People will fear you as long as the sun and moon remain in the sky, for generation after generation.

But as for me, my feet almost slipped; my feet almost slid out from under me.

Therefore they have more than enough food to eat, and even suck up the water of the sea.

When I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling to me.

They say to themselves, “We will oppress all of them.” They burn down all the places where people worship God in the land.

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

He remembered that they were made of flesh, and were like a wind that blows past and does not return.

He brought them to the border of his holy land, to this mountainous land which his right hand acquired.

He delivered his people over to the sword, and was angry with his chosen nation.

You cleared the ground for it; it took root, and filled the land.

They neither know nor understand. They stumble around in the dark, while all the foundations of the earth crumble.

Then they will know that you alone are the Lord, the sovereign king over all the earth.

Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; then his splendor will again appear in our land.

I will give him an eternal dynasty, and make his throne as enduring as the skies above.

But you have spurned and rejected him; you are angry with your chosen king.

You are aware of our sins; you even know about our hidden sins.

in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed.

For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise; he is more awesome than all gods.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give him thanks! Praise his name!

Over here is the deep, wide sea, which teems with innumerable swimming creatures, living things both small and large.