If I have walked in falsehood, and if my foot has hastened to deceit –

Surely I would wear it proudly on my shoulder, I would bind it on me like a crown;

Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones,

Concerning my right, should I lie? My wound is incurable, although I am without transgression.’

all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.

For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.

With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target.

His thunder announces the coming storm, the cattle also, concerning the storm’s approach.

Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.

Do you know about the balancing of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?

From the north he comes in golden splendor; around God is awesome majesty.

Can you lead out the constellations in their seasons, or guide the Bear with its cubs?

Is the wild ox willing to be your servant? Will it spend the night at your feeding trough?

Is it at your command that the eagle soars, and builds its nest on high?

It lives on a rock and spends the night there, on a rocky crag and a fortress.

The likes of it is not on earth, a creature without fear.

“I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill.”

The Lord delivers; you show favor to your people. (Selah)

The Exalted God is my shield, the one who delivers the morally upright.

They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the Lord, but he does not answer them.