<p class="poetry">I learned long ago thatp> <p class="poetry">you ordained your rules to last.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will sing a song that imparts wisdom;p> <p class="poetry">I will make insightful observations about the past.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">to the one who rides through the sky from ancient times!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Look! He thunders loudly.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Remember your people<n id="1" /> whom you acquired in ancient times,p> <p class="poetry">whom you rescued<n id="2" /> so they could be your very own nation,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">as well as Mount Zion, where you dwell!p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; by the Korahites, a well-written song.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, we have clearly heard;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">our ancestors<n id="4" /> have told usp> <p class="poetry">what you did<n id="5" /> in their days,p> <p class="poetry">in ancient times.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">God, the one who has reigned as king from long ago,p> <p class="poetry">will hear and humiliate them.<n id="1" /> (Selah)p> <p class="poetry">They refuse to change,p> <p class="poetry">and do not fear God.<n id="2" />p>