Then the local people began to discourage the people of Judah and to dishearten them from building.

The men of Jericho built adjacent to it, and Zaccur son of Imri built adjacent to them.

“Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?

If I lift myself up, you hunt me as a fierce lion, and again you display your power against me.

Look away from him and let him desist, until he fulfills his time like a hired man.

His troops advance together; they throw up a siege ramp against me, and they camp around my tent.

Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?

She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor.

By David. Do not fret when wicked men seem to succeed! Do not envy evildoers!

The princess looks absolutely magnificent, decked out in pearls and clothed in a brocade trimmed with gold.

In embroidered robes she is escorted to the king. Her attendants, the maidens of honor who follow her, are led before you.

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

May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them!

God has decreed that you will be powerful. O God, you who have acted on our behalf, demonstrate your power,

The oppressed look on – let them rejoice! You who seek God, may you be encouraged!

when he performed his awesome deeds in Egypt, and his acts of judgment in the region of Zoan.

He handed the territory of nations over to them, and they took possession of what other peoples had produced,

May the creditor seize all he owns! May strangers loot his property!

They celebrate deliverance in the tents of the godly. The Lord’s right hand conquers,

the Lord’s right hand gives victory, the Lord’s right hand conquers.