be merciful to my sin; for it is great.

11  Because of your name, O Lord, you will pardon my sin, for it is great.

25:12  What man is he that feareth YHWH? him will He instruct in the way that He should choose.

12  Who is the man that fears the Lord? he shall instruct him in the way which he has chosen.

12  Which is the man who fears the Lord? He has established a law for him, on the way that he has chosen.

25:13  His soul shall abide in prosperity; and his seed shall inherit the land.

13  His soul will dwell upon good things, and his offspring will inherit the earth.

25:14  The counsel of YHWH is with them that fear Him; and His covenant, to make them know it.

14  The Lord is the strength of them that fear him; and his covenant is to manifest truth to them.

14  The LORD is mindful of them that worship him, and he will show them his covenant.

25:15  Mine eyes are ever toward YHWH; for He will bring forth my feet out of the net.

15  My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for he will pull my feet from the snare.

25:16  Turn Thee unto me, and be gracious unto me; for I am solitary and afflicted.

16  Look upon me, and have mercy upon me; for I am an only child and poor.

25:17  The troubles of my heart are enlarged; O bring Thou me out of my distresses.

17  The afflictions of my heart have been multiplied; deliver me from my distresses.

25:18  See mine affliction and my travail; and forgive all my sins.

18  Look upon mine affliction and my trouble; and forgive all my sins.

18  See my lowliness and my hardship, and release all my offenses.

25:19  Consider how many are mine enemies, and the cruel hatred wherewith they hate me.

19  Look upon mine enemies; for they have been multiplied; and they have hated me with unjust hatred.

19  Consider my enemies, for they have been multiplied, and they have hated me with an unjust hatred.

25:20  O keep my soul, and deliver me; let me not be ashamed, for I have taken refuge in Thee.

20  Keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I have hoped in thee.

20  Preserve my soul and rescue me. I will not be ashamed, for I have hoped in you.

25:21  Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for Thee.

21  The harmless and upright joined themselves to me: for I waited for thee, O Lord.

21  The innocent and the righteous have adhered to me, because I have remained with you.

25:22  Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

22  God has saved Israel from all of his oppressors.

26:1  A Psalm of David. Judge me, O YHWH, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have trusted in YHWH without wavering.

1  Unto the end. A Psalm of David. Judge me, Lord, for I have been walking in my innocence, and by hoping in the Lord, I will not be weakened.

1  JUDGE me, O LORD; for I have walked in my integrity; I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not waver.

26:2  Examine me, O YHWH, and try me; test my reins and my heart.

2  Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify as with fire my reins and my heart.

26:3  For Thy mercy is before mine eyes; and I have walked in Thy truth.

3  For your mercy is before my eyes, and I am serene in your truth.

3  For thy lovingkindness is before my eyes, and I have walked in thy faith.

26:4  I have not sat with men of falsehood; neither will I go in with dissemblers.

26:5  I hate the gathering of evil doers, and will not sit with the wicked.

5  I have hated the assembly of wicked doers; and will not sit with ungodly men.

5  I have hated the congregation of evildoers; and have not sat with the wicked.

26:6  I will wash my hands in innocency; so will I compass Thine altar, O YHWH,

6  I have washed my hands clean, and I have gone around thy altar, O LORD,

26:7  That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and tell of all Thy wondrous works.

7  to hear the voice of praise, and to declare all thy wonderful works.

7  so that I may hear the voice of your praise and describe all your wonders.

26:8  YHWH, I love the habitation of Thy house, and the place where Thy glory dwelleth.

8  O Lord, I have loved the beauty of thy house, and the place of the tabernacle of thy glory.

8  LORD, I have loved the ritual of thy house and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

26:9  Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;

9  Destroy not my soul together with the ungodly, nor my life with bloody men

9  O God, do not let my soul perish with the impious, nor my life with the men of blood,

26:10  In whose hands is craftiness, and their right hand is full of bribes.

26:11  But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity; redeem me, and be gracious unto me.

11  But I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy upon me.

11  But as for me, I have been walking in my innocence. Redeem me, and have mercy on me.

26:12  My foot standeth in an even place; in the congregations will I bless YHWH.

12  My foot has stood firm in the straight path. In the churches, I will bless you, O Lord.

27:1  A Psalm of David. YHWH is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The YHWH is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

title  A Psalm of David, before he was anointed.

1  The Lord is my light and my Saviour; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the defender of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

1  THE LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

27:2  When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

2  Meanwhile, the guilty draw near to me, so as to eat my flesh. Those who trouble me, my enemies, have themselves been weakened and have fallen.

27:3  Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war should rise up against me, even then will I be confident.

3  Though an army should set itself in array against me, my heart shall not be afraid: though war should rise up against me, in this am I confident.

3  If entrenched armies were to stand together against me, my heart would not fear. If a battle were to rise up against me, I would have hope in this.

27:4  One thing have I asked of YHWH, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the YHWH all the days of my life, to behold the graciousness of the LORD, and to visit early in His temple.

27:5  For He concealeth me in His pavilion in the day of evil; He hideth me in the covert of His tent; He lifteth me up upon a rock.

5  For in the day of mine afflictions he hid me in his tabernacle: he sheltered me in the secret of his tabernacle; he set me up on a rock.

27:6  And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me; and I will offer in His tabernacle sacrifices with trumpet-sound; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto YHWH.

6  And now, behold, he has lifted up mine head over mine enemies: I went round and offered in his tabernacle the sacrifice of joy; I will sing even sing psalms to the Lord.

6  He has exalted me upon the rock, and now he has exalted my head above my enemies. I have circled around and offered a sacrifice of loud exclamation in his tabernacle. I will sing, and I will compose a psalm, to the Lord.

27:7  Hear, O YHWH, when I call with my voice, and be gracious unto me, and answer me.

7  Hear, O Lord, my voice which I have uttered aloud: pity me, and hearken to me.

7  Hear my voice, O Lord, with which I have cried out to you. Have mercy on me, and hear me.

27:8  In Thy behalf my heart hath said: 'Seek ye My face'; Thy face, YHWH, will I seek.

8  My heart said to thee, I have diligently sought thy face: thy face, O Lord, I will seek.

8  My heart has spoken to you; my face has sought you. I yearn for your face, O Lord.

27:9  Hide not Thy face from me; put not Thy servant away in anger; Thou hast been my help; cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

9  Turn not thy face away from me, turn not thou away from thy servant in anger: be thou my helper, forsake me not; and, O God my Saviour, overlook me not.

9  Do not turn your face away from me. In your wrath, do not turn aside from your servant. Be my helper. Do not abandon me, and do not despise me, O God, my Saviour.

27:10  For though my father and my mother have forsaken me, YHWH will take me up.

10  For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord has taken me to himself.

10  Although my father and my mother have deserted me, the LORD has taken me up.

27:11  Teach me Thy way, O YHWH; and lead me in an even path, because of them that lie in wait for me.

11  Teach me, O Lord, in thy way, and guide me in a right path, because of mine enemies.

27:12  Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.

12  Do not surrender me to the souls of those who trouble me. For unjust witnesses have risen up against me, and iniquity has lied to itself.

27:13  If I had not believed to look upon the goodness of YHWH in the land of the living!--

13  I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

13  But I have believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

27:14  Wait on YHWH; be strong, and let thy heart take courage; yea, wait thou for the YHWH.

14  Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and let thy heart be strengthened: yea wait on the Lord.

14  Trust in the LORD, and be of good courage; yea, trust in the LORD.

28:1  A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O YHWH, do I call; my Rock, be not Thou deaf unto me; lest, if Thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

1  UNTO thee have I cried, O my God; be not silent to me, lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

28:2  Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto Thee, when I lift up my hands toward Thy holy Sanctuary.

2  Hearken to the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy temple.

28:3  Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity; who speak peace with their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

3  Draw not away my soul with sinners, and destroy me not with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbours, but evils are in their hearts.

3  Do not draw me away together with sinners; and let me not perish with those who work iniquity, who speak peacefully to their neighbor, yet evils are in their hearts.

28:4  Give them according to their deeds, and according to the evil of their endeavours; give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

4  Give to them according to their works and according to the wickedness of their inventions. Assign to them according to the works of their hands. Repay them with their own retribution.

4  Reward them according to their deeds and according to their evil doings.

28:5  Because they give no heed to the works of YHWH, nor to the operation of His hands; He will break them down and not build them up.

5  Because they have not attended to the works of the Lord, even to the works of his hands, thou shalt pull them down, and shalt not build them up.

5  Since they have not understood the works of the Lord and the works of his hands, you will destroy them, and you will not build them up.

28:6  Blessed be YHWH, because He hath heard the voice of my supplications.

6  Blessed be the Lord, for he has hearkened to the voice of my petition.

28:7  YHWH is my strength and my shield, in Him hath my heart trusted, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise Him.

7  The Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in him, and I am helped: my flesh has revived, and willingly will I give praise to him.

7  The LORD is my helper and my protector; my heart trusted in him, and I am happy; I will praise him with glorious song.

28:8  YHWH is a strength unto them; and He is a stronghold of salvation to His anointed.

8  The Lord is the strength of his people, and the saving defender of his anointed.

28:9  Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance; and tend them, and carry them for ever.

9  O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance, and reign over them and exalt them, even unto eternity.

29:1  A Psalm of David. Ascribe unto YHWH, O ye sons of might, ascribe unto the YHWH glory and strength.

title  A Psalm of David on the occasion of the solemn assembly of the Tabernacle.

1  Bring to the Lord, ye sons of God, bring to the Lord young rams; bring to the Lord glory and honour.

1  BRING unto the LORD the offspring of rams; bring unto the LORD glory and honour.

29:2  Ascribe unto YHWH the glory due unto His name; worship the YHWH in the beauty of holiness.

2  Bring to the Lord glory, due to his name; worship the lord in his holy court.

2  Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the court of his holy temple.

29:3  The voice of YHWH is upon the waters; the God of glory thundereth, even the YHWH upon many waters.

Ps28:2  The voice of the Lord is over the waters. The God of majesty has thundered. The Lord is over many waters.

29:4  The voice of YHWH is powerful; the voice of the YHWH is full of majesty.

Ps28:3  The voice of the Lord is in virtue. The voice of the Lord is in magnificence.

29:5  The voice of YHWH breaketh the cedars; yea, the YHWH breaketh in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

5  There is the voice of the Lord who breaks the cedars; the Lord will break the cedars of Libanus.

Ps28:4  The voice of the Lord shatters the cedars. And the Lord will shatter the cedars of Lebanon.

29:6  He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox.

6  And he will beat them small, even Libanus itself, like a calf; and the beloved one is as a young unicorn.

Ps28:5  And it will break them into pieces, like a calf of Lebanon, and in the same way as the beloved son of the single-horned beast.

29:7  The voice of YHWH heweth out flames of fire.

7  There is a voice of the Lord who divides a flame of fire.

29:8  The voice of YHWH shaketh the wilderness; the YHWH shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

8  A voice of the Lord who shakes the wilderness; the Lord will shake the wilderness of Cades.

Ps28:7  The voice of the Lord shakes the desert. And the Lord will quake the desert of Kadesh.

29:9  The voice of YHWH maketh the hinds to calve, and strippeth the forests bare; and in His temple all say: 'Glory.'

9  The voice of the Lord strengthens the hinds, and will uncover the thickets: and in his temple every one speaks of his glory.

Ps28:8  The voice of the Lord is preparing the stags, and he will reveal the dense woods. And in his temple, all will speak his glory.

29:10  YHWH sat enthroned at the flood; yea, YHWH sitteth as King for ever.

10  The Lord will dwell on the waterflood: and the Lord will sit a king for ever.

29:11  YHWH will give strength unto His people; YHWH will bless his people with peace.

11  The Lord will give strength to his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.

30:1  I will extol thee, O YHWH, for Thou hast raised me up, and hast not suffered mine enemies to rejoice over me.

title  For the end, a Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.

1  I will exalt thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and not caused mine enemies to rejoice over me.

title  A Canticle Psalm. In dedication to the house of David.

1  I will extol you, Lord, for you have sustained me, and you have not allowed my enemies to delight over me.

30:2  O YHWH my God, I cried unto Thee, and Thou didst heal me;

Ps29:2  O Lord my God, I have cried out to you, and you have healed me.

2  O LORD, my God, I have sought thee, and thou hast healed me.

30:3  O YHWH, Thou broughtest up my soul from the nether-world; Thou didst keep me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

Ps29:3  Lord, you led my soul away from Hell. You have saved me from those who descend into the pit.

30:4  Sing praise unto YHWH, O ye His godly ones, and give thanks to His holy name.

4  Sing to the Lord, ye his saints, and give thanks for the remembrance of his holiness.

Ps29:4  Sing a psalm to the Lord, you his saints, and confess with remembrance of his holiness.

30:5  For His anger is but for a moment, His favour is for a life-time; weeping may tarry for the night, but joy cometh in the morning.

5  For anger is in his wrath, but life in his favour: weeping shall tarry for the evening, but joy shall be in the morning.

Ps29:5  For wrath is in his indignation, and life is in his will. Toward evening, weeping will linger, and toward morning, gladness.

30:6  Now I had said in my security: 'I shall never be moved.'

Ps29:6  But I have said in my abundance: “I will never be disturbed.”

6  In my security I said, I shall never be moved.

30:7  Thou hadst established, O YHWH, in Thy favour my mountain as a stronghold--Thou didst hide Thy face; I was affrighted.

7  O Lord, in thy good pleasure thou didst add strength to my beauty: but thou didst turn away thy face, and I was troubled.

Ps29:7  O Lord, in your will, you made virtue preferable to beauty for me. You turned your face away from me, and I became disturbed.

30:8  Unto Thee, O YHWH, did I call, and unto YHWH I made supplication

8  To thee, O Lord, will I cry; and to my God will I make supplication.

8  I cried to thee, O LORD, and unto the LORD I made supplication.

30:9  'What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise Thee? shall it declare Thy truth?

Ps29:9  What use would there be in my blood, if I descend into corruption? Will dust confess to you or announce your truth?

9  What profit is there in shedding my blood, when I go down to corruption? The dust will not praise thee and it will not declare thy truth.

30:10  Hear, O YHWH, and be gracious unto me; LORD, be Thou my helper.'

10  The Lord heard, and had compassion upon me; the Lord is become my helper.

Ps29:10  The Lord has heard, and he has been merciful to me. The Lord has become my helper.

30:11  Thou didst turn for me my mourning into dancing; Thou didst loose my sackcloth, and gird me with gladness;

11  Thou hast turned my mourning into joy for me: thou hast rent off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Ps29:11  You have turned my mourning into gladness for me. You have cut off my sackcloth, and you have surrounded me with joy.

30:12  So that my glory may sing praise to Thee, and not be silent; O YHWH my God, I will give thanks unto Thee for ever.

Ps29:12  So then, may my glory sing to you, and may I not regret it. O Lord, my God, I will confess to you for eternity.

12  Therefore, I will sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD, my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

31:2  Incline Thine ear unto me, deliver me speedily; be Thou to me a rock of refuge, even a fortress of defence, to save me.

Ps30:2  Incline your ear to me. Hasten to rescue me. Be for me a protector God and a house of refuge, so as to accomplish my salvation.

31:3  For Thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for Thy name's sake lead me and guide me.

3  For thou art my strength and my refuge; and thou shalt guide me for thy name’s sake, and maintain me.

Ps30:3  For you are my strength and my refuge; and for the sake of your name, you will lead me and nourish me.

31:4  Bring me forth out of the net that they have hidden for me; for Thou art my stronghold.

Ps30:4  You will lead me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me. For you are my protector.

4  Pull me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me; for thou art my protector.

31:5  Into Thy hand I commit my spirit; Thou hast redeemed me, O YHWH, Thou God of truth.

5  Into thine hands I will commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

Ps30:5  Into your hands, I commend my spirit. You have redeemed me, O Lord, God of truth.

31:6  I hate them that regard lying vanities; but I trust in YHWH.

6  Thou has hated them that idly persist in vanities: but I have hoped in the Lord.

Ps30:6  You have hated those who practice emptiness to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord.

31:7  I will be glad and rejoice in Thy lovingkindness; for Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast taken cognizance of the troubles of my soul,

7  I will exult and be glad in thy mercy: for thou hast looked upon mine affliction; thou hast saved my soul from distresses.

Ps30:7  I will exult and rejoice in your mercy. For you have looked upon my humility; you have saved my soul from needfulness.

31:8  And Thou hast not given me over into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a broad place.

Ps30:8  And you have not enclosed me in the hands of the enemy. You have set my feet in a spacious place.

31:9  Be gracious unto me, O YHWH, for I am in distress; mine eye wasteth away with vexation, yea, my soul and my body.

9  Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, my soul and by belly.

Ps30:9  Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am troubled. My eye has been disturbed by wrath, along with my soul and my gut.

31:10  For my life is spent in sorrow, and my years in sighing; my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted away.

Ps30:10  For my life has fallen into sorrow, and my years into sighing. My virtue has been weakened in poverty, and my bones have been disturbed.

31:11  Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, yea, unto my neighbours exceedingly, and a dread to mine acquaintance; they that see me without flee from me.

Ps30:11  I have become a disgrace among all my enemies, and even more so to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances. Those who catch sight of me, flee away from me.

11  I have become a reproach to my neighbors and a dread to my acquaintances: they that saw me on the street fled from me.

31:12  I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am like a useless vessel.

12  I have been forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am become as a broken vessel.

Ps30:12  I have become forgotten, like one dead to the heart. I have become like a damaged utensil.

31:13  For I have heard the whispering of many, terror on every side; while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

13  For I heard the slander of many that dwelt round about: when they were gathered together against me, they took counsel to take my life.

Ps30:13  For I have heard the harsh criticism of many who linger in the area. While assembled together against me in that place, they deliberated on how to take away my life.

31:14  But as for me, I have trusted in Thee, O YHWH; I have said: 'Thou art my God.'

14  But I hoped in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

31:15  My times are in Thy hand; deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

15  My lots are in thy hands: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies,

Ps30:15  My fate is in your hands. Rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from those who are persecuting me.

31:16  Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant; save me in Thy lovingkindness.

16  and from them that persecute me. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me in thy mercy.

Ps30:16  Shine your face upon your servant. Save me in your mercy.

31:17  O YHWH, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon Thee; let the wicked be ashamed, let them be put to silence in the nether-world.

17  O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon thee: let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades.

Ps30:17  Do not let me be confounded, Lord, for I have called upon you. Let the impious be ashamed and be drawn down into Hell.

31:18  Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak arrogantly against the righteous, with pride and contempt.

Ps30:18  May deceitful lips be silenced: those that speak iniquity against the just, in arrogance and in abusiveness.

18  Let the lips of the wicked be silent; for they speak falsely and disdainfully against the righteous.

31:19  Oh how abundant is Thy goodness, which Thou hast laid up for them that fear Thee; which Thou hast wrought for them that take their refuge in Thee, in the sight of the sons of men!

19  How abundant is the multitude of thy goodness, O Lord, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee! thou hast wrought it out for them that hope on thee, in the presence of the sons of men.

Ps30:19  How great is the multitude of your sweetness, O Lord, which you keep hidden for those who fear you, which you have perfected for those who hope in you, in the sight of the sons of men.

31:20  Thou hidest them in the covert of Thy presence from the plottings of man; Thou concealest them in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

Ps30:20  You hide them in the concealment of your face, from the disturbance of men. You protect them in your tabernacle, from the contradiction of tongues.

20  Hide them in the citadel of thy presence from the tumult of men; with thy shadow guard them from contention.

31:21  Blessed be YHWH; for He hath shown me His wondrous lovingkindness in an entrenched city.

21  Blessed be the Lord: for he has magnified his mercy in a fortified city.

Ps30:21  Blessed is the Lord. For he has shown his wonderful mercy to me, in a fortified city.

31:22  As for me, I said in my haste: 'I am cut off from before Thine eyes'; nevertheless Thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto Thee.

Ps30:22  But I said in the excess of my mind: “I have been cast away from the glance of your eyes.” And so, you heeded the voice of my prayer, while I was still crying out to you.

31:23  O love YHWH, all ye His godly ones; the YHWH preserveth the faithful, and plentifully repayeth him that acteth haughtily.

23  Love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord seeks for truth, and renders a reward to them that deal very proudly.

23  O love the LORD, all you his righteous ones; for the LORD preserves the faithful, and rewards the wicked according to their works.

31:24  Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye that wait for YHWH.

24  Be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.

Ps30:24  Act manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all you who hope in the Lord.

32:2  Happy is the man unto whom YHWH counteth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

2  Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and whose mouth there is no guile.

32:3  When I kept silence, my bones wore away through my groaning all the day long.

3  Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day.

32:4  For day and night Thy hand was heavy upon me; my sap was turned as in the droughts of summer. Selah

4  For, day and night, your hand was heavy upon me. I have been converted in my anguish, while still the thorn is piercing.

32:5  I acknowledged my sin unto Thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid; I said: 'I will make confession concerning my transgressions unto YHWH'--and Thou, Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah

5  I have acknowledged my offense to you, and I have not concealed my injustice. I said, “I will confess against myself, my injustice to the Lord,” and you forgave the impiety of my sin.

32:6  For this let every one that is godly pray unto Thee in a time when Thou mayest be found; surely, when the great waters overflow, they will not reach unto him.

6  Therefore shall every holy one pray to thee in a fit time: only in the deluge of many waters they shall not come nigh to him.

6  For this, everyone who is holy will pray to you in due time. Yet truly, in a flood of many waters, they will not draw near to him.

32:7  Thou art my hiding-place; Thou wilt preserve me from the adversary; with songs of deliverance Thou wilt compass me about. Selah

7  You are my refuge from the tribulation that has surrounded me. You are my exultation: rescue me from those who are surrounding me.

32:8  'I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will give counsel, Mine eye being upon thee.'

8  I will give you understanding, and I will instruct you in this way, in which you will walk. I will fix my eyes upon you.

8  I have made you to understand and have led you on the way which you shall take; I will follow you with my eyes.

32:9  Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, that they come not near unto thee.

9  Do not become like the horse and the mule, which have no understanding. Their jaws are constrained with bit and bridle, so as not to draw near to you.

9  Be not as the horse or as the mule, which have no understanding, which must be subdued with bit and bridle from their youth; no one goes near them.

32:10  Many are the sorrows of the wicked; but he that trusteth in YHWH, mercy compasseth him about.

10  The wicked has many sorrows; but he that trusts in the LORD, mercy shall surround him.

32:11  Be glad in YHWH, and rejoice, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

11  Rejoice in the Lord and exult, you just ones, and glory, all you upright of heart.

33:1  Rejoice in YHWH, O ye righteous, praise is comely for the upright.

title  A Psalm of David.

1  Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; praise becomes the upright.

1  A Psalm of David. Exult in the Lord, you just ones; together praise the upright.

33:2  Give thanks unto YHWH with harp, sing praises unto Him with the psaltery of ten strings.

2  Praise the Lord on the harp; platy to him on a psaltery of ten strings.

2  Confess to the Lord with stringed instruments; sing psalms to him with the psaltery, the instrument of ten strings.

33:3  Sing unto Him a new song; play skilfully amid shouts of joy.

3  Sing to him a new song. Sing psalms to him skillfully, with loud exclamation.

33:4  For the word of YHWH is upright; and all His work is done in faithfulness.

33:5  He loveth righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the lovingkindness of YHWH.

5  He loves mercy and judgement; the earth is full the mercy of the Lord.

33:6  By the word of YHWH were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.

6  By the word of the Lord, the heavens were established, and all their power, by the Spirit of his mouth

33:7  He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; He layeth up the deeps in storehouses.

7  Who gathers the waters of the sea as in a bottle; who lays up the deeps in treasuries.

7  gathering together the waters of the sea, as if in a container, placing the depths in storage.

33:8  Let all the earth fear YHWH; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

33:9  For He spoke, and it was; He commanded, and it stood.

33:10  YHWH bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

10  The Lord frustrates the counsels of the nations; he brings to nought also the reasonings of the peoples, and brings to nought the counsels of princes.

33:11  The counsel of YHWH standeth for ever, the thoughts of His heart to all generations.

11  But the counsel of the Lord endures for ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.

33:12  Happy is the nation whose God is YHWH; the people whom He hath chosen for His own inheritance.

12  Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

33:13  YHWH looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men;

13  The Lord looks out of heaven; he beholds all the sons of men.

13  The Lord has looked down from heaven. He has seen all the sons of men.

33:14  From the place of His habitation He looketh intently upon all the inhabitants of the earth;

14  He looks from his prepared habitation on all the dwellers on the earth;

14  From his well-prepared dwelling place, he has gazed upon all who dwell on the earth.

33:15  He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, that considereth all their doings.

15  who fashioned their hearts alone; who understands all their works.

33:16  A king is not saved by the multitude of a host; a mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

16  The king is not saved by great power, nor will the giant be saved by his many powers.

33:17  A horse is a vain thing for safety; neither doth it afford escape by its great strength.

17  A horse is vain for safety; neither shall he be delivered by the greatness of his power.

17  The horse is false safety; for he will not be saved by the abundance of his powers.

33:18  Behold, the eye of YHWH is toward them that fear Him, toward them that wait for His mercy;

18  Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him and on those who hope in his mercy,

33:19  To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

19  so as to rescue their souls from death and to feed them during famine.

33:20  Our soul hath waited for YHWH; He is our help and our shield.

20  Our soul remains with the Lord. For he is our helper and protector.

33:21  For in Him doth our heart rejoice, because we have trusted in His holy name.

21  For our heart shall rejoice in him, and we have hoped in his holy name.

33:22  Let Thy mercy, O YHWH, be upon us, according as we have waited for Thee.

22  Let your mercy be upon us, O Lord, just as we have hoped in you.

34:1  I will bless YHWH at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

title  A Psalm of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech; and he let him go, and he departed.

1  I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall be continually in my mouth.

1  To David, when he changed his appearance in the sight of Abimelech, and so he dismissed him, and he went away.

2  I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise will be ever in my mouth.

34:2  My soul shall glory in YHWH; the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

2  My soul shall boast herself in the Lord: let the meek hear, and rejoice.

2  In the Lord, my soul will be praised. May the meek listen and rejoice.

34:3  O magnify YHWH with me, and let us exalt His name together.

3  Magnify ye the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.

34:4  I sought YHWH, and He answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

4  I sought the Lord diligently, and he hearkened to me, and delivered me from all my sojournings.

34:5  They looked unto Him, and were radiant; and their faces shall never be abashed.

5  Approach him and be enlightened, and your faces will not be confounded.

34:6  This poor man cried, and YHWH heard, and saved him out of all his troubles.

34:7  The angel of YHWH encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them.

7  The host of angels of the LORD encamps round about them that worship him, and delivers them.

34:8  O consider and see that YHWH is good; happy is the man that taketh refuge in Him.

8  Taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man who hopes in him.

8  O taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man that trusts in him.

34:9  O fear YHWH, ye His holy ones; for there is no want to them that fear Him.

9  Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

9  The rich have become poor and suffer hunger;

34:10  The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they that seek YHWH want not any good thing.

10  The rich have become poor and hungry: but they that seek the Lord diligently shall not want any good thing. Pause.

10  They that seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.

34:11  Come, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of YHWH.

11  Come forward, sons. Listen to me. I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

11  Come, you children, listen to me, and I will teach you reverence for the LORD.

34:12  Who is the man that desireth life, and loveth days, that he may see good therein?

12  What man is there that desires life, loving to see good days?

12  Which is the man who wills life, who chooses to see good days?

34:13  Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

13  Prohibit your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

34:14  Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

14  Turn away from evil, and do good. Inquire about peace, and pursue it.

34:15  The eyes of YHWH are toward the righteous, and His ears are open unto their cry.

34:16  The face of YHWH is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

16  but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to destroy their memorial from the earth. The righteous cried, and the Lord hearkened to them,

16  But the countenance of the Lord is upon those who do evil, to perish the remembrance of them from the earth.

34:17  They cried, and YHWH heard, and delivered them out of all their troubles.

17  and delivered them out of all their afflictions.

17  The just cried out, and the Lord heard them, and he freed them from all their tribulations.

34:18  YHWH is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

18  The Lord is near to them that are of a contrite heart; and will save the lowly in spirit.

34:19  Many are the ills of the righteous, but YHWH delivereth him out of them all.

34:20  He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken.

20  The Lord preserves all of their bones, not one of them shall be broken.

34:21  Evil shall kill the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall be held guilty.

21  The death of sinners is evil: and they that hate righteousness will go wrong.

21  The death of a sinner is very harmful, and those who hate the just will fare badly.

34:22  YHWH redeemeth the soul of His servants; and none of them that take refuge in Him shall be desolate.

22  The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: and none of those that hope in him shall go wrong.

22  The LORD redeems the soul of his servants, and none of them that trust in him shall be condemned.

35:2  Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise up to my help.

2  Take hold of weapons and a shield, and rise up in assistance to me.

35:3  Draw out also the spear, and the battle-axe, against them that pursue me; say unto my soul: 'I am Thy salvation.'

3  Bring forth a sword, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say to my soul, I am thy salvation.

35:4  Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that seek after my soul; let them be turned back and be abashed that devise my hurt.

4  Let them that seek my soul be ashamed and confounded: let them that devise evils against me be turned back and put to shame.

4  Let them be confounded and in awe, who pursue my soul. Let them be turned back and be confounded, who think up evil against me.

35:5  Let them be as chaff before the wind, the angel of YHWH thrusting them.

5  May they become like dust before the face of the wind, and let the Angel of the Lord hem them in.

35:6  Let their way be dark and slippery, the angel of YHWH pursuing them.

6  May their way become dark and slippery, and may the Angel of the Lord pursue them.

35:7  For without cause have they hid for me the pit, even their net, without cause have they digged for my soul.

7  For, without cause, they have concealed their snare for me unto destruction. Over nothing, they have rebuked my soul.

7  For they have dug pits for me and have spread a snare for my soul.

35:8  Let destruction come upon him unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself; with destruction let him fall therein.

8  Let a snare which they know not come upon them; and the gin which they hid take them; and let them fall into the very same snare.

8  Let the snare, of which he is ignorant, come upon him, and let the deception, which he has hidden, take hold of him: and may he fall into that very snare.

35:9  And my soul shall be joyful in YHWH; it shall rejoice in His salvation.

9  But my soul shall exult in the Lord: it shall delight in his salvation.

9  My soul shall be joyful in God; it shall rejoice in his salvation.

35:10  All my bones shall say: 'YHWH, who is like unto Thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?'

10  All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like you?” He rescues the needy from the hand of the stronger one, the indigent and the poor from those who plunder him.

35:11  Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.

11  Unfair witnesses have risen up, interrogating me about things of which I am ignorant.

35:12  They repay me evil for good; bereavement is come to my soul.

12  They repaid me evil for good, to the deprivation of my soul.

12  They rewarded me evil for good, and they destroyed my reputation among men.

35:13  But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth, I afflicted my soul with fasting; and my prayer, may it return into mine own bosom.

13  But I, when they troubled me, put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting: and my prayer shall return to my own bosom.

35:14  I went about as though it had been my friend or my brother; I bowed down mournful, as one that mourneth for his mother.

14  I behaved agreeably towards them as if it had been our neighbour or brother: I humbled myself as one mourning and sad of countenance.

14  Like a neighbor, and like our brother, so did I please; like one mourning and contrite, so was I humbled.

35:15  But when I halt they rejoice, and gather themselves together; the abjects gather themselves together against me, and those whom I know not; they tear me, and cease not;

15  Yet they rejoiced against me, and plagues were plentifully brought against me, and I knew it not: they were scattered, but repented not.

15  During my misery they gathered together and rejoiced; yea, they gathered together against me for a long time, and I knew it not;

35:16  With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth.

16  They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, they gnashed their teeth upon me.

16  They have been scattered, yet they were unremorseful. They have tested me. They scoffed at me with scorn. They gnashed their teeth over me.

35:17  Lord, how long wilt Thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, mine only one from the lions.

17  Lord, when will you look down upon me? Restore my soul from before their malice, my only one from before the lions.

35:18  I will give Thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise Thee among a numerous people.

18  I will confess to you in a great Church. I will praise you among a weighty people.

35:19  Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

19  May those who are my unjust adversaries not be glad over me: those who have hated me without cause, and who nod agreement with their eyes.

19  Let mine enemies not rejoice over me, nor the mockers who hate me for no reason; they wink with their eyes but they do not salute.

35:20  For they speak not peace; but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

20  For to me they spoke peaceably, but imagined deceits in their anger.

20  Against the meek of the earth, they devise mischievous things.

35:21  Yea, they open their mouth wide against me; they say: 'Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.'

21  And they opened wide their mouth upon me; they said Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.

35:22  Thou hast seen, O YHWH; keep not silence; O Lord, be not far from me.

22  You have seen, O Lord, do not be silent. Lord, do not depart from me.

35:23  Rouse Thee, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

35:24  Judge me, O YHWH my God, according to Thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

24  Judge me according to your justice, O Lord, my God, and do not let them be glad over me.

35:25  Let them not say in their heart: 'Aha, we have our desire'; let them not say: 'We have swallowed him up.'

25  Do not let them say in their hearts, “Well, well, to our soul.” Neither let them say, “We have devoured him.”

35:26  Let them be ashamed and abashed together that rejoice at my hurt; let them be clothed with shame and confusion that magnify themselves against me.

26  Let them be confounded and ashamed together that rejoice at my afflictions: let them be clothed with shame and confusion that speak great swelling words against me.

35:27  Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that delight in my righteousness; yea, let them say continually: 'Magnified be YHWH, who delighteth in the peace of His servant.'

27  Let them exult and rejoice, who wish my justice, and let them ever say, “The Lord be magnified,” who will the peace of his servant.

35:28  And my tongue shall speak of Thy righteousness, and of Thy praise all the day.

28  And so my tongue will express your justice: your praise all day long.

36:1  Transgression speaketh to the wicked, methinks-- there is no fear of God before his eyes.

title  For the end, by David the servant of the Lord.

1  The transgressor, that he may sin, says within himself, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

36:2  For it flattereth him in his eyes, until his iniquity be found, and he be hated.

Ps35:2  For he has acted deceitfully in his sight, such that his iniquity will be found to be hatred.

2  He is unwilling to see his sins forgiven, or to hate them.

36:3  The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit; he hath left off to be wise, to do good.

36:4  He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

4  He devises iniquity on his bed; he gives himself to every evil way; and does not abhor evil.

Ps35:4  He has been considering iniquity on his bed. He has set himself on every way that is not good; moreover, he has not hated evil.

36:5  Thy lovingkindness, O YHWH, is in the heavens; Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the skies.

5  O Lord, thy mercy is in the heaven; and thy truth reaches to the clouds.

Ps35:5  Lord, your mercy is in heaven, and your truth is even to the clouds.

36:6  Thy righteousness is like the mighty mountains; Thy judgments are like the great deep; man and beast Thou preservest, O YHWH.

Ps35:6  Your justice is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are a great abyss. Men and beasts, you will save, O Lord.

36:7  How precious is Thy lovingkindness, O God! and the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Thy wings.

7  How hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God! so the children of men shall trust in the shelter of thy wings.

Ps35:7  How you have multiplied your mercy, O God! And so the sons of men will hope under the cover of your wings.

36:8  They are abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy house; and Thou makest them drink of the river of Thy pleasures.

8  They shall be fully satisfied with the fatness of thine house; and thou shalt cause them to drink of the full stream of thy delights.

Ps35:8  They will be inebriated with the fruitfulness of your house, and you will give them to drink from the torrent of your enjoyment.

36:9  For with Thee is the fountain of life; in Thy light do we see light.

Ps35:9  For with you is the fountain of life; and within your light, we will see the light.

36:10  O continue Thy lovingkindness unto them that know Thee; and Thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

10  Extend thy mercy to them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

Ps35:10  Extend your mercy before those who know you, and your justice to these, who are upright in heart.

36:11  Let not the foot of pride overtake me, and let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Ps35:11  May arrogant feet not approach me, and may the hand of the sinner not disturb me.

36:12  There are the workers of iniquity fallen; they are thrust down, and are not able to rise.

12  There have all the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast out, and shall not be able to stand.

Ps35:12  In that place, those who work iniquity have fallen. They have been expelled; they were not able to stand.

37:2  For they shall soon wither like the grass, and fade as the green herb.

2  For they will quickly wither away like dry grass, and in like manner to kitchen herbs, they will soon droop.

37:3  Trust in YHWH, and do good; dwell in the land, and cherish faithfulness.

3  Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and thou shalt be fed with the wealth of it.

37:4  So shalt thou delight thyself in YHWH; and He shall give thee the petitions of thy heart.

4  Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart.

37:5  Commit thy way unto YHWH; trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass.

5  Disclose thy way to the Lord, and hope in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

5  Reveal your way to the Lord, and hope in him, and he will accomplish it.

37:6  And He will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, and thy right as the noonday.

6  And he will bring forth your justice like the light, and your judgment like the midday.

6  He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgment as the noonday.

37:7  Resign thyself unto YHWH, and wait patiently for Him; fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

7  Be subject to the Lord and pray to him. Do not choose to compete with him who prospers in his way, with the man who does injustice.

7  Seek the LORD, and pray before him; envy not the man who does evil, and prospers in his way.

37:8  Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.

8  Cease from wrath and leave behind rage. Do not choose to imitate the malicious.

37:9  For evil-doers shall be cut off; but those that wait for YHWH, they shall inherit the land.

9  For those who are malicious will be exterminated. But those who remain with the Lord, these will inherit the land.

37:10  And yet a little while, and the wicked is no more; yea, thou shalt look well at his place, and he is not.

10  Yet still a little while, and the sinner will not be. And you will search his place and find nothing.

10  For yet a little while, and the wicked shall be no more: yea, you shall look for his place, and you shall not find it.

37:11  But the humble shall inherit the land, and delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

11  But the meek shall inherit the earth, and they will delight in the multitude of peace.

37:12  The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth at him with his teeth.

12  The sinner will watch for the righteous, and gnash his teeth upon him.

37:13  YHWH doth laugh at him; for He seeth that his day is coming.

13  But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foresees that his day will come.

13  The LORD shall laugh at him; for he sees that his day is coming.

37:14  The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow; to cast down the poor and needy, to slay such as are upright in the way;

14  Sinners have drawn their swords, they have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy one, and to slay the upright in heart.

14  The sinners have drawn the sword, they have bent their bow, so as to cast down the poor and the needy, so as to massacre the upright of heart.

37:15  Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

15  Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their bow be broken.

37:16  Better is a little that the righteous hath than the abundance of many wicked.

16  A little is better to the righteous than abundant wealth of sinners.

16  A little that a righteous man has is better than the great riches of the wicked.

37:17  For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; but YHWH upholdeth the righteous.

17  For the arms of sinners will be crushed, but the Lord confirms the just.

37:18  YHWH knoweth the days of them that are wholehearted; and their inheritance shall be for ever.

18  The Lord knows the ways of the perfect; and their inheritance shall be for ever.

37:19  They shall not be ashamed in the time of evil; and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

19  They will not be confounded in an evil time; and in days of famine, they will be satisfied

37:20  For the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of YHWH shall be as the fat of lambs--they shall pass away in smoke, they shall pass away.

20  For the sinners shall perish; and the enemies of the Lord at the moment of their being honoured and exalted have utterly vanished like smoke.

20  for sinners will perish. Truly, the adversaries of the Lord, soon after they have been honored and exalted, will fade away, in the same way that smoke fades away.

37:21  The wicked borroweth, and payeth not; but the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.

21  The sinner borrows, and will not pay again: but the righteous has compassion, and gives.

21  The sinner will lend and not release, but the just one shows compassion and donates.

37:22  For such as are blessed of Him shall inherit the land; and they that are cursed of Him shall be cut off.

22  For they that bless him shall inherit the earth; and they that curse him shall be utterly destroyed.

22  For those who bless him will inherit the earth, but those who curse him will perish.

37:23  It is of YHWH that a man's goings are established; and He delighted in his way.

23  The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the Lord: and he will take pleasure in his way.

23  The steps of a good man are established by the LORD; he sets his course.

37:24  Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for YHWH upholdeth his hand.

24  When he falls, he shall not be ruined: for the Lord supports his hand.

37:25  I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

25  I was once young, indeed I am now old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.

37:26  All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

26  He shows compassion and lends, all day long, and his offspring will be in blessing.

26  But he is ever merciful and lends; and his offspring is blessed.

37:27  Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

27  Turn aside from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever.

37:28  For YHWH loveth justice, and forsaketh not His saints; they are preserved for ever; but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

28  For the Lord loves judgement, and will not forsake his saints; they shall be preserved for ever: the blameless shall be avenged, but the seed of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed.

37:29  The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

29  But the righteous shall inherit the earth, and dwell upon it for ever.

29  But the just will inherit the earth, and they will dwell upon it forever and ever.

37:30  The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh justice.

37:31  The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps slide.

37:32  The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

32  The sinner considers the just one and seeks to put him to death.

37:33  YHWH will not leave him in his hand, nor suffer him to be condemned when he is judged.

33  But the Lord will not leave him in his hands, nor by any means condemn him when he is judged.

33  The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

37:34  Wait for YHWH, and keep His way, and He will exalt thee to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

34  Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are destroyed, thou shalt see it.

34  Wait for the Lord, and keep to his way. And he will exalt you, so as to inherit the land that you may seize. When the sinners will have passed away, then you shall see.

37:35  I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a leafy tree in its native soil.

35  I saw the ungodly very highly exalting himself, and lifting himself up like the cedars of Libanus.

35  For I have seen the wicked boasting and spreading himself like stout forest trees;

37:36  But one passed by, and, lo, he was not; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

36  Yet I passed by, and lo! he was not: and I sought him, but his place was not found.

36  And I passed by, and behold, he was not. And I sought him, and his place was not found.

37:37  Mark the man of integrity, and behold the upright; for there is a future for the man of peace.

37  Maintain innocence, and behold uprightness: for there is a remnant to the peaceable man.

37  Uphold the perfect and select the upright; for there is a good end for peaceful men.

37:38  But transgressors shall be destroyed together; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

38  But the transgressors shall be utterly destroyed together: the remnants of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed.

38  But the unjust will be destroyed together: the allotments of the impious will pass away.

37:39  But the salvation of the righteous is of YHWH; He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

37:40  And YHWH helpeth them, and delivereth them; He delivereth them from the wicked, and saveth them, because they have taken refuge in Him.

40  And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: and he shall rescue them from sinners, and save them, because they have hoped in him.

38:1  O YHWH, rebuke me not in Thine anger; neither chasten me in Thy wrath.

title  A Psalm of David for remembrance concerning the Sabbath-day.

1  O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither chasten me in thine anger.

38:2  For Thine arrows are gone deep into me, and Thy hand is come down upon me.

2  For thy weapons are fixed in me, and thou hast pressed thy hand heavily upon me.

Ps37:2  For your arrows have been driven into me, and your hand has been confirmed over me.

38:3  There is no soundness in my flesh because of Thine indignation; neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

3  For there is no health in my flesh because of thine anger; there is no peace to my bones because of my sins.

Ps37:3  There is no health in my flesh before the face of your wrath. There is no peace for my bones before the face of my sins.

38:4  For mine iniquities are gone over my head; as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

4  For my transgressions have gone over mine head: they have pressed heavily upon me like a weighty burden.

Ps37:4  For my iniquities have walked over my head, and they have been like a heavy burden weighing upon me.

38:5  My wounds are noisome, they fester, because of my foolishness.

5  My bruises have become noisome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.

Ps37:5  My sores have putrefied and been corrupted before the face of my foolishness.

38:6  I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day.

6  I have been wretched and bowed down continually: I went with a mourning countenance all the day.

Ps37:6  I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.

38:7  For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.

Ps37:7  For my loins have been filled with illusions, and there is no health in my flesh.

7  My loins are filled with trembling, and there is no peace in my body.

38:8  I am benumbed and sore crushed; I groan by reason of the moaning of my heart.