But we will praise the Lord now and forevermore. Praise the Lord!

ב (Bet) How can a young person maintain a pure life? By guarding it according to your instructions!

I know, Lord, that your regulations are just. You disciplined me because of your faithful devotion to me.

I realize that everything has its limits, but your commands are beyond full comprehension.

I stay away from the evil path, so that I might keep your instructions.

נ (Nun) Your word is a lamp to walk by, and a light to illumine my path.

I take note of the treacherous and despise them, because they do not keep your instructions.

The Lord will protect you in all you do, now and forevermore.

A song of ascents. Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion; it cannot be upended and will endure forever.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, now and forevermore.

Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion.

If I were to say, “Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,”

Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper’s venom is behind their lips. (Selah)

O sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.

As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

Surely I am looking to you, O sovereign Lord. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger!

As a demonstration of your loyal love, destroy my enemies! Annihilate all who threaten my life, for I am your servant.

They will proclaim the power of your awesome acts! I will declare your great deeds!

My mouth will praise the Lord. Let all who live praise his holy name forever!