He makes Lebanon skip like a calf and Sirion like a young ox.

Let them disappear like water that flows away! Let them wither like grass!

Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.

If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your loyal followers.

He divided the sea and led them across it; he made the water stand in a heap.

He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; as secure as the earth, which he established permanently.

As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear,

Let them be like a snail that melts away as it moves along! Let them be like stillborn babies that never see the sun!

Give the king long life! Make his lifetime span several generations!

As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,

How long will this go on, O Lord? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?

How long, O Lord, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?

Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh.

When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.

Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper’s venom is behind their lips. (Selah)

adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power.