Is not your piety ¹  your confidence, ²  and your blameless ways your hope? ³ 

The Lord’s loyal followers receive his guidance, ¹  and he reveals his covenantal demands to them. ² 

He gives ¹  food to his faithful followers; ²  he always remembers his covenant. ³ 

He will bless his loyal followers, ¹  both young and old. ² 

Your loyal followers will be glad when they see me, ¹  for I find hope in your word.

May your loyal followers ¹  turn to me, those who know your rules.

The Lord shows his faithful followers the way they should live. ¹ 

Look, the Lord takes notice of his loyal followers, ¹  those who wait for him to demonstrate his faithfulness ² 

The Lord’s angel camps around the Lord’s ¹  loyal followers ²  and delivers them. ³ 

You have given your loyal followers ¹  a rallying flag, so that they might seek safety from the bow. ²  (Selah)

Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; ¹  then his splendor will again appear in our land. ² 

As a father has compassion on his children, ¹  so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers. ² 

You loyal followers of the Lord, ¹  trust in the Lord! He is their deliverer ²  and protector. ³ 

Let the loyal followers of the Lord ¹  say, “Yes, his loyal love endures!”

A song of ascents. ²  How blessed is every one of the Lord’s loyal followers, ³  each one who keeps his commands! ⁴ 

Yes indeed, the man who fears the Lord will be blessed in this way. ¹ 

He satisfies the desire ¹  of his loyal followers; ²  he hears their cry for help and delivers them.

The Lord takes delight in his faithful followers, ¹  and in those who wait for his loyal love.

The one who despises instruction ¹  will pay the penalty, ²  but whoever esteems instruction ³  will ⁴  be rewarded. ⁵ 

The one who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord, ¹  but the one who is perverted in his ways ²  despises him.