Say to God: “How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you.

During his days the godly will flourish; peace will prevail as long as the moon remains in the sky.

His glorious name deserves praise forevermore! May his majestic splendor fill the whole earth! We agree! We agree!

Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? Your raging fury causes people to fear you.

Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land, and remove all evildoers from the city of the Lord.

I say, “O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life! You endure through all generations.

They made the Lord angry by their actions, and a plague broke out among them.

He handed them over to the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

ג (Gimel) Be kind to your servant! Then I will live and keep your instructions.

How blessed are the people who experience these things! How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

Many say about me, “God will not deliver him.” (Selah)

His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.

I will sing praises to the Lord when he vindicates me.

He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.

The Lord is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live.

Examine me, O Lord, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives!

Be strong and confident, all you who wait on the Lord!

He is the one who forms every human heart, and takes note of all their actions.

The law of their God controls their thinking; their feet do not slip.

But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying? You are my only hope!