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 oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

They did not remember what he had done, how he delivered them from the enemy,

He leveled a path for His anger [to give it free run];
He did not spare their souls from death,
But turned over their lives to the plague.

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

Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God, and did not obey his commands.

Their priests fell by the sword, but their widows did not weep.

He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose 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 decreed it as a regulation in Joseph, when he attacked the land of Egypt. I heard a voice I did not recognize.

But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me.

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

Do to them as you did to Midian -- as you did to 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 made it dark; they did not disobey his orders.

and did eat up all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruits of their ground.

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

Our fathers in Egypt did not understand nor appreciate Your miracles;
They did not remember the abundance of Your mercies nor imprint Your lovingkindnesses on their hearts,
But they were rebellious at the sea, at the Red Sea.

But they quickly forgot his deeds and 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 rejected the desirable land, and they didn't trust his promise.

They murmured in their tents, and didn't listen to the voice of the LORD.

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

They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

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

Many a time did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their own inventions, and were brought down in their wickedness.

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 didn't think to extend gracious love; he harassed to death the poor, the needy, and the broken hearted.

He also loved cursing, so it came to him;
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was 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 severely punished me, but he did not hand 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 hurried and did not procrastinate to keep your commands.

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

Though the arrogant nearly destroyed me on earth, 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.

Blessed be the LORD, who did not give us 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.

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in thy book were all my members written, which day by day were fashioned, when as yet there was not one of them.

{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.