1  He who dwells in the ^zshelter of the Most High

will abide in the ^ashadow of the Almighty.

2  I will say¹ to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,

my God, in whom I trust.”

3  For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler

and from the deadly pestilence.

4  He will cover you with his pinions,

and ^bunder his wings you will find refuge;

his faithfulness is a ^cshield and buckler.

5  You will not fear the terror of the night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

6  nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,

nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

7  A thousand may fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand,

but it will not come near you.

8  You will only look with your eyes

and ^dsee the recompense of the wicked.

9  Because you have made the Lord ^eyour dwelling place—

the Most High, who is my refuge²—

10  no evil shall be allowed to befall you,

no plague come near your tent.

11  For ^fhe will command his angels concerning you

to guard you in all your ways.

12  ^gOn their hands they will bear you up,

lest you strike your foot against a stone.

13  You will ^htread on the lion and the adder;

the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.

14  “Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;

I will protect him, because he ⁱknows my name.

15  ^jWhen he calls to me, I will answer him;

I will be ^kwith him in trouble;

I will rescue him and honor him.

16  With long life I will satisfy him

and ^lshow him my salvation.”

1  ^mIt is good to give thanks to the Lord,

to sing praises to your name, O Most High;

2  to declare your steadfast love ⁿin the morning,

and your faithfulness by night,

3  to the music of the lute and the harp,

to the melody of the lyre.

4  For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work;

at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

5  How great are your works, O Lord!

Your ^othoughts are very deep!

6  The stupid man cannot know;

the fool cannot understand this:

7  that though the wicked sprout like grass

and all evildoers flourish,

they are doomed to destruction forever;

8  but you, O Lord, are on high forever.

9  For behold, your enemies, O Lord,

for behold, your enemies shall perish;

all evildoers shall be scattered.

10  But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox;

you have poured over me³ fresh oil.

11  My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;

my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

12  ^pThe righteous flourish like the palm tree

and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

13  They are ^qplanted in the house of the Lord;

they flourish in the courts of our God.

14  They still bear fruit in old age;

they are ever full of sap and green,

15  to declare that the Lord is upright;

he is my rock, and ^rthere is no unrighteousness in him.

1  The Lord ^sreigns; he is ^trobed in majesty;

the Lord is robed; he has put on strength as his ^ubelt.

^vYes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.

2  Your ^wthrone is established from of old;

you are ^xfrom everlasting.

3  The floods have lifted up, O Lord,

the floods have lifted up their voice;

the floods lift up their roaring.

4  ^yMightier than the thunders of many waters,

mightier than the waves of the sea,

the Lord on high is mighty!

5  Your decrees are very trustworthy;

holiness befits your house,

O Lord, forevermore.

1  O Lord, God of ^zvengeance,

O God of vengeance, ^ashine forth!

2  ^bRise up, O ^cjudge of the earth;

repay to the proud what they deserve!

3  O Lord, how long shall the wicked,

how long shall the wicked exult?

4  They pour out their arrogant words;

all the evildoers boast.

5  They crush your people, O Lord,

and afflict your heritage.

6  They kill the ^dwidow and the ^esojourner,

and murder the fatherless;

7  and they say, ^f“The Lord does not see;

the God of Jacob does not perceive.”

8  Understand, O dullest of the people!

Fools, when will you be wise?

9  He who planted the ear, does he not hear?

He who formed the eye, does he not see?

10  He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?

He who teaches man knowledge—

11  ^gthe Lord—knows the thoughts of man,

that they are but a breath.⁴

12  ^hBlessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord,

and whom you teach out of your law,

13  to give him rest from days of trouble,

until a pit is dug for the wicked.

14  ⁱFor the Lord will not forsake his people;

he will not abandon his heritage;

15  for justice will return to the righteous,

and all the upright in heart will follow it.

16  Who ^jrises up for me against the wicked?

Who stands up for me against evildoers?

17  ^kIf the Lord had not been my help,

my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.

18  When I thought, “My foot ^lslips,”

your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.

19  When the cares of my heart are many,

your consolations cheer my soul.

20  Can wicked rulers be allied with you,

those who frame⁵ injustice by statute?

21  They band together against the life of the righteous

and condemn the innocent to death.⁶

22  But the Lord has become my ^mstronghold,

and my God the ⁿrock of my refuge.

23  ^oHe will bring back on them their iniquity

and wipe them out for their wickedness;

the Lord our God will wipe them out.

1  The Lord ^ureigns, ^vlet the earth rejoice;

let the many coastlands be glad!

2  ^wClouds and thick darkness are all around him;

^xrighteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

3  ^yFire goes before him

and burns up his adversaries all around.

4  His ^zlightnings light up the world;

the earth sees and trembles.

5  The ^amountains melt like wax before the Lord,

before the ^bLord of all the earth.

6  The ^cheavens proclaim his righteousness,

and ^dall the peoples see his glory.

7  All worshipers of images are ^eput to shame,

who make their boast in worthless idols;

^fworship him, all you gods!

8  Zion hears and is ^gglad,

and the daughters of Judah rejoice,

because of your judgments, O Lord.

9  For you, O Lord, are ^hmost high over all the earth;

you are exalted far ⁱabove all gods.

10  O you who love the Lord, ^jhate evil!

He ^kpreserves the lives of his saints;

he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

11  Light is sown¹ for the righteous,

and joy for the upright in heart.

12  Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous,

and ^lgive thanks to his holy name!

1  Oh ^msing to the Lord a new song,

for he has done marvelous things!

His right hand and his holy arm

have worked salvation for him.

2  The Lord has ⁿmade known his salvation;

he has ^orevealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

3  He has ^premembered his steadfast love and faithfulness

to the house of Israel.

All the ends of the earth have ^qseen

the salvation of our God.

4  ^rMake a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;

^sbreak forth into joyous song and sing praises!

5  Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,

with the lyre and the sound of melody!

6  ^tWith trumpets and the sound of the horn

make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!

7  ^uLet the sea roar, and all that fills it;

^vthe world and those who dwell in it!

8  Let the rivers clap their hands;

let the hills ^wsing for joy together

9  ^xbefore the Lord, for he comes

to judge the earth.

He will judge the world with righteousness,

and the peoples with equity.

1  The Lord ^yreigns; let the peoples tremble!

He sits ^zenthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!

2  The Lord is great in Zion;

he is exalted ^aover all the peoples.

3  Let them praise your great and awesome name!

^bHoly is he!

4  The King in his might loves justice.²

You have established equity;

you have executed ^cjustice

and righteousness in Jacob.

5  Exalt the Lord our God;

^dworship at his footstool!

Holy is he!

6  ^eMoses and Aaron were among his priests,

^fSamuel also was among those who ^gcalled upon his name.

^hThey called to the Lord, and he answered them.

7  ⁱIn the pillar of the cloud he spoke to them;

they kept his testimonies

and the statute that he gave them.

8  O Lord our God, you answered them;

you were a forgiving God to them,

but an avenger of their wrongdoings.

9  Exalt the Lord our God,

and worship at his holy mountain;

for the Lord our God is holy!