How can we sing a song to the Lord in a foreign land?

How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!

You open your hand, and fill every living thing with the food they desire.

He satisfies the desire of his loyal followers; he hears their cry for help and delivers them.

Extol the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!

Let them praise the name of the Lord, for he gave the command and they came into existence.

Praise the Lord from the earth, you sea creatures and all you ocean depths,

who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God.

Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops;

for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.

The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.

Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.

Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

The dice are thrown into the lap, but their every decision is from the Lord.

for the Lord will plead their case and will rob those who are robbing them.

for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you.

Two things I ask from you; do not refuse me before I die:

There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Surely oppression can turn a wise person into a fool; likewise, a bribe corrupts the heart.

Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for a person to see the sun.