2.  Though I am old who young have been, - No saint have I forsaken seen, - Nor yet his home in need; - He ever leads in gracious ways, - His life true charity displays, - His sons are blest indeed.

3.  Depart from evil, do thou well, - And evermore securely dwell; - Jehovah loves the right. - His faithfulness His saints have proved, - Forever they shall stand unmoved, - But sinners God will smite.

4.  The righteous, through His fav’ring hand, - Shall yet inherit all the land - And dwell therein for aye; - He talks of wisdom and of right, - In God’s pure law is his delight, - His steps go not astray.

5.  The wicked, watching for their prey, - Desire the righteous man to slay, - But God is on his side; - He will not leave him in their hands - Nor count him guilty when he stands - In judgment to be tried.

6.  Wait on the Lord and keep His way; - He will exalt thee, nor delay - To give the land to thee; - And when the wicked are cut off, - The wicked who against thee scoff, - Their judgment thou shalt see.

7.  The wicked in great power are seen, - Like spreading tree with foliage green - That grows in native ground. - I looked again, they were no more; - I sought the men so proud before, - But they could not be found.

8.  Mark thou the upright day by day, - Behold the perfect in his way, - His journey ends in peace. - Destroyed at once shall rebels be; - Cut off from all posterity, - Their very name shall cease.

9.  Salvation is from God alone, - Whom as their covert saints have known - When by sore troubles tried; - The Lord, who helped in troubles past, - Will save them to the very last, - For they in Him abide.