How blessed is the one whose wrongdoing the Lord does not punish, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

No king is delivered by his vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great might.

Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

The Lord rescues his servants; all who take shelter in him escape punishment.

Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!

For they do not try to make peace with others, but plan ways to deceive those who are unsuspecting.

I can see the evildoers! They have fallen! They have been knocked down and are unable to get up!

I was once young, now I am old. I have never seen a godly man abandoned, or his children forced to search for food.

O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; my groaning is not hidden from you.

I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense.

I have told the great assembly about your justice. Look! I spare no words! O Lord, you know this is true.

O Lord, you do not withhold your compassion from me. May your loyal love and faithfulness continually protect me!

They say, ‘An awful disease overwhelms him, and now that he is bed-ridden he will never recover.’

By this I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men!

We have not been unfaithful, nor have we disobeyed your commands.

would not God discover it, for he knows one’s thoughts?

For this reason we do not fear when the earth shakes, and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea,

But he will join his ancestors; they will never again see the light of day.

Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all it contains belong to me.