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

They say, “Commit yourself to the Lord! Let the Lord rescue him! Let the Lord deliver him, for he delights in him.”

The Lord’s shout bends the large trees and strips the leaves from the forests. Everyone in his temple says, “Majestic!”

Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

They are filled with food from your house, and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies.

You made us retreat from the enemy. Those who hate us take whatever they want from us.

You made us an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.

You are the most handsome of all men! You speak in an impressive and fitting manner! For this reason God grants you continual blessings.

For this reason we do not fear when the earth shakes, and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea,

Why should I be afraid in times of trouble, when the sinful deeds of deceptive men threaten to overwhelm me?

I am not condemning you because of your sacrifices, or because of your burnt sacrifices that you continually offer me.

You made the earth quake; you split it open. Repair its breaches, for it is ready to fall.

Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,

Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.

You broke open the spring and the stream; you dried up perpetually flowing rivers.

How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and insulted him in the desert!

So teach us to consider our mortality, so that we might live wisely.

So he made a solemn vow that he would make them die in the desert,

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

Let those delivered by the Lord speak out, those whom he delivered from the power of the enemy,