Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked

nor standeth in the seat of the sinners,

nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD;

And in his law doth he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water,

That bringeth forth its fruit in its season,

Whose leaf also doth not wither;

And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The wicked are not so;

But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgement,

Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous:

But the way of the wicked shall perish.

O LORD, Our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength,

Because fo thine adversaries, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

Whe nI consider thy heavens, teh work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

For thou hast made him but little lower than God. And crownest him with glory and honour.

THou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

The fowl of the air, and the fish of hte sea, whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.

They are corrupt, they have done abominable works;

There is none that doeth good.

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men,

To see if there were any that did understand,

That did seek after God.

They are all gone aside; they are together become filthy;

There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge?

Who eat up my people as they eat bread,

And call not upon the LORD.

There were they in great fear:

For God is in the generation of the righteous.

Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor,

Because the LORD is his refuge.

Oh that the salvation of the Israel were come out of Zion!

When the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people,

Then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:

He leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul:

He guideth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil; for thou art with me:

Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:

Thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:

And I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

His foundation is in the holy mountains.

The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwerllings of Jacob.

Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God.

I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among them that know me:

Behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; This one was born there.

Yea, of Zion it shall be said, this one and that one was born in her;

And the Most High himself shall establish her.

The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the peoples,

This one was born there.

They that sing as well as they that dance shall say,

All my fountains are in thee.

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Blessed are they that are perfect in the way,

Who walk in the law of the LORD.

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies,

That seek him with the whole heart.

Yea, they do no unrighteousness;

They walk in his ways.

Thou hast commanded us thy precepts,

That we should observe them diligently.

Oh that my ways were established

To observe thy statutes!

Then shall I not be ashamed,

When I have respect unto all thy commandments.

I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart,

When I learn thy righteous judgements.

I will observe thy statutes:

O forsake me not utterly.