Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!

Moreover, this will become my deliverance, for no godless person would come before him.

Only in two things spare me, O God, and then I will not hide from your face:

His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land.

Fear the sword yourselves, for wrath brings the punishment by the sword, so that you may know that there is judgment.”

No one denounces his conduct to his face; no one repays him for what he has done.

The clods of the torrent valley are sweet to him; behind him everybody follows in procession, and before him goes a countless throng.

Surely then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face toward God.

And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, thinking, ‘No eye can see me,’ and covers his face with a mask.

“You say, ‘He is foam on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard.

He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness.

I will not show partiality to anyone, nor will I confer a title on any man.

He entreats God, and God delights in him, he sees God’s face with rejoicing, and God restores to him his righteousness.

How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him!

The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans, to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world.

Is it not fierce when it is awakened? Who is he, then, who can stand before it?

Who can uncover its outer covering? Who can penetrate to the inside of its armor?

Many say, “Who can show us anything good?” Smile upon us, Lord!

Lord, lead me in your righteousness because of those who wait to ambush me, remove the obstacles in the way in which you are guiding me!

Rise up, Lord! Don’t let men be defiant! May the nations be judged in your presence!