He makes the winds his messengers, and the flaming fire his attendant.

He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent.

Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile.

Open my eyes so I can truly see the marvelous things in your law!

I told you about my ways and you answered me. Teach me your statutes!

Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest.

On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps,

Praise him, O sun and moon! Praise him, all you shiny stars!

Stand up angrily, Lord! Rise up with raging fury against my enemies! Wake up for my sake and execute the judgment you have decreed for them!

Now I am sure that the Lord will deliver his chosen king; he will intervene for him from his holy heavenly temple, and display his mighty ability to deliver.

God, the one who has reigned as king from long ago, will hear and humiliate them. (Selah) They refuse to change, and do not fear God.

when you deliver my life from death. You keep my feet from stumbling, so that I might serve God as I enjoy life.

From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to an inaccessible rocky summit!

They devise unjust schemes; they disguise a well-conceived plot. Man’s inner thoughts cannot be discovered.

The Lord protects those residing outside their native land; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked.

The king says, “I will announce the Lord’s decree. He said to me: ‘You are my son! This very day I have become your father!

You will break them with an iron scepter; you will smash them like a potter’s jar!’”

Pay attention to my cry for help, my king and my God, for I am praying to you!

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

May the Lord rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!