<p class="poetry">O fire and hail, snow and clouds,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O stormy wind that carries out his orders,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let Israel rejoice in their Creator!p> <p class="poetry">Let the people<n id="1" /> of Zion delight in their king!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc> my God, if I have done what they say,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or am guilty of unjust actions,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you defended my just cause;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">from your throne you pronounced a just decision.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The nations fell<n id="1" /> into the pit they had made;p> <p class="poetry">their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> revealed himself;p> <p class="poetry">he accomplished justice;p> <p class="poetry">the wicked were ensnared by their own actions.<n id="1" /> (Higgaion.<n id="2" /> Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Everyone rejects God;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they are all morally corrupt.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">None of them does what is right,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">not even one!p>

<p class="poetry">He<n id="1" /> gives his chosen king magnificent victories;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he is faithful<n id="3" /> to his chosen ruler,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">to David and his descendants<n id="5" /> forever.&#8221;<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Wait patiently for the <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Wait confidently<n id="2" /> for him!p> <p class="poetry">Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">a man who carries out wicked schemes!p>

<p class="poetry">When you did these things, I was silent,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so you thought I was exactly like you.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">But now I will condemn<n id="3" /> youp> <p class="poetry">and state my case against you!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Against you &#8211; you above all<n id="1" /> &#8211; I have sinned;p> <p class="poetry">I have done what is evil in your sight.p> <p class="poetry">So<n id="2" /> you are just when you confront me;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you are right when you condemn me.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will continually<n id="1" /> thank you when<n id="2" /> you execute judgment;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I will rely<n id="4" /> on you,<n id="5" /> for your loyal followers know you are good.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Everyone rejects God;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they are all morally corrupt.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">None of them does what is right,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">not even one!p>

<p class="poetry">In God &#8211; I boast in his promise<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">in God I trust, I am not afraid.p> <p class="poetry">What can mere men<n id="2" /> do to me?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">in God I trust, I am not afraid.p> <p class="poetry">What can mere men<n id="1" /> do to me?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will offer up to you fattened animals as burnt sacrifices,p> <p class="poetry">along with the smell of sacrificial rams.p> <p class="poetry">I will offer cattle and goats. (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will declare what he has done for me.p>

<p class="poetry">Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you have done great things.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, who can compare to you?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">we will not hide from their<n id="1" /> descendants.p> <p class="poetry">We will tell the next generationp> <p class="poetry">about the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s praiseworthy acts,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">about his strength and the amazing things he has done.p>

<p class="poetry">All the nations, whom you created,p> <p class="poetry">will come and worship you,<n id="1" /> O Lord.p> <p class="poetry">They will honor your name.p>