When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,

After that a voice roars; he thunders with an exalted voice, and he does not hold back his lightning bolts when his voice is heard.

He causes everyone to stop working, so that all people may know his work.

“Are you acquainted with the way the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?

In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet is blown.

The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks, “God won’t hold me accountable; he doesn’t care.”

For you grant him lasting blessings; you give him great joy by allowing him into your presence.

Yes, you are the one who brought me out from the womb and made me feel secure on my mother’s breasts.

A whole generation will serve him; they will tell the next generation about the sovereign Lord.

An evil person suffers much pain, but the Lord’s faithfulness overwhelms the one who trusts in him.

This oppressed man cried out and the Lord heard; he saved him from all his troubles.

The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit – O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject.

Then you will accept the proper sacrifices, burnt sacrifices and whole offerings; then bulls will be sacrificed on your altar.

Each one will be handed over to the sword; their corpses will be eaten by jackals.

to the one who rides through the sky from ancient times! Look! He thunders loudly.

Do not reject me in my old age! When my strength fails, do not abandon me!

Why do you remain inactive? Intervene and destroy him!

They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.

No enemy will be able to exact tribute from him; a violent oppressor will not be able to humiliate him.

I will give him an eternal dynasty, and make his throne as enduring as the skies above.