He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph, when he attacked the land of Egypt. I heard a voice I did not recognize.

In your distress you called out and I rescued you. I answered you from a dark thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)

Then they will know that you alone are the Lord, the sovereign king over all the earth.

For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O Lord who rules over all!

a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly, and more awesome than all who surround him?

Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?

For the Lord is a great God, a great king who is superior to all gods.

For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise; he is more awesome than all gods.

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

But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, and is faithful to their descendants,

and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels along on the wings of the wind.

Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

Moab is my wash basin. I will make Edom serve me. I will shout in triumph over Philistia.”

May the Lord repay my accusers in this way, those who say evil things about me!

The Lord makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it: “You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek.”

He executes judgment against the nations; he fills the valleys with corpses; he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield.

For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. I hate all deceitful actions.

As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the Lord remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!

He said, “I will not enter my own home, or get into my bed.

By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion.