Do not be so certain you have won! Do not speak with your head held so high!

As for me, I will continually tell what you have done; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob!

The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.

From Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both rider and horse have been fast asleep.

In the day I [have] trouble, I seek the Lord. At night my hand stretches out {continually}; my soul refuses to be comforted.

Thou hast taken hold of the watches of mine eyes, I have been moved, and I speak not.

I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

Has His lovingkindness ceased forever?
Have His promises ended for all time?

Has God forgotten to have compassion? Or has he closed off his mercies in anger? Selah

I will think about all you have done; I will reflect upon your deeds!"

You are the [awesome] God who works [powerful] wonders;
You have demonstrated Your power among the people.

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

The waters have seen Thee, O God, The waters have seen Thee, They are afraid -- also depths are troubled.

Poured out waters have thick clouds, The skies have given forth a noise, Also -- Thine arrows go up and down.

The voice of Thy thunder is in the spheres, Lightnings have lightened the world, The earth hath trembled, yea, it shaketh.

In the sea is Thy way, And Thy paths are in many waters, And Thy tracks have not been known.

You have led your people like a flock by the hands of Moses and Aaron. An instruction of Asaph

I will open my mouth in similitudes, and will speak forth things which have been kept secret from the beginning of the world;

Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children;

Sons of Ephraim -- armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.

They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,

They have forgotten what he has done, his awesome deeds that they witnessed.

Lo! he hath smitten a rock, And waters, have gushed out, Yea, torrents, have rushed along, - Food also, can he give? Or provide flesh for his people?

because they did not have faith in God, and did not trust his ability to deliver them.

They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet is their food in their mouth,

With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.

And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant.

Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited.

They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary.

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

And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.

And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.

And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,

His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.

His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.

from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.

{A Psalm of Asaph.} O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

We have become an object of taunting to our neighbors [because of our humiliation],
A derision and mockery to those who encircle us.

Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak.

And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen.

You have given them tears as food; you have made them drink tears by the measure.

You have made our neighbors dislike us, and our enemies insult us.

You have brought a vine out of Egypt: you have cast out the nations, and planted it.

Covered have been hills with its shadow, And its boughs are cedars of God.

Why have You broken down its walls and hedges,
So that all who pass by pick its fruit?

The wild boar out of the wood hath rooted it up, and the beasts of the field have devoured it.

Turn again [in favor to us], O God of hosts;
Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,

Even the stock which Your right hand has planted,
And [look down on] the son that You have reared and strengthened for Yourself.

It is burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish at the rebuke of Your [angry] appearance.

May you give support to the one you have chosen, to the one whom you raised up for yourself!

A testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known -- I hear.

You must neither have a foreign god over you or worship a strange god.

“But My people would not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not [consent to] obey Me.

I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

Defend the poor and fatherless, see that such as be in need and necessity have right.

I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

Who have said, 'Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'

The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God.

Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.

Look at our shield, O God, and have regard for the face of your anointed one.

For good is a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.

For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.

O Lord, You have [at last] shown favor to Your land [of Canaan];
You have restored [from Babylon] the captives of Jacob (Israel).

You have forgiven the wickedness of Your people;
You have covered all their sin. Selah.

You have withdrawn all Your wrath,
You have turned away from Your burning anger.

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry out to you all day long!

All nations whom You have made shall come and kneel down in worship before You, O Lord,
And they shall glorify Your name.

For great is Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me;
And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].

O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

Show me a sign for good,
That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,
Because You, O Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

Rahab and Babylon will be named among those who have knowledge of me; see, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man had his birth there.

{A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.} O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

For I have had enough troubles,
and my life is near Sheol.

I have been reckoned with those going down to the pit, I have been as a man without strength.

Among the dead -- free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.

You have laid me in the lowest pit,
In dark places, in the depths.

Your wrath has rested heavily upon me,
And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah.

You have put my friends far from me;
You have made me an object of loathing to them.
I am shut up and I cannot go out.

Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

Why, LORD, have you rejected me? Why have you hidden your face from me?

I am afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away.

Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

They have surrounded me like flood waters all day long;
They have completely encompassed me.

Lover and friend You have placed far from me;
My familiar friends are in darkness.