Do to them as you did to Midian – as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River!

But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness.

You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground.

When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

Who will rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

Let’s enter his presence with thanksgiving! Let’s shout out to him in celebration!

You godly ones, rejoice in the Lord! Give thanks to his holy name.

O Lord our God, you answered them. They found you to be a forgiving God, but also one who punished their sinful deeds.

Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,

and gathered from foreign lands, from east and west, from north and south.

They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors’ strength left them because the danger was so great.

Gilead belongs to me, as does Manasseh! Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my royal scepter.

From the stream along the road he drinks; then he lifts up his head.

In my distress I cried out to the Lord. The Lord answered me and put me in a wide open place.

My eyes anticipate the nighttime hours, so that I can meditate on your word.

The Lord deserves praise in Zion – he who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!

Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land.

Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest, where she can protect her young near your altars, O Lord who rules over all, my king and my God.

You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the Lord angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.

Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.