Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;

Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah driving them on.

But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall consume; In smoke shall they consume away.

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.

Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away, Like the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.

Thou wilt prolong the king's life; His years shall be as many generations.

They shall be given over to the power of the sword: They shall be a portion for foxes.

And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

He led them also by a straight way, That they might go to a city of habitation.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, And to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;

Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness; And let him reprove me, it shall be as oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.

When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth, And our daughters as corner-stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;