I will declare the decree of Jehovah. He has said to Me, You are My Son; today I have begotten You.

For all His judgments were before me, and I did not put away His Precepts from me.

I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them; nor did I turn again until they were destroyed.

They cried, but there was none to save; even to Jehovah, but He did not answer them.

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.

I was dumb, I did not open my mouth; because You have done it.

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My ears You have opened; burnt offering and sin offering You have not asked.

To the Chief Musician. For the sons of Korah, a contemplation. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work which You did in their days, in the days of old.

For they did not get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but it was Your right hand, and Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.

You have sold Your people for nothing, and You did not increase by their price.

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Behold, the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, he was strong in his wickedness.

They who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they who would destroy me are mighty, my lying enemies. Then I restored what I did not take away.

So foolish was I, and I did not know; I was like a beast before You.

We did not see our signs; there is no prophet any more; neither is there among us any who knows how long.

and might not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not set their heart aright, and whose spirit was not faithful with God.

They did not keep the covenant of God, and refused to walk in His Law.

He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

because they did not believe in God, and did not trust in His salvation;

For all this they still sinned, and did not believe because of His wonderful works.

But He, full of pity, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them; yea, many times He turned His anger away, and did not stir up all His wrath.

They did not remember His hand, the day when He delivered them from the enemy;

He made a way to His anger; He did not save their soul from death, but gave their life over to the plague,

And He led them on safely, so that they did not fear; but the sea flooded over their enemies.

They have given the dead bodies of Your servants as food for the birds of the heavens, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.

free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom You remember no more; and by Your hand they are cut off.

For will You do wonders to the dead? Shall the dead rise and praise You? Selah.

For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand. Today if you will hear His voice,

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they did not rebel against His Word.

Our fathers did not understand Your wonders in Egypt; they did not remember the multitude of Your mercies, but rebelled at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

They hurried and forgot His works; they did not wait for His counsel;

And they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His Word,

but murmured in their tents, and did not listen to the voice of Jehovah.

And they joined themselves to Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead,

They did not destroy the nations as Jehovah commanded them;

because he did not remember to do mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and sought to kill the broken-hearted.

He shall judge among the nations, He shall fill them with dead bodies; He shall shatter heads over much of the earth.

The dead do not praise Jehovah, nor do any who go down into silence.

I made haste and did not delay to keep Your Commandments.

They had almost finished me on earth; but I did not forsake Your Commandments.

I saw the traitors, and was grieved because they did not keep Your Word.

Great things did Jehovah to work with us and we are glad.

Every thing Jehovah pleased, He did in the heavens and in earth, and in the seas and all deep places.

For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has beaten my life down to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, as those long dead.