1  ^aBlessed is the man¹

who walks not in the ^bcounsel of the wicked,

nor stands in the way of sinners,

nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

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

and on his law he ^dmeditates day and night.

3  ^eHe is like a tree

planted by streams of water

that ^fyields its fruit in its season,

and its leaf does not wither.

In all that he does, he ^gprospers.

4  The wicked are not so,

but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

5  Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,

nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;

6  for ^hthe Lord knows the way of the righteous,

but the way of the wicked will perish.

1  ⁱI will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up

and have not let my foes rejoice over me.

2  O Lord my God, I cried to you for help,

and you have ^jhealed me.

3  O Lord, you have ^kbrought up my soul from Sheol;

you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.¹

4  Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints,

and ^lgive thanks to his holy name.²

5  For his anger is but for a moment,

and his favor is for a lifetime.³

Weeping may tarry for the night,

but joy comes with the morning.

6  As for me, I said in my prosperity,

“I shall never be moved.”

7  By your favor, O Lord,

you made my mountain stand strong;

you ^mhid your face;

I was dismayed.

8  To you, O Lord, I cry,

and to the Lord I ⁿplead for mercy:

9  “What profit is there in my death,⁴

if I go down to the pit?⁵

^oWill the dust praise you?

Will it tell of your faithfulness?

10  ^pHear, O Lord, and be merciful to me!

O Lord, be my helper!”

11  You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;

you have loosed my sackcloth

and clothed me with gladness,

12  that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.

O Lord my God, ^qI will give thanks to you forever!

1  O God, you have ^crejected us, broken our defenses;

you have been angry; oh, restore us.

2  You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open;

repair its breaches, for it totters.

3  ^dYou have made your people see hard things;

you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger.

4  You have set up a ^ebanner for those who fear you,

that they may flee to it from the bow.² Selah

5  ^fThat your beloved ones may be delivered,

give salvation by your right hand and answer us!

6  God has spoken in his holiness:³

“With exultation I will divide up Shechem

and portion out the Vale of Succoth.

7  Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;

Ephraim is my helmet;

Judah is my ^gscepter.

8  Moab is my washbasin;

upon Edom I cast my shoe;

over Philistia I shout in triumph.”⁴

9  Who will bring me to the fortified city?

Who will lead me to Edom?

10  Have you not ^hrejected us, O God?

ⁱYou do not go forth, O God, with our armies.

11  Oh, grant us help against the foe,

for vain is the salvation of man!

12  With God we shall do valiantly;

it is he who will tread down our foes.

1  Lord, you have been ^pour dwelling place¹

in all generations.

2  ^qBefore the mountains were brought forth,

or ever you had formed the earth and the world,

^rfrom everlasting to everlasting you are God.

3  You ^sreturn man to dust

and say, “Return, O children of man!”²

4  For ^ta thousand years in your sight

are but as yesterday when it is past,

or as a watch in the night.

5  You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream,

like grass that is renewed in the morning:

6  in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;

in the evening it fades and withers.

7  For we are brought to an end by your anger;

by your wrath we are dismayed.

8  You have set our iniquities before you,

our ^usecret sins in the light of your presence.

9  For all our days pass away under your wrath;

we bring our years to an end like a sigh.

10  The years of our life are seventy,

or even by reason of strength eighty;

^vyet their span³ is but toil and trouble;

^wthey are soon gone, and we fly away.

11  Who considers the power of your anger,

and your wrath according to the fear of you?

12  So ^xteach us to number our days

that we may get a heart of wisdom.

13  Return, O Lord! How long?

^yHave pity on your servants!

14  Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,

that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

15  Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,

and for as many years as we have seen evil.

16  Let your work be shown to your servants,

and your glorious power to their children.

17  Let the favor⁴ of the Lord our God be upon us,

and establish the work of our hands upon us;

yes, establish the work of our hands!

1  ^eIn my ^fdistress I called to the Lord,

and ^ghe answered me.

2  Deliver me, O Lord,

from lying lips,

from a deceitful tongue.

3  What shall be given to you,

and what more shall be done to you,

you deceitful tongue?

4  A warrior’s sharp arrows,

with ^hglowing coals of the broom tree!

5  Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech,

that I dwell among the ⁱtents of Kedar!

6  Too long have I had my dwelling

among those who hate peace.

7  I am for peace,

but when I speak, they are for war!