When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe, and will mock the evildoer, saying:

You answer our prayers by performing awesome acts of deliverance, O God, our savior. All the ends of the earth trust in you, as well as those living across the wide seas.

You godly ones, shout for joy because of the Lord! It is appropriate for the morally upright to offer him praise.

A musical composition by David, which he sang to the Lord concerning a Benjaminite named Cush. O Lord my God, in you I have taken shelter. Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue me!

In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried out to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.

I will remember and weep! For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God, shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.

For the music director; according to the machalath style; a well-written song by David. Fools say to themselves, “There is no God.” They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.

But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.

Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me, until I tell the next generation about your strength, and those coming after me about your power.

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a psalm of Asaph; a song. We give thanks to you, O God! We give thanks! You reveal your presence; people tell about your amazing deeds.

Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest, where she can protect her young near your altars, O Lord who rules over all, my king and my God.

Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.

The Lord approves of the godly, but he hates the wicked and those who love to do violence.

Rejoice in the Lord and be happy, you who are godly! Shout for joy, all you who are morally upright!

Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the godly! For the one who promotes peace has a future.

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

The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!

May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.

Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the godly and the congregation.