In Hashem do I take refuge;

how say ye to my nefesh,

Flee as a bird to your mountain?

2 For, hinei, the resha'im bend their bow,

they make ready their arrow upon the string,

that they may secretly shoot at the yishrei lev (upright in heart).

3 If the foundations be destroyed,

what can the tzaddik do?

4 Hashem is in His Heikhal Kodesh,

Hashemʼs kisse is in Shomayim;

His eyes examine,

His eyelids try, Bnei Adam.

5 Hashem trieth the tzaddik,

but the resha'im and him that loveth chamas (violence)

His Nefesh hateth.

6 Upon the resha'im He shall rain snares,

eish and gofrit,

and a burning wind;

this shall be the portion of their kos (cup).

7 For Hashem is tzaddik (righteous), Hashem loveth tzedakot;

His countenance doth behold the yashar (upright).