You keep track of my misery. Put my tears in your leather container! Are they not recorded in your scroll?

in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me?

that does not respond to the magicians, or to a skilled snake-charmer.

They wander around looking for something to eat; they refuse to sleep until they are full.

He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be upended.

O God, you are aware of my foolish sins; my guilt is not hidden from you.

Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.

For the Lord listens to the needy; he does not despise his captive people.

I will tell about your justice, and all day long proclaim your salvation, though I cannot fathom its full extent.

The bravehearted were plundered; they “fell asleep.” All the warriors were helpless.

You walked through the sea; you passed through the surging waters, but left no footprints.

we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the Lord’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.

Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands.

They did not remember what he had done, how he delivered them from the enemy,

He sent his anger in full force; he did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction.

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

They say, “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”

O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.

You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.

No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. (Selah)