The wicked [those who live in disobedience to God’s law] are not so,
But they are like the chaff [worthless and without substance] which the wind blows away.

Let them be [blown away] like chaff before the wind [worthless, without substance],
With the angel of the Lord driving them on.

He killed all the firstborn in Egypt,
The first and best of their strength in the tents [of the land of the sons] of Ham.

O my God, make them like whirling dust,
Like chaff before the wind [worthless and without substance].

He also struck down all the firstborn in their land,
The first fruits and chief substance of all their strength.

He will execute judgment [in overwhelming punishment] among the nations;
He will fill them with corpses,
He will crush the chief men over a broad country.

The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief corner stone.

Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you,
If I do not prefer Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.