I am obligated to fulfill the vows I made to you, O God; I will give you the thank-offerings you deserve,

The God who loves me will help me; God will enable me to triumph over my enemies.

You have made your people experience hard times; you have made us drink intoxicating wine.

Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,

You saturate its furrows, and soak its plowed ground. With rain showers you soften its soil, and make its crops grow.

They are immune to the trouble common to men; they do not suffer as other men do.

He abandoned the sanctuary at Shiloh, the tent where he lived among men.

I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.

He says, “How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)

Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)

Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?

Indeed, look at your enemies, O Lord! Indeed, look at how your enemies perish! All the evildoers are scattered!

The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.

So I made a vow in my anger, ‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’”

Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves! Bring an offering and enter his courts!

For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the Lord will look toward earth,

He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be upended.

He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations –

May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home!

He gives food to his faithful followers; he always remembers his covenant.