Come near me and redeem me! Because of my enemies, rescue me!

May their camp become desolate, their tents uninhabited!

May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!

O God, do not remain far away from me! My God, hurry and help me!

They say, “How does God know what we do? Is the sovereign one aware of what goes on?”

Do not let the afflicted be turned back in shame! Let the oppressed and poor praise your name!

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

Do not be so certain you have won! Do not speak with your head held so high!

O God, your deeds are extraordinary! What god can compare to our great God?

They insulted God, saying, “Is God really able to give us food in the wilderness?

He brought them to the border of his holy land, to this mountainous land which his right hand acquired.

The mountains were covered by its shadow, the highest cedars by its branches.

May your servants see your work! May their sons see your majesty!

He says, “Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, like they were that day at Massah in the wilderness,

So I made a vow in my anger, ‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’”

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

He led them on a level road, that they might find a city in which to live.

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

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.