The wicked turn aside from birth; ¹  liars go astray as soon as they are born. ² 

Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, ¹  for they say, ²  “Who hears?”

Their slander will bring about their demise. ¹  All who see them will shudder, ² 

Answer me, O Lord, for your loyal love is good! ¹  Because of your great compassion, turn toward me!

I will come and tell about ¹  the mighty acts of the sovereign Lord. I will proclaim your justice – yours alone.

Therefore they have more than enough food to eat, and even suck up the water of the sea. ¹ 

Do not be so certain you have won! ¹  Do not speak with your head held so high! ² 

They insulted God, saying, ¹  “Is God really able to give us food ²  in the wilderness?

Pay back our neighbors in full! ¹  May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord! ² 

Take note, O Lord, ¹  of the way your servants are taunted, ²  and of how I must bear so many insults from people! ³ 

Your enemies, O Lord, hurl insults; they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps. ¹ 

Who can adequately recount the Lord’s mighty acts, or relate all his praiseworthy deeds? ¹ 

Your commandments ¹  make me wiser than my enemies, for I am always aware of them.

I will focus on your honor and majestic splendor, and your amazing deeds! ¹ 

The depths ¹  of the sea ²  were exposed; the inner regions ³  of the world were uncovered by ⁴  your battle cry, ⁵  Lord, by the powerful breath from your nose. ⁶ 

Their insults are painful ¹  and make me lose heart; ²  I look ³  for sympathy, but receive none, ⁴  for comforters, but find none.

He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph, when he attacked the land of Egypt. ¹  I heard a voice I did not recognize. ² 

I will listen to what God the Lord says. ¹  For he will make ²  peace with his people, his faithful followers. ³  Yet they must not ⁴  return to their foolish ways.

Sound your battle cry ¹  against the wild beast of the reeds, ²  and the nations that assemble like a herd of calves led by bulls! ³  They humble themselves ⁴  and offer gold and silver as tribute. ⁵  God ⁶  scatters ⁷  the nations that like to do battle.

For the music director; according to the tune of “Lilies;” ²  by the Korahites, a well-written poem, ³  a love song. My heart is stirred by a beautiful song. ⁴  I say, “I have composed this special song ⁵  for the king; my tongue is as skilled as the stylus of an experienced scribe.” ⁶