Your precepts give me discernment. Therefore I hate all deceitful actions.

I hate and despise deceit; I love your law.

they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.

The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us.

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

The plowers plowed my back; they made their furrows long.

I will humiliate his enemies, and his crown will shine.

to the one who divided the Red Sea in two, for his loyal love endures,

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

For the Lord takes delight in his people; he exalts the oppressed by delivering them.

Praise him with the blast of the horn! Praise him with the lyre and the harp!

Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with clanging cymbals!

Stand up angrily, Lord! Rise up with raging fury against my enemies! Wake up for my sake and execute the judgment you have decreed for them!

You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.

There is little Benjamin, their ruler, and the princes of Judah in their robes, along with the princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali.

The Lord says, “Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me.

The tribes go up there, the tribes of the Lord, where it is required that Israel give thanks to the name of the Lord.

Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.

Now I will triumph over my enemies who surround me! I will offer sacrifices in his dwelling place and shout for joy! I will sing praises to the Lord!

When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!