For too long I have had to reside with those who hate peace.

We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud.

A song of ascents. “Since my youth they have often attacked me,” let Israel say.

“Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not defeated me.

You visit the earth and give it rain; you make it rich and fertile with overflowing streams full of water. You provide grain for them, for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.