1 M y soul is quiet and waits for God alone. He is the One Who saves me.

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

2 H e alone is my rock and the One Who saves me. He is my strong place. I will not be shaken.

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress— I will never be greatly shaken.

3 H ow long will all of you go against a man to break him down, that you may kill him, like a wall that no longer stands straight, like a fence ready to fall?

How long will you assault a man, would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

4 T hey have talked only about throwing him down from his high place. They find joy in lies. They pray with their mouth that good will come. But inside they hope that bad will come instead.

They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

5 M y soul is quiet and waits for God alone. My hope comes from Him.

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

6 H e alone is my rock and the One Who saves me. He is my strong place. I will not be shaken.

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.

7 M y being safe and my honor rest with God. My safe place is in God, the rock of my strength.

With God is my salvation and my honor. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

8 T rust in Him at all times, O people. Pour out your heart before Him. God is a safe place for us.

Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.

9 M en who are not important come to nothing. Men who are important are a lie. When weighed they go up. Together they weigh less than a breath.

Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.

10 D o not get money in a wrong way or be proud in stolen things. If you get more riches, do not set your heart on them.

Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.

11 G od has spoken once. I have heard this twice: Power belongs to God.

God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.

12 A nd loving-kindness belongs to You, O Lord. For You pay every man by the work he has done.

Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.