Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!

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

in the courts of the Lord’s temple, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!

Reach down from above! Grab me and rescue me from the surging water, from the power of foreigners,

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

He caused them to fall right in the middle of their camp, all around their homes.

He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea.

He turned streams into a desert, springs of water into arid land,

Seven times a day I praise you because of your just regulations.

May the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion!

For the music director, a psalm of David. O Lord, you examine me and know.

For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?

His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

Sing to the Lord, you faithful followers of his; give thanks to his holy name.

He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses.

Certainly zeal for your house consumes me; I endure the insults of those who insult you.

He rained down manna for them to eat; he gave them the grain of heaven.

Equity and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loyal love and faithfulness characterize your rule.

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

You exalt my horn like that of a wild ox. I am covered with fresh oil.