The Righteous Will Never Be Moved

¹1 hPraise the Lord!

iBlessed is the man who fears the Lord,

who jgreatly delights in his commandments!

²His koffspring will be mighty in the land;

lthe generation of the upright will be blessed.

³mWealth and riches are in his house,

and his nrighteousness endures forever.

⁴Light dawns in the darkness ofor the upright;

he is gracious, merciful, and prighteous.

⁵It is well with the man who qdeals generously and lends;

who conducts his affairs with justice.

⁶For the righteous will rnever be moved;

she will be remembered forever.

⁷He is not tafraid of bad news;

his uheart is firm, vtrusting in the Lord.

⁸His heart is steady;2 he will not be afraid,

until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.

⁹He has wdistributed freely; he has given to the poor;

his righteousness endures forever;

his xhorn is exalted in honor.

¹⁰The wicked man sees it and is angry;

he ygnashes his teeth and zmelts away;

athe desire of the wicked will perish!

Who Is like the Lord Our God?

¹bPraise the Lord!

cPraise, O dservants of the Lord,

praise the name of the Lord!

²eBlessed be the name of the Lord

from this time forth and forevermore!

³fFrom the rising of the sun to its setting,

gthe name of the Lord is hto be praised!

⁴The Lord is ihigh above all nations,

and his jglory above the heavens!

⁵kWho is like the Lord our God,

who is seated on high,

⁶who llooks far down

on the heavens and the earth?

⁷He mraises the poor from the dust

and lifts the needy from the ash heap,

⁸to make them nsit with princes,

with the princes of his people.

⁹He ogives the barren woman a home,

making her the joyous mother of children.

bPraise the Lord!