Let them sing about the Lord’s deeds, for the Lord’s splendor is magnificent.

Though the Lord is exalted, he takes note of the lowly, and recognizes the proud from far away.

Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O Lord, being thoroughly aware of it.

Certainly you made my mind and heart; you wove me together in my mother’s womb.

They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you.

Let them praise the name of the Lord, for he gave the command and they came into existence.

For the Lord takes delight in his people; he exalts the oppressed by delivering them.

Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord’s commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.

Not so with the wicked! Instead they are like wind-driven chaff.

Realize that the Lord shows the godly special favor; the Lord responds when I cry out to him.

I will lie down and sleep peacefully, for you, Lord, make me safe and secure.

Pay attention to my cry for help, my king and my God, for I am praying to you!

Certainly you are not a God who approves of evil; evil people cannot dwell with you.

For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.

Condemn them, O God! May their own schemes be their downfall! Drive them away because of their many acts of insurrection, for they have rebelled against you.

Certainly you reward the godly, Lord. Like a shield you protect them in your good favor.

For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?

Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping!

When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,