Let them be like a snail that melts away as it moves along! Let them be like stillborn babies that never see the sun!

Come and witness God’s exploits! His acts on behalf of people are awesome!

Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God! I will declare what he has done for me.

Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies, the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion.

The clouds poured down rain; the skies thundered. Yes, your arrows flashed about.

In the sight of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh reveal your power! Come and deliver us!

They neither know nor understand. They stumble around in the dark, while all the foundations of the earth crumble.

They say, “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”

They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.

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

How blessed are the people who worship you! O Lord, they experience your favor.

I will walk in the way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace.

I will favor the honest people of the land, and allow them to live with me. Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me.

and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels along on the wings of the wind.

hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats.

A song of ascents, by David. I was glad because they said to me, “We will go to the Lord’s temple.”

As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the Lord remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!

Even when I must walk in the midst of danger, you revive me. You oppose my angry enemies, and your right hand delivers me.

How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!

Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassure me.