1 “For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” In the LORD do I put my trust. Why say ye to me, “Flee, like a bird, to your mountain?
2 For, lo! the wicked bend their bow; They make ready their arrows on the string, To shoot in secret at the upright in heart.
3 If the pillars be broken down, What can the righteous do?”
4 The LORD is in his holy palace; The LORD'S throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids prove the children of men.
5 The LORD trieth the righteous; But the wicked, and the lover of violence, his soul hateth.
6 Upon the wicked he will rain lightning; Fire and brimstone and a burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
7 For the LORD is righteous; he loveth righteousness; The upright shall see his face.