² I trust in you;^(B)
do not let me be put to shame,
nor let my enemies triumph over me.
³ No one who hopes in you
will ever be put to shame,^(C)
but shame will come on those
who are treacherous^(D) without cause.

⁴ Show me your ways, Lord,
teach me your paths.^(E)
5 Guide me in your truth^(F) and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,^(G)
and my hope is in you^(H) all day long.
⁶ Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,^(I)
for they are from of old.
⁷ Do not remember the sins of my youth^(J)
and my rebellious ways;^(K)
according to your love^(L) remember me,
for you, Lord, are good.^(M)

⁸ Good and upright^(N) is the Lord;
therefore he instructs^(O) sinners in his ways.
⁹ He guides^(P) the humble in what is right
and teaches them^(Q) his way.
¹⁰ All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful^(R)
toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.^(S)
11 For the sake of your name,^(T) Lord,
forgive^(U) my iniquity,^(V) though it is great.

¹² Who, then, are those who fear the Lord?^(W)
He will instruct them in the ways^(X) they should choose.^[b]
13 They will spend their days in prosperity,^(Y)
and their descendants will inherit the land.^(Z)
14 The Lord confides^(AA) in those who fear him;
he makes his covenant known^(AB) to them.
¹⁵ My eyes are ever on the Lord,^(AC)
for only he will release my feet from the snare.^(AD)

¹⁶ Turn to me^(AE) and be gracious to me,^(AF)
for I am lonely^(AG) and afflicted.
¹⁷ Relieve the troubles^(AH) of my heart
and free me from my anguish.^(AI)
18 Look on my affliction^(AJ) and my distress^(AK)
and take away all my sins.^(AL)
19 See how numerous are my enemies^(AM)
and how fiercely they hate me!^(AN)

²⁰ Guard my life^(AO) and rescue me;^(AP)
do not let me be put to shame,^(AQ)
for I take refuge^(AR) in you.
²¹ May integrity^(AS) and uprightness^(AT) protect me,
because my hope, Lord,^[c] is in you.^(AU)

²² Deliver Israel,^(AV) O God,
from all their troubles!

³ My enemies turn back;
they stumble and perish before you.
⁴ For you have upheld my right^(F) and my cause,^(G)
sitting enthroned^(H) as the righteous judge.^(I)
5 You have rebuked the nations^(J) and destroyed the wicked;
you have blotted out their name^(K) for ever and ever.
⁶ Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
you have uprooted their cities;^(L)
even the memory of them^(M) has perished.

⁷ The Lord reigns forever;^(N)
he has established his throne^(O) for judgment.
⁸ He rules the world in righteousness^(P)
and judges the peoples with equity.^(Q)
9 The Lord is a refuge^(R) for the oppressed,^(S)
a stronghold in times of trouble.^(T)
10 Those who know your name^(U) trust in you,
for you, Lord, have never forsaken^(V) those who seek you.^(W)

¹¹ Sing the praises^(X) of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;^(Y)
proclaim among the nations^(Z) what he has done.^(AA)
12 For he who avenges blood^(AB) remembers;
he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.^(AC)

¹³ Lord, see how my enemies^(AD) persecute me!
Have mercy^(AE) and lift me up from the gates of death,^(AF)
14 that I may declare your praises^(AG)
in the gates of Daughter Zion,^(AH)
and there rejoice in your salvation.^(AI)

¹⁵ The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;^(AJ)
their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.^(AK)
16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.^[c](AL)
17 The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,^(AM)
all the nations that forget God.^(AN)
18 But God will never forget the needy;
the hope^(AO) of the afflicted^(AP) will never perish.

¹⁹ Arise,^(AQ) Lord, do not let mortals triumph;^(AR)
let the nations be judged^(AS) in your presence.
²⁰ Strike them with terror,^(AT) Lord;
let the nations know they are only mortal.^(AU)

² The one whose walk is blameless,^(D)
who does what is righteous,
who speaks the truth^(E) from their heart;
³ whose tongue utters no slander,^(F)
who does no wrong to a neighbor,
and casts no slur on others;
⁴ who despises a vile person
but honors^(G) those who fear the Lord;
who keeps an oath^(H) even when it hurts,
and does not change their mind;
⁵ who lends money to the poor without interest;^(I)
who does not accept a bribe^(J) against the innocent.

Whoever does these things
will never be shaken.^(K)

27 Do not boast^(A) about tomorrow,
for you do not know what a day may bring.^(B)

² Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth;
an outsider, and not your own lips.^(C)

³ Stone is heavy and sand^(D) a burden,
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

⁴ Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming,
but who can stand before jealousy?^(E)

⁵ Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.

⁶ Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
but an enemy multiplies kisses.^(F)

¹⁰ Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,
and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster^(A) strikes you—
better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

¹¹ Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart;^(B)
then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.^(C)

¹² The prudent see danger and take refuge,
but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.^(D)

⁶ Who, being in very nature^[a] God,^(J)
did not consider equality with God^(K) something to be used to his own advantage;
⁷ rather, he made himself nothing^(L)
by taking the very nature^[b] of a servant,^(M)
being made in human likeness.^(N)
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death^(O)—
even death on a cross!^(P)

⁹ Therefore God exalted him^(Q) to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,^(R)
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,^(S)
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,^(T)
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,^(U)
to the glory of God the Father.