A psalm of Asaph. O God, foreigners have invaded your chosen land; they have polluted your holy temple and turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins.

Help us, O God, our deliverer! For the sake of your glorious reputation, rescue us! Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation!

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations!

I am the Lord, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’

I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.

For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.

For he is our God; we are the people of his pasture, the sheep he owns. Today, if only you would obey him!

He remains loyal and faithful to the family of Israel. All the ends of the earth see our God deliver us.

Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us and we belong to him; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Deliver us, O Lord, our God! Gather us from among the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.

It is best to take hold of one warning without letting go of the other warning; for the one who fears God will follow both warnings.

But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

Who among all the gods of these lands have rescued their lands from my power? So how can the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?’”

Pay attention, Lord, and hear! Open your eyes, Lord, and observe! Listen to this entire message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God!

Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Because you prayed to me concerning King Sennacherib of Assyria,

A voice cries out, “In the wilderness clear a way for the Lord; construct in the desert a road for our God.

I am the Lord, I have no peer, there is no God but me. I arm you for battle, even though you do not recognize me.

I am the Lord your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves surge. The Lord who commands armies is his name!

Yet do not depart quickly or leave in a panic. For the Lord goes before you; the God of Israel is your rear guard.

But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.