I stay awake; I am like a solitary bird on a roof.

He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be upended.

The watery deep covered it like a garment; the waters reached above the mountains.

He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it engulfed the group led by Abiram.

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

They made him angry by the waters of Meribah, and Moses suffered because of them,

He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

Appoint an evil man to testify against him! May an accuser stand at his right side!

O sovereign Lord, at your right hand he strikes down kings in the day he unleashes his anger.

From the stream along the road he drinks; then he lifts up his head.

In the middle of the night I arise to thank you for your just regulations.

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

Tears stream down from my eyes, because people do not keep your law.

I rejoice in your instructions, like one who finds much plunder.

The Lord is your protector; the Lord is the shade at your right hand.

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

to the one who spread out the earth over the water, for his loyal love endures,

How can we sing a song to the Lord in a foreign land?

O Lord, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!