Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

If he slew of them, then they sought him, Yea they turned, and did earnestly seek GOD;

Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

And their hearts were not right with him, and they did not keep their agreement with him.

But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places!

They did not keep in mind the work of his hand, or the day when he took them from the power of their haters;

He let his wrath have its way; he did not keep back their soul from death, but gave their life to disease.

Yea he led them securely, and they dreaded not, And, their enemies, the sea did cover.

But they tested and rebelled against God Most High and did not keep his statutes.

His priests fell by the sword, and his widows did not weep.

And he rejected the tent of Joseph, and did not chose the tribe of Ephraim,

So he did shepherd them, according to the singleness of his heart, And, with the discernment of his hands, used he to guide them.

You prepared room before it, and did cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?

He made it a statute in Joseph when he went out against the land of Egypt, [where] I heard a language I did not know.

“But My people did not listen to Me;
Israel did not obey Me.

I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.

Deal with them as You did with Midian,
as You did with Sisera
and Jabin at the Kishon River.

Indeed, about Zion it will be said: "More than one person was born in it," and "The Most High himself did it."

But to you did I send up my cry, O Lord; in the morning my prayer came before you.

Once did I swear in my holy place if I shall lie to David.

Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword and did not support him in battle.

That when the wicked sprouted up like grass
And all who did iniquity flourished,
It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.

Whose, is the sea, for, he, made it, And, the dry land, his hands, did form.

where your fathers tested Me;
they tried Me, though they had seen what I did.

Chanting. Sing ye to Jehovah a new song, for he did wonders: his right hand saved for him, and his holy arm.

From the voice of my groaning my bone did cleave to my flesh.

For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

Jehovah did justices and judgments to all being oppressed.

He did not to us according to our sins, and he did not recompense upon us according to our iniquities.

Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth.

He did not allow anyone to oppress them, or any kings to reprove them.

These did his tokens among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

He sent darkness, and it became dark—
for did they not defy His commands?

And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.

We have sinned like our fathers;
We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.

Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp
the significance of Your wonderful works
or remember Your many acts of faithful love;
instead, they rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.

They quickly forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.

They made a calf in Horeb, and did homage to a molten image;

They forgot God their Savior,
who did great things in Egypt,

They despised the pleasant land
and did not believe His promise.

They grumbled in their tents
and did not listen to the Lord’s voice.

Yet they let themselves be bound to Baal-peor, - and did eat sacrifices to the dead:

They did not destroy the peoples
as the Lord had commanded them

Therefore, they became unclean because of what they did; they have acted like whores by their evil deeds.

Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region;
They did not find a way to an inhabited city.

God, you have rejected us, have you not, since you did not march out with our army, God?

For he did not think to show kindness,
but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenhearted
in order to put them to death.

Because he loved cursing, let it come [upon] him. Because he did not delight in blessing, let it be far from him.

And our God is in the heavens; did all that he delighted in.

A voice of rejoicing and salvation in the tents of the just the right hand of Jehovah did strength.

The right hand of Jehovah was exalted: the right hand of Jehovah did strength.

The Lord disciplined me severely
but did not give me over to death.

Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

My soul did cleave to the dust: make me alive according to thy word.

I made haste and did not delay to keep Your Commandments.

Though the ropes of the wicked
were wrapped around me,
I did not forget Your instruction.

They almost ended my life on earth,
but I did not abandon Your precepts.

I did judgment and justice: thou wilt not leave me to those oppressing me.

I am small and despised: I did not forget thy charges.

I saw with hate those who were untrue to you; for they did not keep your saying.

I hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and I did thy commands.

The Lord deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.

Then filled with laughter is our mouth, And our tongue with singing, Then do they say among nations, 'Jehovah did great things with these.'

Jehovah did great things with us, We have been joyful.

If I did not place and rest my soul as a child weaned of his Mother: my soul as a weaned child.

Like the dew of Hermon, which descended upon the mountains of Zion, - for, there, did Yahweh command the blessing, Life, unto times age-abiding?

Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.

By rivers of Babylon -- There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

Remember, O Lord, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, "Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!"

For You formed my innermost parts;
You knit me [together] in my mother’s womb.

Your eyes did see my substance, being yet unformed; and in your book they were all written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.

[A maschil of David. A prayer when he was in the cave.] I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.

He did judgment for the oppressed; he gave bread to the hungering: Jehovah loosed those being bound.

For He did strengthen the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy sons in thy midst.

He did not thus to every nation: and judgments they knew them not Praise ye Jah.