He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.

The Lord is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live.

Examine me, O Lord, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives!

Be strong and confident, all you who wait on the Lord!

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

The law of their God controls their thinking; their feet do not slip.

But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying? You are my only hope!

(the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny),

O Lord, give me the words! Then my mouth will praise you.

Then those living on earth will know what you are like; all nations will know how you deliver your people.

May God bless us! Then all the ends of the earth will give him the honor he deserves.

I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.

For they suffer no pain; their bodies are strong and well-fed.

Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.

My hand will support him, and my arm will strengthen him.

He turns springs into streams; they flow between the mountains.

He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.

giving him authority to imprison his officials and to teach his advisers.

He caused them to hate his people, and to mistreat his servants.

This brought him a reward, an eternal gift.