1  I will bless the Lord ^pat all times;

his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

2  My soul ^qmakes its boast in the Lord;

let the humble hear and ^rbe glad.

3  Oh, ^smagnify the Lord with me,

and let us exalt his name together!

4  I ^tsought the Lord, and he answered me

and delivered me from all my fears.

5  Those who look to him are ^uradiant,

and their faces shall never be ashamed.

6  ^vThis poor man cried, and the Lord heard him

and ^wsaved him out of all his troubles.

7  ^xThe angel of the Lord ^yencamps

around those who fear him, and delivers them.

8  Oh, ^ztaste and see that ^athe Lord is good!

^bBlessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

9  Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,

for those who fear him have no lack!

10  ^cThe young lions suffer want and hunger;

but those who ^dseek the Lord lack no good thing.

11  ^eCome, O children, listen to me;

^fI will teach you the fear of the Lord.

12  ^gWhat man is there who desires life

and loves many days, that he may ^hsee good?

13  ⁱKeep your tongue from evil

and your lips from ^jspeaking deceit.

14  ^kTurn away from evil and do good;

seek peace and ^lpursue it.

15  ^mThe eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous

ⁿand his ears toward their cry.

16  ^oThe face of the Lord is against those who do evil,

to ^pcut off the memory of them from the earth.

17  ⁿWhen the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears

and delivers them out of all their troubles.

18  The Lord is near to ^qthe brokenhearted

and saves ^rthe crushed in spirit.

19  ^sMany are the afflictions of the righteous,

^tbut the Lord delivers him out of them all.

20  He keeps all his bones;

^unot one of them is broken.

21  ^vAffliction will slay the wicked,

and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

22  The Lord ^wredeems the life of his servants;

none of those who take refuge in him will be ^xcondemned.

2  “How you have ^xhelped him who has no power!

How you have saved ^ythe arm that has no strength!

3  How you have ^zcounseled him who has no wisdom,

and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

4  With whose help have you uttered words,

and whose breath ^ahas come out from you?

5  The ^bdead tremble

under the waters and their inhabitants.

6  Sheol is ^cnaked before God,¹

and ^dAbaddon has no covering.

7  He ^estretches out the north over ^fthe void

and hangs the earth on nothing.

8  He ^gbinds up the waters in his thick clouds,

and the cloud is not split open under them.

9  He covers the face of the full moon²

and ^hspreads over it his cloud.

10  He has inscribed ⁱa circle on the face of the waters

at the boundary between light and darkness.

11  ^jThe pillars of heaven tremble

and are astounded at his ^krebuke.

12  By his power he ^lstilled the sea;

by his understanding he shattered ^mRahab.

13  ⁿBy his wind the heavens were made fair;

his hand pierced ^othe fleeing serpent.

14  Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ^pways,

and how small ^qa whisper do we hear of him!

But the thunder of his power who can understand?”