<p class="poetry">How blessed are those who promote justice,p> <p class="poetry">and do what is right all the time!p>

<p class="poetry">I desperately long to know<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">your regulations at all times.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1511; (<i>Qofi>)p> <p class="poetry">I cried out with all my heart, &#8220;Answer me, O <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">I will observe your statutes.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">By David.p> <p class="poetry">I will give you thanks with all my heart;p> <p class="poetry">before the heavenly assembly<n id="2" /> I will sing praises to you.p>

<p class="poetry">Every day I will praise you!p> <p class="poetry">I will praise your name continually!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and your dominion endures through all generations.p>

<p class="poetry">I am exhausted as I groan;p> <p class="poetry">all night long I drench my bed in tears;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; according to the <i>alumoth-labbeni> style;<n id="2" /> a psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">I will thank the <sc>Lordsc> with all my heart!p> <p class="poetry">I will tell about all your amazing deeds!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He is secure at all times.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He has no regard for your commands;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he disdains all his enemies.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yet its voice<n id="1" /> echoes<n id="2" /> throughout the earth;p> <p class="poetry">its<n id="3" /> words carry<n id="4" /> to the distant horizon.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">In the sky<n id="6" /> he has pitched a tent for the sun.<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your<n id="1" /> sons will carry<n id="2" /> on the dynasty of your ancestors;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you will make them princes throughout the land.p>

<p class="poetry">I will proclaim your greatness through the coming years,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">then the nations will praise you<n id="2" /> forever.p>

<p class="poetry">Rise up, O God, and execute judgment on the earth!p> <p class="poetry">For you own<n id="1" /> all the nations.p>

<p class="poetry">My eyes grow weak because of oppression.p> <p class="poetry">I call out to you, O <sc>Lordsc>, all day long;p> <p class="poetry">I spread out my hands in prayer to you.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>, all that he has made,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in all the regions<n id="2" /> of his kingdom!p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>, O my soul!p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">I will give thanks to the <sc>Lordsc> with my whole heart,p> <p class="poetry">in the assembly of the godly and the congregation.p>

<p class="poetry">Arrogant people smear my reputation with lies,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but I observe your precepts with all my heart.p>

<p class="poetry">I recall the old days;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I meditate on all you have done;p> <p class="poetry">I reflect on your accomplishments.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director, according to the <i>gittithi> style;<n id="2" /> a psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, our Lord,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">how magnificent<n id="4" /> is your reputation<n id="5" /> throughout the earth!p> <p class="poetry">You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!<n id="6" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">Written by David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, causing the king to send him away.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will praise<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc> at all times;p> <p class="poetry">my mouth will continually praise him.<n id="4" />p>