“If the foundations [of a godly society] are destroyed,
What can the righteous do?”

How great is Your goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who [reverently] fear You,
Which You have prepared for those who take refuge in You,
Before the sons of man!

Come, behold the works of the Lord,
Who has brought desolations and wonders on the earth.

Your God has commanded your strength [your power in His service and your resistance to temptation];
Show Yourself strong, O God, who acted on our behalf.

How He worked His miracles in Egypt
And His wonders in the field of Zoan [where Pharaoh resided],

O sing to the Lord a new song,
For He has done marvelous and wonderful things;
His right hand and His holy arm have gained the victory for Him.

My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was being formed in secret,
And intricately and skillfully formed [as if embroidered with many colors] in the depths of the earth.