They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.

And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

Till I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end.

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

I was stupid and didn’t understand;
I was an unthinking animal toward You.

And I am continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand.

You guide me with Your counsel,
and afterward You will take me up in glory.

Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee.

But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.

{An instruction: of Asaph.} Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

Remember Thy company. Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of Thy inheritance, This mount Zion -- Thou didst dwell in it.

Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.

A man was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;

They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name by casting it to the ground.

They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long.

Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise thy name for ever?

Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand [from judging the enemy]?
Remove Your hand from Your chest, destroy them!

For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

You established the cycle of day and night; you put the moon and sun in place.

Remember this, that an enemy hath reproached Jehovah, and a foolish people have contemned thy name.

Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of the earth are full of pride and cruel acts.

Oh let not the oppressed one return ashamed; let the afflicted and needy praise thy name.

Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of those who come against you goes up every day.

We have given thanks unto thee, O God, we have given thanks, And, in calling upon thy Name, men have recounted thy wonders.

When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.

“The earth and all the inhabitants of it melt [in tumultuous times].
It is I who will steady its pillars. Selah.

Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

And I will announce forever; I will play on the harp to the God of Jacob.

I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up. For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm by Asaph. A song.

{To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.} In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.

In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.

There were the arrows of the bow broken, there he put an end to body-cover, sword, and fight. (Selah.)

Enveloped in light, thou, art more majestic than the mountains of prey.

Brave men were plundered while they slumbered in their sleep. All the men of the army were immobilized.

From thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, the chariot and the horse lay in a deep sleep.

Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

From heaven you gave your decision; the earth, in its fear, gave no sound,

When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

For the fury of man shall praise thee; the remainder of fury wilt thou gird on thyself.

Vow and complete to Jehovah your God, All ye surrounding him. They bring presents to the Fearful One.

He puts an end to the wrath of rulers; he is feared by the kings of the earth.

{To the chief Musician. On Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm.} My voice is unto God, and I will cry; my voice is unto God, and he will give ear unto me.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

I remember God; then I am disquieted and I groan;
I sigh [in prayer], and my spirit grows faint. Selah.

I have thought on the days of old, the years of ages past.

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

Hath his loving-kindness ceased for ever? hath his word come to an end from generation to generation?

Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

And I said, “This is my grief,
That the right hand of the Most High has changed [and His lovingkindness is withheld].”

I will keep in mind the works of Jah: I will keep the memory of your wonders in the past.

I will meditate also upon all thy work, And muse on thy doings.

Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?

God, you are the one performing awesome deeds. You reveal your might among the nations.

The waters [of the Red Sea] saw You, O God;
The waters saw You, they were in anguish;
The deeps also trembled.

The clouds poured down water;
The skies sent out a sound [of rumbling thunder];
Your arrows (lightning) flashed here and there.

The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

You have led your people like a flock by the hands of Moses and Aaron. An instruction of Asaph

{An instruction. Of Asaph.} Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

in order that the next generation children yet to be born will know them and in turn teach them to their children.

That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

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

He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

Therefore, when the Lord heard, He was full of wrath;
A fire was kindled against Jacob,
And His anger mounted up against Israel,

Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

And he gave orders to the clouds on high, and the doors of heaven were open;

And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them.

Man ate the bread of angels;
God sent them provision in abundance.

He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas -- winged fowl,

And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.

So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;

They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.

For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works.

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