<p class="poetry">to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a desert where there are no human beings,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">it cannot stand still<n id="2" /> when the trumpet is blown.p>

<p class="poetry">The kings of the earth<n id="1" /> form a united front;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the rulers collaborate<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">against the <sc>Lordsc> and his anointed king.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For they do not try to make peace with others,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but plan ways to deceive those who are unsuspecting.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Rely<n id="1" /> on the <sc>Lordsc>! Obey his commands!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Then he will permit you<n id="3" /> to possess the land;p> <p class="poetry">you will see the demise of evil men.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason we do not fear<n id="1" /> when the earth shakes,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Nations are in uproar, kingdoms are overthrown.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">God<n id="2" /> gives a shout,<n id="3" /> the earth dissolves.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The praise you receive as far away as the ends of the earthp> <p class="poetry">is worthy of your reputation, O God.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You execute justice!<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm by Asaph.p> <p class="poetry">El, God, the <sc>Lordsc><n id="2" /> speaks,p> <p class="poetry">and summons the earth to come from the east and west.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You answer our prayers by performing awesome acts of deliverance,p> <p class="poetry">O God, our savior.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">All the ends of the earth trust in you,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">as well as those living across the wide seas.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You set up all the boundaries<n id="1" /> of the earth;p> <p class="poetry">you created the cycle of summer and winter.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">When the earth and all its inhabitants dissolve in fear,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I make its pillars secure.&#8221;<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">when God arose to execute judgment,p> <p class="poetry">and to deliver all the oppressed of the earth. (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">They have given the corpses of your servantsp> <p class="poetry">to the birds of the sky;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the flesh of your loyal followersp> <p class="poetry">to the beasts of the earth.p>

<p class="poetry">He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph,p> <p class="poetry">when he attacked the land of Egypt.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I heard a voice I did not recognize.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They<n id="1" /> neither know nor understand.p> <p class="poetry">They stumble<n id="2" /> around in the dark,p> <p class="poetry">while all the foundations of the earth crumble.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The heavens belong to you, as does the earth.p> <p class="poetry">You made the world and all it contains.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even before the mountains came into existence,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or you brought the world into being,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you were the eternal God.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He remains loyal and faithful to the family of Israel.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">All the ends of the earth see our God deliver us.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will favor the honest people of the land,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and allow them to live with me.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me.<n id="3" />p>