He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.

You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place?

His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land.

“Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth,

“You say, ‘He is foam on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard.

He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth on nothing.

For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens.

Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips.

For to the snow he says, ‘Fall to earth,’ and to the torrential rains, ‘Pour down.’

The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans, to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world.

In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth?

to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings,

In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet is blown.

The kings of the earth form a united front; the rulers collaborate against the Lord and his anointed king.

may an enemy relentlessly chase me and catch me; may he trample me to death and leave me lying dishonored in the dust. (Selah)

You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.

The Lord’s words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined.

The earth heaved and shook; the roots of the mountains trembled; they heaved because he was angry.

Yet its voice echoes throughout the earth; its words carry to the distant horizon. In the sky he has pitched a tent for the sun.