<p class="poetry">they will say about me,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Yes, the <sc>Lordsc> is a powerful deliverer.&#8221;&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">All who are angry at him will cower before him.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He is as bright as lightning;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a two-pronged lightning bolt flashes from his hand.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">This is the outward display of his power.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> shatters<n id="1" /> his adversaries;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he thunders against them from<n id="3" /> the heavens.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> executes judgment to the ends of the earth.p> <p class="poetry">He will strengthen<n id="4" /> his kingp> <p class="poetry">and exalt the power<n id="5" /> of his anointed one.&#8221;<n id="6" />p>

while David and all Israel were energetically<n id="1" /> celebrating before God, singing and playing various stringed instruments,<n id="2" /> tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

Now ascend, O <sc>Lordsc> God, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength! May your priests, O <sc>Lordsc> God, experience your deliverance!<n id="1" /> May your loyal followers rejoice in the prosperity you give!<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; by the Korahites; according to the <i>alamothi> style;<n id="2" /> a song.p> <p class="poetry">God is our strong refuge;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he is truly our helper in times of trouble.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">As for me, I will sing about your strength;p> <p class="poetry">I will praise your loyal love in the morning.p> <p class="poetry">For you are my refuge<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and my place of shelter when I face trouble.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You are awe-inspiring, O God, as you emerge from your holy temple!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">It is the God of Israel<n id="2" /> who gives the people power and strength.p> <p class="poetry">God deserves praise!<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> reigns!p> <p class="poetry">He is robed in majesty,p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> is robed,p> <p class="poetry">he wears strength around his waist.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, the world is established, it cannot be moved.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Who is<n id="1" /> a<n id="2" /> wise person? Who knows the solution<n id="3" /> to a problem?<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">A person&#8217;s wisdom brightens his appearance,<n id="5" /> and softens<n id="6" /> his harsh countenance.<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, God is my deliverer!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will trust in him<n id="2" /> and not fear.p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> gives me strength and protects me;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he has become my deliverer.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Wake up! Wake up!p> <p class="poetry">Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Wake up as in former times, as in antiquity!p> <p class="poetry">Did you not smash<n id="2" /> the Proud One?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Did you not<n id="4" /> wound the sea monster?<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Mourn for that nation, all you nations living around it,p> <p class="poetry">all of you nations that know of its fame.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Mourn and say, &#8216;Alas, its powerful influence has been broken!p> <p class="poetry">Its glory and power have been done away!&#8217;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even if Babylon climbs high into the sky<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and fortifies her elevated stronghold,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will send destroyers against her,&#8221;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Its boughs were strong, fit<n id="1" /> for rulers&#8217; scepters; it reached up into the clouds.p> <p class="poetry">It stood out because of its height and its many branches.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground.p> <p class="poetry">The east wind<n id="1" /> dried up its fruit;p> <p class="poetry">its strong branches broke off and withered &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">a fire consumed them.p>

<p class="poetry">A fire has gone out from its branch; it has consumed its shoot and its fruit.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">No strong branch was left in it, nor a scepter to rule.&#8217;p> <p class="bodytext">This is a lament song, and has become a lament song.&#8221;p>

With his horses&#8217; hoofs he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will tumble down to the ground.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">Egypt&#8217;s supporters will fall;p> <p class="poetry">her confident pride will crumble.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">From Migdol to Syene<n id="2" /> they will die by the sword within her,p> <p class="poetry">declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">In Tahpanhes the day will be dark<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when I break the yoke of Egypt there.p> <p class="poetry">Her confident pride will cease within her;p> <p class="poetry">a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.p>