Psalms 13; Psalms 14; Psalms 15

1 How much longer will you forget me, Lord? Forever? How much longer will you hide yourself from me?

2 How long must I endure trouble? How long will sorrow fill my heart day and night? How long will my enemies triumph over me?

3 Look at me, O Lord my God, and answer me. Restore my strength; don't let me die.

4 Don't let my enemies say, "We have defeated him." Don't let them gloat over my downfall.

5 I rely on your constant love; I will be glad, because you will rescue me.

6 I will sing to you, O Lord, because you have been good to me.

1 Fools say to themselves, "There is no God!" They are all corrupt, and they have done terrible things; there is no one who does what is right.

2 The Lord looks down from heaven at us humans to see if there are any who are wise, any who worship him.

3 But they have all gone wrong; they are all equally bad. Not one of them does what is right, not a single one.

4 "Don't they know?" asks the Lord. "Are all these evildoers ignorant? They live by robbing my people, and they never pray to me."

5 But then they will be terrified, for God is with those who obey him.

6 Evildoers frustrate the plans of the humble, but the Lord is their protection.

7 How I pray that victory will come to Israel from Zion. How happy the people of Israel will be when the Lord makes them prosperous again!

1 Lord, who may enter your Temple? Who may worship on Zion, your sacred hill?

2 Those who obey God in everything and always do what is right, whose words are true and sincere,

3 and who do not slander others. They do no wrong to their friends nor spread rumors about their neighbors.

4 They despise those whom God rejects, but honor those who obey the Lord. They always do what they promise, no matter how much it may cost.

5 They make loans without charging interest and cannot be bribed to testify against the innocent. Whoever does these things will always be secure.