Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to naught: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.