to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the destructive pestilence.

You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,

A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you.

Thus you shall say unto him, Thus says Jehovah: Behold, what I have built I will break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even all this land.

And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I will bring evil on all flesh, says Jehovah. But I will give your life to you as a prize in all places wherever you go.

i1 [A Song of Ascents.] i0 par Blessed is everyone who fears Jehovah, who walks in His ways.

Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine inside your house, your children like olive plants around your table.

Jehovah bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.

Do not deliver me over to the will of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.

The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

Jehovah will not abandon him in his hand, nor allow him to be found guilty when he is judged.

Do not grant, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked; do not promote his evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah

As for the head of those who surround me, let the evil of their lips cover them;