For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down.

Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!

Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness.

Strap your sword to your thigh, O warrior! Appear in your majestic splendor!

They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

He says: “Assemble my covenant people before me, those who ratified a covenant with me by sacrifice!”

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

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

I am obligated to fulfill the vows I made to you, O God; I will give you the thank-offerings you deserve,

I cry out for help to the sovereign God, to the God who vindicates me.

whenever I remember you on my bed, and think about you during the nighttime hours.

Each one will be handed over to the sword; their corpses will be eaten by jackals.

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

as you come out of your temple in Jerusalem! Kings bring tribute to you.

For I suffer humiliation for your sake and am thoroughly disgraced.

Pour out your judgment on them! May your raging anger overtake them!

Hold them accountable for all their sins! Do not vindicate them!

May those who say, “Aha! Aha!” be driven back and disgraced!

As for me, I will wait continually, and will continue to praise you.

He will descend like rain on the mown grass, like showers that drench the earth.