¹⁰ The sinner will be full of trouble; but mercy will be round the man who has faith in the Lord.

²⁰ He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy.

²¹ Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

¹² O Lord of armies, happy is the man whose hope is in you.

⁸ By experience you will see that the Lord is good; happy is the man who has faith in him.

⁴ Their sorrows will be increased who go after another god: I will not take drink offerings from their hands, or take their names on my lips.

¹² For you, Lord, will send a blessing on the upright man; your grace will be round him, and you will be his strength.

¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.

⁸ But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,

⁹ Trouble and sorrow on all whose works are evil, to the Jew first and then to the Greek;

⁷ A blessing is on the man who puts his faith in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

⁸ For he will be like a tree planted by the waters, pushing out its roots by the stream; he will have no fear when the heat comes, but his leaf will be green; in a dry year he will have no care, and will go on giving fruit.

²¹ There is no peace, says my God, for the evil-doers.

² See, God is my salvation; I will have faith in the Lord, without fear: for the Lord Jah is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.

³ So with joy will you get water out of the springs of salvation.

¹¹ Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

¹² Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.

¹¹ The Lord takes pleasure in his worshippers, and in those whose hope is in his mercy.

⁵ Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

¹¹ Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

⁴ Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.

¹⁹ Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

²⁰ He keeps all his bones: not one of them is broken.

²¹ Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

¹² For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.