Love the Lord, all you faithful followers of his! The Lord protects those who have integrity, but he pays back in full the one who acts arrogantly.

Taste and see that the Lord is good! How blessed is the one who takes shelter in him!

Remain loyal to the Lord, you chosen people of his, for his loyal followers lack nothing!

By David. Do not fret when wicked men seem to succeed! Do not envy evildoers!

He will vindicate you in broad daylight, and publicly defend your just cause.

Surely those favored by the Lord will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

The Lord grants success to the one whose behavior he finds commendable.

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

He says: “Assemble my covenant people before me, those who ratified a covenant with me by sacrifice!”

Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.

Then I will sing praises to your name continually, as I fulfill my vows day after day.

Then I said, “I am sickened by the thought that the sovereign One might become inactive.

Yet he brought out his people like sheep; he led them through the wilderness like a flock.

“I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs.”

Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; then his splendor will again appear in our land.

As for the singers, as well as the pipers – all of them sing within your walls.

For who in the skies can compare to the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings,

Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws.

Zion hears and rejoices, the towns of Judah are happy, because of your judgments, O Lord.

He made it dark; they did not disobey his orders.