The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

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

But in my adversity they rejoiced, and assembled themselves: yes, the abjects assembled themselves against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

For they obtained not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favor to them.

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

Marvelous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yes, many a time he turned his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food to the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints, to the beasts of the earth.

Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

They joined themselves also to Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel; and were brought low for their iniquity.

He will judge among the heathen, he will fill the places with the dead bodies; he will wound the heads over many countries.

The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

Whatever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.