1  Blessed is the man¹

who ^awalks not in ^bthe counsel of the wicked,

nor stands in ^cthe way of sinners,

nor ^dsits in ^ethe seat of ^fscoffers;

2  but his ^gdelight is in the law² of the Lord,

and on his ^hlaw he meditates day and night.

3  He is like ⁱa tree

planted by ^jstreams of water

that yields its fruit in its season,

and its ^kleaf does not wither.

^lIn all that he does, he prospers.

4  The wicked are not so,

but are like ^mchaff that the wind drives away.

5  Therefore the wicked ⁿwill not stand in the judgment,

nor sinners in ^othe congregation of the righteous;

6  for the Lord ^pknows ^qthe way of the righteous,

but the way of the wicked will perish.

1  ^hShout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous!

ⁱPraise befits the upright.

2  Give thanks to the Lord with the ^jlyre;

make melody to him with ^jthe harp of ^kten strings!

3  Sing to him ^la new song;

play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.

4  For the word of the Lord is upright,

and all his work is done in ^mfaithfulness.

5  He ⁿloves righteousness and justice;

^othe earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.

6  By ^pthe word of the Lord the heavens were made,

and by ^qthe breath of his mouth all ^rtheir host.

7  He gathers the waters of the sea as ^sa heap;

he ^tputs the deeps in storehouses.

8  Let all the earth fear the Lord;

let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!

9  For ^uhe spoke, and it came to be;

he commanded, and it stood firm.

10  The Lord ^vbrings the counsel of the nations to nothing;

he frustrates the plans of the peoples.

11  ^wThe counsel of the Lord stands forever,

the plans of his heart to all generations.

12  ^xBlessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,

the people whom he has ^ychosen as his heritage!

13  The Lord ^zlooks down from heaven;

he sees all the children of man;

14  from ^awhere he sits enthroned he ^blooks out

on all the inhabitants of the earth,

15  he who fashions the hearts of them all

and observes all their deeds.

16  ^cThe king is not saved by his great army;

a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

17  ^dThe war horse is a false hope for salvation,

and by its great might it cannot rescue.

18  Behold, ^ethe eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,

^fon those who hope in his steadfast love,

19  that he may ^gdeliver their soul from death

and keep them alive in ^hfamine.

20  Our soul ⁱwaits for the Lord;

he is our ^jhelp and ^kour shield.

21  For our heart is ^lglad in him,

because we ^mtrust in his holy name.

22  Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,

even as we hope in you.

1  ^bShout for joy to God, all the earth;

2  sing the glory of his name;

^cgive to him glorious praise!

3  Say to God, ^d“How awesome are your deeds!

So great is your power that your enemies ^ecome cringing to you.

4  ^fAll the earth worships you

and sings praises to you;

they sing praises to your name.” Selah

5  ^gCome and see what God has done:

^dhe is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.

6  He ^hturned the sea into dry land;

they ⁱpassed through the river on foot.

There did we rejoice in him,

7  who rules by his might forever,

whose ^jeyes keep watch on the nations—

let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

8  Bless our God, O peoples;

let the sound of his praise be heard,

9  who has kept our soul among the living

and ^khas not let our feet slip.

10  For you, O God, have ^ltested us;

you have tried us as silver is tried.

11  You brought us into ^mthe net;

you laid a crushing burden on our backs;

12  you let men ⁿride over our heads;

we went through fire and through ^owater;

yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.

13  I will come into your house with burnt offerings;

I will ^pperform my vows to you,

14  that which my lips uttered

and my mouth promised ^qwhen I was in trouble.

15  I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals,

with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;

I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah

16  ^rCome and hear, all you who fear God,

and I will tell what he has done for my soul.

17  I cried to him with my mouth,

and high praise was on¹ my tongue.²

18  If I had ^scherished iniquity in my heart,

^tthe Lord would not have listened.

19  But truly ^uGod has listened;

he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

20  Blessed be God,

because he has not rejected my prayer

or removed his steadfast love from me!

1  May God ^wbe gracious to us and bless us

and make his face to ^xshine upon us, Selah

2  that ^yyour way may be known on earth,

your ^zsaving power among all nations.

3  ^aLet the peoples praise you, O God;

let all the peoples praise you!

4  Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,

for you ^bjudge the peoples with equity

and guide the nations upon earth. Selah

5  ^aLet the peoples praise you, O God;

let all the peoples praise you!

6  The earth has ^cyielded its increase;

God, our God, shall bless us.

7  God shall bless us;

let ^dall the ends of the earth fear him!

1  ⁱIn you, O Lord, do I take refuge;

let me never be put to shame!

2  In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;

incline your ear to me, and save me!

3  Be to me a rock of ^jrefuge,

to which I may continually come;

you have ^kgiven the command to save me,

for you are my ^lrock and my fortress.

4  ^mRescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,

from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.

5  For you, O Lord, are my ⁿhope,

my trust, O Lord, from my youth.

6  Upon you I have leaned ^ofrom before my birth;

you are he who ^ptook me from my mother’s womb.

My praise is continually of you.

7  I have been as ^qa portent to many,

but you are my strong refuge.

8  My ^rmouth is filled with your praise,

and with your glory all the day.

9  ^sDo not cast me off in the time of old age;

forsake me not when my strength is spent.

10  For my enemies speak concerning me;

those who ^twatch for my life ^uconsult together

11  and say, “God has forsaken him;

pursue and seize him,

for there is none to deliver him.”

12  O God, be not ^vfar from me;

O my God, ^wmake haste to help me!

13  May my accusers be ^xput to shame and consumed;

^ywith scorn and disgrace may they be covered

who ^zseek my hurt.

14  But I will ^ahope continually

and will ^bpraise you yet more and more.

15  My ^cmouth will tell of your righteous acts,

of your deeds of salvation all the day,

for ^dtheir number is past my knowledge.

16  With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come;

I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

17  O God, from my youth you have taught me,

and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

18  So even to ^eold age and gray hairs,

O God, ^fdo not forsake me,

until I proclaim your might to another generation,

your power to all those to come.

19  Your ^grighteousness, O God,

reaches the high heavens.

You who have done ^hgreat things,

O God, ⁱwho is like you?

20  You who have ^jmade me see many troubles and calamities

will ^krevive me again;

from the depths of the earth

you will bring me up again.

21  You will increase my greatness

and comfort me again.

22  I will also praise you with ^lthe harp

for your faithfulness, O my God;

I will sing praises to you with the lyre,

O ^mHoly One of Israel.

23  My lips will shout for joy,

when I sing praises to you;

my soul also, which you have ⁿredeemed.

24  And my ^otongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long,

for they have been ^pput to shame and disappointed

who sought to do me hurt.