With my knowledge I will speak comprehensively, and to my Creator I will ascribe righteousness.

He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.

“Do you give the horse its strength? Do you clothe its neck with a mane?

You handed us over like sheep to be eaten; you scattered us among the nations.

He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.

He allowed the symbol of his strong presence to be captured; he gave the symbol of his splendor into the hand of the enemy.

All of your creatures wait for you to provide them with food on a regular basis.

He sent hail along with the rain; there was lightning in their land.

He granted their request, then struck them with a disease.

He handed them over to the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

He caused all their conquerors to have pity on them.

He gives food to his faithful followers; he always remembers his covenant.

The Lord severely punished me, but he did not hand me over to death.

The Lord deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.

I will not allow my eyes to sleep, or my eyelids to slumber,

He gave their land as an inheritance, as an inheritance to Israel his people.

and gave their land as an inheritance, for his loyal love endures,

He sends the snow that is white like wool; he spreads the frost that is white like ashes.

To impart shrewdness to the morally naive, and a discerning plan to the young person.

Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas;