As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,

For the music director; by David, a psalm, a song. God springs into action! His enemies scatter; his adversaries run from him.

The Lord deserves praise! Day after day he carries our burden, the God who delivers us. (Selah)

During his days the godly will flourish; peace will prevail as long as the moon remains in the sky.

When the earth and all its inhabitants dissolve in fear, I make its pillars secure.” (Selah)

I said, “I will remember God while I groan; I will think about him while my strength leaves me.” (Selah)

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

(May those who hate the Lord cower in fear before him! May they be permanently humiliated!)

Do to them as you did to Midian – as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River!

But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness.

You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground.

When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

Who will rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

Let’s enter his presence with thanksgiving! Let’s shout out to him in celebration!

You godly ones, rejoice in the Lord! Give thanks to his holy name.

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

Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,

and gathered from foreign lands, from east and west, from north and south.

Gilead belongs to me, as does Manasseh! Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my royal scepter.

From the stream along the road he drinks; then he lifts up his head.