May my thoughts be pleasing to him! I will rejoice in the Lord.

Seek the Lord and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually!

He is the Lord our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth.

He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise,

He let no one oppress them; he disciplined kings for their sake,

The Lord made his people very fruitful, and made them more numerous than their enemies.

He caused them to hate his people, and to mistreat his servants.

He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

He ordered locusts to come, innumerable grasshoppers.

They quickly forgot what he had done; they did not wait for his instructions.

They rejected the God who delivered them, the one who performed great deeds in Egypt,

They rejected the fruitful land; they did not believe his promise.

make their descendants die among the nations, and scatter them among foreign lands.

This brought him a reward, an eternal gift.

for they aroused his temper, and he spoke rashly.

Their enemies oppressed them; they were subject to their authority.

For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food.

He sent them an assuring word and healed them; he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped.

Some traveled on the sea in ships, and carried cargo over the vast waters.

When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.