The enemy's cities have been reduced to permanent ruins; you destroyed their cities; all memory of the enemies has perished.

It is as if I have been given fertile fields or received a beautiful tract of land.

I have been dependent on you since birth; from the time I came out of my mother's womb you have been my God.

I can see the evildoers! They have fallen! They have been knocked down and are unable to get up!

We have not been unfaithful, nor have we disobeyed your commands.

God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes; he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. But sinful rebels live in the desert.

But God has been my king from ancient times, performing acts of deliverance on the earth.

I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.

A prayer of Moses, the man of God. O Lord, you have been our protector through all generations!

Your throne has been secure from ancient times; you have always been king.

Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live.

This has been my practice, for I observe your precepts.

A song of ascents, by David. "If the Lord had not been on our side" -- let Israel say this! --

if the Lord had not been on our side, when men attacked us,

Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

and execute the judgment to which their enemies have been sentenced. All his loyal followers will be vindicated. Praise the Lord!