1  In the Lord I take refuge;

how can you say to my soul,

^z“Flee like a bird to your mountain,

2  for behold, the wicked ^abend the bow;

^bthey have fitted their arrow to the string

to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;

3  if ^cthe foundations are destroyed,

what can the righteous do?”¹

4  ^dThe Lord is in his holy temple;

the Lord’s ^ethrone is in heaven;

his eyes see, his eyelids ^ftest the children of man.

5  The Lord ^gtests the righteous,

but ^hhis soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.

6  Let him rain coals on the wicked;

ⁱfire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be ^jthe portion of their cup.

7  For the Lord is righteous;

he ^kloves righteous deeds;

^lthe upright shall behold his face.

1  Save, O Lord, for ^mthe godly one is gone;

for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.

2  Everyone ⁿutters lies to his neighbor;

with ^oflattering lips and ^pa double heart they speak.

3  May the Lord cut off all ^oflattering lips,

the tongue that makes ^qgreat boasts,

4  those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,

our lips are with us; who is master over us?”

5  “Because ^rthe poor are plundered, because the needy groan,

^sI will now arise,” says the Lord;

“I will place him in the ^tsafety for which he longs.”

6  ^uThe words of the Lord are pure words,

like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,

purified seven times.

7  You, O Lord, will keep them;

you will guard us³ from this generation forever.

8  On every side the wicked prowl,

as vileness is exalted among the children of man.

1  ^vHow long, O Lord? Will you ^wforget me forever?

How long will you ^xhide your face from me?

2  How long must I take ^ycounsel in my soul

and have sorrow in my heart all the day?

How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

3  ^zConsider and answer me, O Lord my God;

^alight up my eyes, lest ^bI sleep the sleep of death,

4  ^clest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”

lest my foes rejoice because I am ^dshaken.

5  But I have ^etrusted in your steadfast love;

my heart shall ^frejoice in your salvation.

6  I will sing to the Lord,

because he has dealt bountifully with me.

1  ^gThe ^hfool says in his heart, ⁱ“There is no God.”

They are ^jcorrupt, they do abominable deeds;

^kthere is none who does good.

2  The Lord ^llooks down from heaven on the children of man,

to see if there are any who understand,⁴

who ^mseek after God.

3  They have all turned aside; together they have become ⁿcorrupt;

there is none who does good,

not even one.

4  Have they no ^oknowledge, all the evildoers

who ^peat up my people as they eat bread

and ^qdo not call upon the Lord?

5  There they are in great terror,

for God is with ^rthe generation of the righteous.

6  You would shame the plans of the poor,

but⁵ the Lord is his ^srefuge.

7  Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!

When the Lord ^trestores the fortunes of his people,

let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

1  O Lord, ^uwho shall sojourn in your ^vtent?

Who shall dwell on your ^wholy hill?

2  He who ^xwalks blamelessly and ^ydoes what is right

and ^zspeaks truth in his heart;

3  who ^adoes not slander with his tongue

and does no evil to his neighbor,

nor ^btakes up a reproach against his friend;

4  ^cin whose eyes a vile person is despised,

but who honors those who fear the Lord;

who ^dswears to his own hurt and does not change;

5  who ^edoes not put out his money at interest

and ^fdoes not take a bribe against the innocent.

He who does these things shall never be ^gmoved.

1  Preserve me, O God, for in you I ⁱtake refuge.

2  I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;

^jI have no good apart from you.”

3  As for ^kthe saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,

in whom is all my delight.⁷

4  The sorrows of those who run after⁸ another god shall multiply;

their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out

or ^ltake their names on my lips.

5  The Lord is ^mmy chosen portion and my ⁿcup;

you hold my ^olot.

6  ^pThe lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;

indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

7  I bless the Lord who ^qgives me counsel;

in ^rthe night also my ^sheart instructs me.⁹

8  ^tI have ^uset the Lord always before me;

because he is at my ^vright hand, I shall not be ^wshaken.

9  Therefore my heart is glad, and my ^xwhole being¹⁰ rejoices;

my flesh also dwells secure.

10  For you will not abandon my soul to ^ySheol,

^zor let your ^aholy one see ^bcorruption.¹¹

11  You make known to me ^cthe path of life;

in your presence there is ^dfullness of joy;

at your right hand are ^epleasures forevermore.

1  Hear a just cause, O Lord; ^gattend to my cry!

Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!

2  From your presence ^hlet my vindication come!

Let your eyes behold the right!

3  You have ⁱtried my heart, you have ^jvisited me by ^knight,

you have ^ltested me, and you will find nothing;

I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

4  With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips

I have avoided the ways of the violent.

5  My steps have ^mheld fast to your paths;

my feet have not slipped.

6  I ⁿcall upon you, for you will answer me, O God;

^oincline your ear to me; hear my words.

7  ^pWondrously show¹ your steadfast love,

O Savior of those who seek refuge

from ^qtheir adversaries at your right hand.

8  Keep me as ^rthe apple of your eye;

hide me in ^sthe shadow of your wings,

9  from the wicked who do me violence,

my deadly enemies who ^tsurround me.

10  ^uThey close their hearts to pity;

with their mouths they ^vspeak arrogantly.

11  They have now surrounded our ^wsteps;

they set their eyes to ^xcast us to the ground.

12  He is like a lion eager to tear,

as a young lion ^ylurking in ambush.

13  Arise, O Lord! Confront him, subdue him!

Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,

14  from men by your hand, O Lord,

from ^zmen of the world whose ^aportion is in this life.²

You fill their womb with treasure;³

they are satisfied with ^bchildren,

and they leave their abundance to their infants.

15  As for me, I shall ^cbehold your face in righteousness;

when I ^dawake, I shall be ^esatisfied with your likeness.