When the foundations are destroyed, what can the godly accomplish?”

“Look at the nations and pay attention! You will be shocked and amazed! For I will do something in your lifetime that you will not believe even though you are forewarned.

For he repays a person for his work, and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him.

But God has been my king from ancient times, performing acts of deliverance on the earth.

The Lord works everything for its own ends – even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.

and all people will fear. They will proclaim what God has done, and reflect on his deeds.

For there is no spell against Jacob, nor is there any divination against Israel. At this time it must be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘Look at what God has done!’

But I fear the reaction of their enemies, for their adversaries would misunderstand and say, “Our power is great, and the Lord has not done all this!”’

For the music director; by the Korahites, a well-written song. O God, we have clearly heard; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in ancient times.

They have stringed instruments, tambourines, flutes, and wine at their parties. So they do not recognize what the Lord is doing, they do not perceive what he is bringing about.

Who acts and carries out decrees? Who summons the successive generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, am present at the very beginning, and at the very end – I am the one.

This is what the Lord says, the Holy One of Israel, the one who formed him, concerning things to come: “How dare you question me about my children! How dare you tell me what to do with the work of my own hands!