I say to the proud, “Do not be proud,” and to the wicked, “Do not be so confident of victory!

Your arm is powerful, your hand strong, your right hand victorious.

For you give them splendor and strength. By your favor we are victorious.

Praise the Lord our God! Worship on his holy hill, for the Lord our God is holy!

Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

He generously gives to the needy; his integrity endures. He will be vindicated and honored.

O Lord, do not let the wicked have their way! Do not allow their plan to succeed when they attack! (Selah)

A psalm of praise, by David. I will extol you, my God, O king! I will praise your name continually!

He has made his people victorious, and given all his loyal followers reason to praise – the Israelites, the people who are close to him. Praise the Lord!

Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud – they will be humiliated;

for all the cedars of Lebanon, that are so high and mighty, for all the oaks of Bashan;

Look, the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power. The tallest trees will be cut down, the loftiest ones will be brought low.

He says, “Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!”

When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when they rose up, the wheels rose up with them, for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.

“‘This is the offering you must offer: a sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat; a sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley,

The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width.

It also acted arrogantly against the Prince of the army, from whom the daily sacrifice was removed and whose sanctuary was thrown down.

My people are obsessed with turning away from me; they call to Baal, but he will never exalt them!

Lift your hand triumphantly against your adversaries; may all your enemies be destroyed!

King Hezekiah of Judah supplied 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep for the assembly, while the officials supplied them with 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. Many priests consecrated themselves.