The Lord sits enthroned over the engulfing waters, the Lord sits enthroned as the eternal king.

From the place where he lives he looks carefully at all the earth’s inhabitants.

The one enthroned in heaven laughs in disgust; the Lord taunts them.

You are holy; you sit as king receiving the praises of Israel.

As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king –

Let the sea and everything in it shout, along with the world and those who live in it!

They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.

He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live.

Who can compare to the Lord our God, who sits on a high throne?

that he might seat him with princes, with the princes of his people.

But the Lord rules forever; he reigns in a just manner.

Sing praises to the Lord, who rules in Zion! Tell the nations what he has done!

He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.

A psalm of David. The Lord owns the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live in it.

I hate the mob of evil men, and do not associate with the wicked.

You plot against your brother; you slander your own brother.

for you live among them. You sustain the oppressed with your good blessings, O God.

Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.

May their camp become desolate, their tents uninhabited!