The Lord who commands armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector! (Selah)

The Lord who commands armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector! (Selah)

God says this to the evildoer: “How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant?

because they had rebelled against God’s commands, and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king.

He is secure at all times. He has no regard for your commands; he disdains all his enemies.

Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me. To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver.”

As for the actions of people – just as you have commanded, I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men.

A song of ascents. How blessed is every one of the Lord’s loyal followers, each one who keeps his commands!

The commands to fear the Lord are right and endure forever. The judgments given by the Lord are trustworthy and absolutely just.

O Lord, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!

Rely on the Lord! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men.

For forty years I was continually disgusted with that generation, and I said, ‘These people desire to go astray; they do not obey my commands.’

For he spoke, and it came into existence, he issued the decree, and it stood firm.

You are my king, O God! Decree Jacob’s deliverance!

You demand that your precepts be carefully kept.

He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations –

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

The rules you impose are just, and absolutely reliable.

He delivered his people; he ordained that his covenant be observed forever. His name is holy and awesome.

By day the Lord decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the living God.