that does not respond to the magicians, or to a skilled snake-charmer.

They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,

Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God! I will declare what he has done for me.

For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.

Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; you have done great things. O God, who can compare to you?

Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth!

we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the Lord’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.

He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,

They did not remember what he had done, how he delivered them from the enemy,

He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.

Pay back our neighbors in full! May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord!

the root your right hand planted, the shoot you made to grow!

All the nations, whom you created, will come and worship you, O Lord. They will honor your name.

Let the fields and everything in them celebrate! Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy

He does whatever he pleases in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all the ocean depths.

my bones were not hidden from you, when I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth.

who plan ways to harm me. All day long they stir up conflict.

O Lord, shelter me from the power of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over.

Grab me and rescue me from the power of foreigners, who speak lies, and make false promises.

Then our sons will be like plants, that quickly grow to full size. Our daughters will be like corner pillars, carved like those in a palace.