23 When your steps are guided by the Lord ♦︎
and you delight in his way,
24 Though you stumble, you shall not fall headlong, ♦︎
for the Lord holds you fast by the hand.
25 I have been young and now am old, ♦︎
yet never have I seen the righteous forsaken,
or their children begging their bread.
26 All the day long they are generous in lending, ♦︎
and their children also shall be blest.
27 Depart from evil and do good ♦︎
and you shall abide for ever.
28 For the Lord loves the thing that is right ♦︎
and will not forsake his faithful ones.
29 The unjust shall be destroyed for ever, ♦︎
and the offspring of the wicked shall be rooted out.
30 The righteous shall possess the land ♦︎
and dwell in it for ever.
31 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, ♦︎
and their tongue speaks the thing that is right.
32 The law of their God is in their heart ♦︎
and their footsteps shall not slide.
33 The wicked spy on the righteous ♦︎
and seek occasion to slay them.
34 The Lord will not leave them in their hand, ♦︎
nor let them be condemned when they are judged.
35 Wait upon the Lord and keep his way; ♦︎
he will raise you up to possess the land,
and when the wicked are uprooted, you shall see it.
36 I myself have seen the wicked in great power ♦︎
and flourishing like a tree in full leaf.
37 I went by and lo, they were gone; ♦︎
I sought them, but they could nowhere be found.
38 Keep innocence and heed the thing that is right, ♦︎
for that will bring you peace at the last.
39 But the sinners shall perish together, ♦︎
and the posterity of the wicked shall be rooted out.
40 The salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord; ♦︎
he is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
41 The Lord shall stand by them and deliver them; ♦︎
he shall deliver them from the wicked and shall save them,
because they have put their trust in him.
1 Alleluia.
Praise the Lord from the heavens; ♦︎
praise him in the heights.
2 Praise him, all you his angels; ♦︎
praise him, all his host.
3 Praise him, sun and moon; ♦︎
praise him, all you stars of light.
4 Praise him, heaven of heavens, ♦︎
and you waters above the heavens.
5 Let them praise the name of the Lord, ♦︎
for he commanded and they were created.
6 He made them fast for ever and ever; ♦︎
he gave them a law which shall not pass away.
7 Praise the Lord from the earth, ♦︎
you sea monsters and all deeps;
8 Fire and hail, snow and mist, ♦︎
tempestuous wind, fulfilling his word;
9 Mountains and all hills, ♦︎
fruit trees and all cedars;
10 Wild beasts and all cattle, ♦︎
creeping things and birds on the wing;
11 Kings of the earth and all peoples, ♦︎
princes and all rulers of the world;
12 Young men and women,
old and young together; ♦︎
let them praise the name of the Lord.
13 For his name only is exalted, ♦︎
his splendour above earth and heaven.
14 He has raised up the horn of his people
and praise for all his faithful servants, ♦︎
the children of Israel, a people who are near him.
Alleluia.