The king says, "I will announce the Lord's decree. He said to me: 'You are my son! This very day I have become your father!

Remember your people whom you acquired in ancient times, whom you rescued so they could be your very own nation, as well as Mount Zion, where you dwell!

For the Lord holds in his hand a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices, and pours it out. Surely all the wicked of the earth will slurp it up and drink it to its very last drop."

I said, "During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully." I tried to make sense of what was happening.

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations!

Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes -- you will see the wicked paid back.

How great are your works, O Lord! Your plans are very intricate!

When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident aliens within it,

The Lord made his people very fruitful, and made them more numerous than their enemies.

He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.

I am determined to obey your statutes at all times, to the very end.

Remember, O Lord, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, "Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!"