Many are saying, “Oh, that we might see some good!”
Lift up the light of Your face upon us, O Lord.

Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babes You have established strength
Because of Your adversaries,
That You might silence the enemy and make the revengeful cease.

He crushes [his prey] and crouches;
And the unfortunate fall by his mighty claws.

You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me [in defeat],
And I silenced and destroyed those who hated me.

All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship;
All those who go down to the dust (the dead) will bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

Who is the King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
The Lord mighty in battle.

Ascribe to the Lord, O sons of the mighty,
Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

The king is not saved by the great size of his army;
A warrior is not rescued by his great strength.

I will give You thanks in the great congregation;
I will praise You among a mighty people.

Strap Your sword on Your thigh, O mighty One,
In Your splendor and Your majesty!

God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable],
A very present and well-proved help in trouble.

The mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken,
And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting [from east to west].

May our God come and not keep silent;
Fire devours before Him,
And around Him a mighty tempest rages.

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

Save me, O God, by Your name;
And vindicate me by Your [wondrous] power.

For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
Then I could bear it;
Nor is it one who has hated me who insolently exalts himself against me—
Then I could hide from him.

Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods (heavenly beings)?
Do you judge fairly, O sons of men?

Look! They lie in wait for my life;
Fierce and powerful men [are uniting together to] launch an attack against me,
Not for my wrongdoing nor for any sin of mine, O Lord.

But as for me, I will sing of Your mighty strength and power;
Yes, I will sing joyfully of Your lovingkindness in the morning;
For You have been my stronghold
And a refuge in the day of my distress.

Who creates the mountains by His strength,
Being clothed with power,

Who rules by His might forever,
His eyes keep watch on the nations;
Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

You have ascended on high, You have led away captive Your captives;
You have received gifts among men,
Even from the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.

Your God has commanded your strength [your power in His service and your resistance to temptation];
Show Yourself strong, O God, who acted on our behalf.

To Him who rides in the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,
Behold, He sends out His voice, a mighty and majestic voice.

Ascribe strength to God;
His majesty is over Israel
And His strength is in the skies.

O God, You are awesome and profoundly majestic from Your sanctuary;
The God of Israel gives strength and power to His people.
Blessed be God!

Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would destroy me are powerful, being my enemies wrongfully;
I am forced to restore what I did not steal.

I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord God [and in His strength];
I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.

And even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not abandon me,
Until I declare Your [mighty] strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.

You divided the [Red] Sea by Your strength;
You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

You broke open fountains and streams;
You dried up ever-flowing rivers.

The stouthearted have been stripped of their spoil,
They have slept the sleep [of death];
And none of the warriors could use his hands.

I will meditate on all Your works
And thoughtfully consider all Your [great and wondrous] deeds.

You have with Your [great] arm redeemed Your people,
The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

We will not hide them from their children,
But [we will] tell to the generation to come the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord,
And [tell of] His great might and power and the wonderful works that He has done.

That the generation to come might know them, that the children still to be born
May arise and recount them to their children,

That they should place their confidence in God
And not forget the works of God,
But keep His commandments,

And not be like their fathers—
A stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that did not prepare its heart to know and follow God,
And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Man ate the bread of angels;
God sent them provision in abundance.

Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your power
And come to save us!

“So I gave them up to the stubbornness of their heart,
To walk in [the path of] their own counsel.

Turn to me, and be gracious to me;
Grant Your strength [Your might and the power to resist temptation] to Your servant,
And save the son of Your handmaid.

For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the divine beings is like the Lord,

O Lord God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty Lord?
Your faithfulness surrounds You [as an intrinsic, unchangeable part of Your very being].

You have crushed Rahab (Egypt) like one who is slain;
You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

You have a strong arm;
Mighty is Your hand, Your right hand is exalted.

Once You spoke in a vision to Your godly ones,
And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty [giving him the power to be a champion for Israel];
I have exalted one chosen from the people.

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants [scorned, insulted, and disgraced];
How I bear in my heart the reproach of all the many peoples,

More than the sounds of many waters,
More than the mighty breakers of the sea,
The Lord on high is mighty.

Bless the Lord, you His angels,
You mighty ones who do His commandments,
Obeying the voice of His word!

Seek and deeply long for the Lord and His strength [His power, His might];
Seek and deeply long for His face and His presence continually.

So that they might observe His precepts
And keep His laws [obediently accepting and honoring and valuing them].
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

Who can put into words the mighty deeds of the Lord?
Or who can proclaim all His praise [that is due Him]?

Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,
That He might make His [supreme] power known.

He led them by the straight way,
To an inhabited city [where they could establish their homes].

His descendants will be mighty on earth;
The generation of the upright will be blessed.

You [my enemy] pushed me violently so that I was falling,
But the Lord helped me.

Your word I have treasured and stored in my heart,
That I may not sin against You.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.

I have restrained my feet from every evil way,
That I may keep Your word.

Sharp arrows of the warrior,
With the burning coals of the broom tree.

How he swore to the Lord
And vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

Until I find a place for the Lord,
A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob (Israel).”

Who struck many nations
And killed mighty kings,

On the day I called, You answered me;
And You made me bold and confident with [renewed] strength in my life.

Yes, they will sing of the ways of the Lord [joyfully celebrating His wonderful acts],
For great is the glory and majesty of the Lord.

One generation shall praise Your works to another,
And shall declare Your mighty and remarkable acts.

People will speak of the power of Your awesome acts,
And [with gratitude and submissive wonder] I will tell of Your greatness.

To make known to the sons of men Your mighty acts
And the glorious majesty of Your kingdom.

Praise Him for His mighty acts;
Praise Him according to [the abundance of] His greatness.