May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!

Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful.

Their hearts are calloused, but I find delight in your law.

who plan ways to harm me. All day long they stir up conflict.

Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.

I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.

If we had rejected our God, and spread out our hands in prayer to another god,

Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands.

How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!

Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.