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

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.

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.

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.”

You made us an object of ridicule among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt.

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

I will give you thanks before the nations, O Master! I will sing praises to you before foreigners!

He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be upended.

I will give you thanks before the nations, O Lord! I will sing praises to you before foreigners!

The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks, “God won’t hold me accountable; he doesn’t care.”

He says to himself, “I will never be upended, because I experience no calamity.”

He says to himself, “God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices.”

You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.

You grant him his heart’s desire; you do not refuse his request. (Selah)