You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground.

When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

Who will rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

Let’s enter his presence with thanksgiving! Let’s shout out to him in celebration!

You godly ones, rejoice in the Lord! Give thanks to his holy name.

O Lord our God, you answered them. They found you to be a forgiving God, but also one who punished their sinful deeds.

Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,

and gathered from foreign lands, from east and west, from north and south.

They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors’ strength left them because the danger was so great.

Gilead belongs to me, as does Manasseh! Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my royal scepter.

From the stream along the road he drinks; then he lifts up his head.

In my distress I cried out to the Lord. The Lord answered me and put me in a wide open place.

My eyes anticipate the nighttime hours, so that I can meditate on your word.

The Lord deserves praise in Zion – he who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!

Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land.

For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.

but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.

Do not withhold good from those who need it, when you have the ability to help.

Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway.

The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.