Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judging is like the great deep; O Lord, you give life to man and beast.

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

Say sharp words to the beast among the water-plants, the band of strong ones, with the lords of the peoples, put an end to the people whose delight is in war.

As for me, I was foolish, and without knowledge; I was like a beast before you.

Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.

For from the past God is my King, working salvation in the earth.

My thoughts go back to the days of the past, to the years which are gone.

I will keep in mind the works of Jah: I will keep the memory of your wonders in the past.

I would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock.

The seat of your power has been from the past; you are eternal.

They give drink to every beast of the field; the mountain asses come to them for water.

There go the ships; there is that great beast, which you have made as a plaything.

The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.

I have kept the memory of your decisions from times past, O Lord; and they have been my comfort.

He put to death the first-fruits of Egypt, of man and of beast.

He gives food to every beast, and to the young ravens in answer to their cry.