For righteous [is] Jehovah, Righteousness He hath loved, The upright doth His countenance see!'

To the Overseer, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men:

Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,

Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety [him who] doth breathe for it.

Sayings of Jehovah [are] pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold.

Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? -- for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me?

Look attentively; Answer me, O Jehovah, my God, Enlighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death,

I do sing to Jehovah, For He hath conferred benefits upon me!

Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one -- seeking God.

Have all working iniquity not known? Those consuming my people have eaten bread, Jehovah they have not called.

The counsel of the poor ye cause to stink, Because Jehovah [is] his refuge.

`Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When Jehovah doth turn back [To] a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice -- Israel is glad!

A Psalm of David. Jehovah, who doth sojourn in Thy tent? Who doth dwell in Thy holy hill?

Despised in his eyes [is] a rejected one, And those fearing Jehovah he doth honour. He hath sworn to suffer evil, and changeth not;

Thou hast said to Jehovah, `My Lord Thou [art];' My good [is] not for thine own sake;

Jehovah [is] the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou -- Thou dost uphold my lot.

I bless Jehovah who hath counselled me; Also [in] the nights my reins instruct me.

I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because -- at my right hand I am not moved.

A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear [to] my prayer, without lips of deceit.

Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,

From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion [is] in life, And [with] Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied [with] sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith: -- I love Thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

Jehovah [is] my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God [is] my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.

The `Praised One' I call Jehovah, And from my enemies I am saved.