O Lord, sovereign God! Who is strong like you, O Lord? Your faithfulness surrounds you.

Yes, I know the Lord is great, and our Lord is superior to all gods.

If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men!

The Lord rules forever, your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come! Praise the Lord!

May they praise God while they hold a two-edged sword in their hand,

The godly speak wise words and promote justice.

God says, “At the appointed times, I judge fairly.

But as for me, God’s presence is all I need. I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter, as I declare all the things you have done.

They say, “How does God know what we do? Is the sovereign one aware of what goes on?”

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

How precious is your loyal love, O God! The human race finds shelter under your wings.

I am oppressed and suffering! O God, deliver and protect me!

Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God, and did not obey his commands.

Planted in the Lord’s house, they grow in the courts of our God.

In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving for meat; they challenged God in the desert.

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

May he reign forever before God! Decree that your loyal love and faithfulness should protect him.

For the music director; according to the tune “Morning Doe;” a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.

They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.

Why does the wicked man reject God? He says to himself, “You will not hold me accountable.”