You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again.

Indeed, they are barely planted; yes, they are barely sown; yes, they barely take root in the earth, and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up, and the wind carries them away like straw.

All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.

You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.

You will say, “They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink.”

If the wicked are shown mercy, they do not learn about justice. Even in a land where right is rewarded, they act unjustly; they do not see the Lord’s majesty revealed.

I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.

He turned their rivers into blood, and they could not drink from their streams.

ע (Ayin) I do what is fair and right. Do not abandon me to my oppressors!

in order to take revenge on the nations, and punish foreigners.

their troubles multiply, they desire other gods. I will not pour out drink offerings of blood to their gods, nor will I make vows in the name of their gods.

The dead do not come back to life, the spirits of the dead do not rise. That is because you came in judgment and destroyed them, you wiped out all memory of them.

We were pregnant, we strained, we gave birth, as it were, to wind. We cannot produce deliverance on the earth; people to populate the world are not born.

Though at this time your ropes are slack, the mast is not secured, and the sail is not unfurled, at that time you will divide up a great quantity of loot; even the lame will drag off plunder.

The folds of its flesh are tightly joined; they are firm on it, immovable.

Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover.

I say to the Lord, “You are the Lord, my only source of well-being.”

I constantly trust in the Lord; because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended.

In my self-confidence I said, “I will never be upended.”

but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish.