So that my enemy will not tear me like a lion,
Dragging me away while there is no one to rescue [me].

When I see and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have established,

He says to himself, “God has [quite] forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see my deed.”

Let destruction come upon my enemy by surprise;
Let the net he hid for me catch him;
Into that very destruction let him fall.

To You belongs silence [the submissive wonder of reverence], and [it bursts into] praise in Zion, O God;
And to You the vow shall be performed.

That your foot may crush them in blood,
That the tongue of your dogs may have its share from your enemies.”

Turn your footsteps [quickly] toward the perpetual ruins;
The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.

Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them;
Let all who are around Him bring gifts to Him who is to be feared [with awe-inspired reverence].

And gave up His strength and power (the ark of the covenant) into captivity,
And His glory into the hand of the enemy (the Philistines).

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand].

When there were only a few men in number,
Very few [in fact], and strangers in it;

Let his days be few;
And let another take his office.