Let all the people of the earth acknowledge the Lord and turn to him! Let all the nations worship you!

For they do not try to make peace with others, but plan ways to deceive those who are unsuspecting.

If we had rejected our God, and spread out our hands in prayer to another god,

Listen, O princess! Observe and pay attention! Forget your homeland and your family!

I keep track of every bird in the hills, and the insects of the field are mine.

Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you.

They are like a dream after one wakes up. O Lord, when you awake you will despise them.

Remember how the enemy hurls insults, O Lord, and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name!

Remember your covenant promises, for the dark regions of the earth are full of places where violence rules.

Rise up, O God! Defend your honor! Remember how fools insult you all day long!

Do not disregard what your enemies say, or the unceasing shouts of those who defy you.

Then I said, “I am sickened by the thought that the sovereign One might become inactive.

Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands.

He remembered that they were made of flesh, and were like a wind that blows past and does not return.

O God, invincible warrior, come back! Look down from heaven and take notice! Take care of this vine,

How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!

The Lord writes in the census book of the nations, “This one was born there.” (Selah)

Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted, and of how I must bear so many insults from people!

Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,

Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people! Pay attention to me, when you deliver,