God

"For I have kept the ways of ADONAI, I have not done evil by leaving my God;

for all his rulings were before me, I did not distance his regulations from me.

I was pure-hearted with him and kept myself from my sin.

"Hence ADONAI repaid me for my uprightness, according to the purity of my hands in his view.

With the merciful, you are merciful; with a man who is sincere, you are sincere;

with the pure, you are pure; but with the crooked you are cunning.

People afflicted, you save; but haughty eyes, you humble.

"For you, ADONAI, light my lamp; ADONAI, my God, lights up my darkness.

With you I can run through a whole troop of men, with my God I can leap a wall.

"As for God, his way is perfect, the word of ADONAI has been tested by fire; he shields all who take refuge in him.

"For who is God but ADONAI? Who is a Rock but our God?

"It is God who girds me with strength; he makes my way go straight.

"You give me your shield, which is salvation, your right hand holds me up, your humility makes me great.

"For you braced me with strength for the battle and bent down my adversaries beneath me.

"They cried out, but there was no one to help, even to ADONAI, but he didn't answer.

"You also freed me from the quarrels of my people. You made me head of the nations; a people I did not know now serve me

"ADONAI is alive! Blessed is my Rock! Exalted be the God of my salvation,

the God who avenges me and subdues peoples under me.

He delivers me from my enemies. You lift me high above my enemies, you rescue me from violent men.

"So I give thanks to you, ADONAI, among the nations; I sing praises to your name.

Great salvation he gives to his king; he displays grace to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever."

For the leader. A psalm of David: The heavens declare the glory of God, the dome of the sky speaks the work of his hands.

their line goes out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world. In them he places a tent for the sun,

The Torah of ADONAI is perfect, restoring the inner person. The instruction of ADONAI is sure, making wise the thoughtless.

The precepts of ADONAI are right, rejoicing the heart. The mitzvah of ADONAI is pure, enlightening the eyes.