Tell us what we should say to him. We cannot prepare a case because of the darkness.

Give thanks to the Lord with the harp! Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument!

Sing to him a new song! Play skillfully as you shout out your praises to him!

The Lord laughs in disgust at them, for he knows that their day is coming.

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

For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.

Yet they continued to sin against him, and rebelled against the sovereign One in the desert.

If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands!

(May those who hate the Lord cower in fear before him! May they be permanently humiliated!)

How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!

in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed.

The depths of the earth are in his hand, and the mountain peaks belong to him.

The sea is his, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land.

This brought him a reward, an eternal gift.

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

May a curse attach itself to him, like a garment one puts on, or a belt one wears continually!

Certainly the Lord has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.

Indeed, the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession.

How blessed are the people who experience these things! How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver!