<p class="poetry">He executes judgment<n id="1" /> against<n id="2" /> the nations;p> <p class="poetry">he fills the valleys with corpses;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">He does whatever he pleasesp> <p class="poetry">in heaven and on earth,p> <p class="poetry">in the seas and all the ocean depths.p>

<p class="poetry">He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth,p> <p class="poetry">makes lightning bolts accompany the rain,p> <p class="poetry">and brings the wind out of his storehouses.p>

<p class="poetry">Let all the kings of the earth give thanks<n id="1" /> to you, O <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">when they hear the words you speak.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">my bones were not hidden from you,p> <p class="poetry">when<n id="1" /> I was made in secretp> <p class="poetry">and sewed together in the depths of the earth.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">A slanderer<n id="1" /> will not endure on<n id="2" /> the earth;p> <p class="poetry">calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I cry out to you, O <sc>Lordsc>;p> <p class="poetry">I say, &#8220;You are my shelter,p> <p class="poetry">my security<n id="1" /> in the land of the living.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Certainly<n id="1" /> my enemies<n id="2" /> chase me.p> <p class="poetry">They smash me into the ground.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They force me to live<n id="4" /> in dark regions,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">like those who have been dead for ages.p>

<p class="poetry">Teach me to do what pleases you,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for you are my God.p> <p class="poetry">May your kind presence<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">lead me<n id="3" /> into a level land.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">the one who made heaven and earth,p> <p class="poetry">the sea, and all that is in them,p> <p class="poetry">who remains forever faithful,<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He covers<n id="1" /> the sky with clouds,p> <p class="poetry">provides the earth with rain,p> <p class="poetry">and causes grass to grow on the hillsides.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let them praise the name of the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">for his name alone is exalted;p> <p class="poetry">his majesty extends over the earth and sky.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director, according to the <i>gittithi> style;<n id="2" /> a psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, our Lord,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">how magnificent<n id="4" /> is your reputation<n id="5" /> throughout the earth!p> <p class="poetry">You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let all the people of the earth acknowledge the <sc>Lordsc> and turn to him!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let all the nations<n id="2" /> worship you!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">All of the thriving people<n id="1" /> of the earth will join the celebration and worship;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">all those who are descending into the grave<n id="3" /> will bow before him,p> <p class="poetry">including those who cannot preserve their lives.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">I am depressed,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so I will pray to you while I am trapped here in the region of the upper Jordan,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">from Hermon,<n id="3" /> from Mount Mizar.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For they did not conquer<n id="1" /> the land by their swords,p> <p class="poetry">and they did not prevail by their strength,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but rather by your power,<n id="3" /> strength<n id="4" /> and good favor,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">for you were partial to<n id="6" /> them.p>

<p class="poetry">He brings an end to wars throughout the earth;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he shatters<n id="2" /> the bow and breaks<n id="3" /> the spear;p> <p class="poetry">he burns<n id="4" /> the shields with fire.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">The nobles of the nations assemble,p> <p class="poetry">along with the people of the God of Abraham,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for God has authority over the rulers<n id="2" /> of the earth.p> <p class="poetry">He is highly exalted!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is lofty and pleasing to look at,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a source of joy to the whole earth.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Mount Zion resembles the peaks of Zaphon;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">it is the city of the great king.p>