We have not been unfaithful, nor have we disobeyed your commands.

They are bubbling with joy as they walk in procession and enter the royal palace.

Look, I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness. (Selah)

I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.

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

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

Before him the coastlands will bow down, and his enemies will lick the dust.

All kings will bow down to him; all nations will serve him.

They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.

They say, “How does God know what we do? Is the sovereign one aware of what goes on?”

Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.

I thought about the days of old, about ancient times.

They forgot what he had done, the amazing things he had shown them.

chase them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your windstorm.

His dynasty will last forever. His throne will endure before me, like the sun,

You make mankind return to the dust, and say, “Return, O people!”

Praise the Lord, O my soul! Do not forget all his kind deeds!

The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.

When the sun rises, they withdraw and sleep in their dens.

They were defiled by their deeds, and unfaithful in their actions.