Strength lodges in its neck, and despair runs before it.

The waves of death engulfed me, the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

Be strong and confident, all you who wait on the Lord!

My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.

How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!

So he caused them to die unsatisfied and filled with terror.

chase them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your windstorm.

O Lord who rules over all, how blessed are those who trust in you!

You rule over the proud sea. When its waves surge, you calm them.

His lightning bolts light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.

Let them praise your great and awesome name! He is holy!

amazing feats in the land of Ham, mighty acts by the Red Sea.

to guard the paths of the righteous and to protect the way of his pious ones.

Do not plot evil against your neighbor when he dwells by you unsuspectingly.

lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,

lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Whatever has happened is beyond human understanding; it is far deeper than anyone can fathom.

For this reason all hands hang limp, every human heart loses its courage.

“Something horrible and shocking is going on in the land of Judah:

Now the cistern where Ishmael threw all the dead bodies of those he had killed was a large one that King Asa had constructed as part of his defenses against King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with dead bodies.