Let their eyes be blinded, that they see not; and ever bow down their backs.

Let their habitation be void, and no man to dwell in their tents.

For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah, that men may dwell there, and have it in possession.

Let them soon be brought to shame, that cry over me, "There! there!"

For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel together,

saying, "God hath forsaken him. Persecute him, and take him, for there is none to help him."

He shall keep the simple folk by their right, defend the children of the poor, and punish the wrongdoer.

He shall deliver their souls from extortion and wrong, and dear shall their blood be in his sight.

There shall be a heap of corn in the earth, high upon the hills; his fruit shall shake like Lebanon, and shall be green in the city like grass upon the earth.

Their eyes swell with fatness, and they do even what they lust.

They corrupt others, and speak blasphemies maliciously; proud and presumptuous are their words.

They stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven, and their tongue goeth through the world.

Therefore fall the people unto them, and there out suck they no small advantage.

"Tush," say they, "How should God perceive it? Is there knowledge in the most high?"

Yea, even like as a dream when one awaketh, so makest thou their image to vanish out of the city.

Thus my heart was grieved, and it went even through my veins.

Whom have I in heaven but thee? There is nothing upon earth, that I desire in comparison of thee.

Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy congregations, and set up their banners for tokens.

Yea, they say in their hearts, "Let us make havoc of them all together." Thus have they burnt up all the houses of God in the land.

We see not our tokens. There is not one prophet more; no, not one is there among us, that understandeth any more.

Thou dividest the sea through thy power, thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full mixed, and he poureth out of the same. As for the dregs thereof, all the ungodly of the earth shall drink them, and suck them out.

There breaketh he the arrows of the bow, the shield, the sword, and the whole battle. Selah.

The proud shall be robbed and sleep their sleep, and all the men whose hands were mighty have found nothing.

He made a covenant with Jacob, and gave Israel a law, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children,

that their posterity might know it, and the children which were yet unborn, to the intent that when they came up, they might show their children the same;

that they also might put their trust in God, and not to forget what he had done, but to keep his commandments.

And not to be as their forefathers, a faithless and stubborn generation, a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not true toward God.

He divided the sea, and let them go through it; and made the waters to stand in a heap.

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

They tempted God in their hearts, and required meat for their lust.

because they believed not in God, and put not their trust in his help.

He caused the east wind to blow under the heaven, and through his power he brought in the southwest wind.

He let it fall among their tents, even round about their habitations.

So they ate, and were filled, for he gave them their own desire.

And they were not disappointed of their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

Therefore their days were consumed in vanity, and suddenly their years were gone.

And they remembered that God was their strength, and that the high God was their redeemer.

Nevertheless, they did but flatter him with their mouths, and dissembled with him in their tongues.

For their heart was not whole with him, neither continued they steadfast in his covenant.

But he was so merciful, that he forgave their misdeeds, and destroyed them not. Yea, many a time turned he his wrath away, and would not suffer his whole displeasure to arise.

How he turned their waters into blood, so that they might not drink of the rivers;

How he gave their fruits unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the grasshopper;

How he beat down their vineyards with hail stones, and their mulberry trees with the frost;

How he smote their cattle also with hail stones, and their flocks with hot thunderbolts;

When he made a way to his fearful indignation, and spared not their souls from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

He brought them out safely, that they should not fear, and overwhelmed their enemies with the sea.

He cast out the heathen before them, caused their land to be divided among them for a heritage, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

But turned their backs, and fell away like their forefathers, starting aside like a broken bow.

And so they grieved him with their high places, and provoked him with their images.

He delivered their power into captivity, and their beauty into the enemy's hand.

The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not given in marriage.

Their priests were slain with the sword, and there were no widows to made lamentation.

And there he built his temple on high, and laid the foundation of it like the ground, that it might perpetually endure.

Their blood have they shed like water on every side of Jerusalem, and there was no man to bury them.

Wherefore shall the heathen say, "Where is now their God?" O let the vengeance of thy servant's blood that is shed, be openly showed upon the heathen in our sight.

And for the blasphemy wherewith our neighbours have blasphemed thee, reward them, O LORD, seven fold into their bosom.

There shall no strange god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any other god.

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust, and let them follow their own imaginations.

I should soon have put down their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

The haters of the LORD should have been found liars; but their time should have endured for ever.

For lo, thine enemies make a murmuring; and they that hate thee, lift up their head.

For they have cast their heads together with one consent, and are confederate against thee.

Make their princes like Oreb and Zeeb. Yea, make all their princes like as Zebah and Zalmunna,

Make their faces ashamed, O LORD, that they may seek thy name.

who going through the vale of misery use it for a well; and the pools are filled with water.

Thou hast forgiven the offense of thy people, and covered all their sins. Selah.

Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O LORD, there is not one that can do as thou doest.

O God, the proud are risen against me; and the congregation of the mighty seeketh after my soul, and have not set thee before their eyes.

I will think upon Rahab and Babylon, with them that know me. Behold ye the Philistines also, and they of Tyre, with they of the Ethiopians; lo, there was he born.

The LORD shall cause it to be preached and written among the people, that he was born there. Selah.

Their delight shall be daily in thy name; and through thy righteousness they shall be exalted.

For thou art the glory of their strength, and through thy favour shalt thou lift up our horns.

I will visit their offenses with the rod, and their sins with scourges.

The days of our age are threescore years and ten: and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years, yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.

Show thy servants thy work, and their children thy glory.

There shall no evil happen unto thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

They shall bear thee in their hands, that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone.

For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy works; and I will rejoice over the operation of thy hands.

They shall also bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well liking,

that they may show how true the LORD my strength is, and that there is no unrighteousness in him.

The floods are risen, O LORD. The floods have lift up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

Arise, thou judge of the world, and reward the proud after their deserving.

He shall recompense them their wickedness, and destroy them in their own malice: yea the LORD our God shall destroy them.

Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, and said, "They ever err in their hearts, they verily have not known my ways."

There goeth a fire before him, to burn up his enemies on every side.

Confounded be all they that worship images, and delight in their idols; worship him all ye gods.

There is sprung up a light for the righteous, and a joyful gladness for such as are true hearted.

Let the floods clap their hands, and let all the hills be joyful together

Thou heardest them, O LORD our God; thou forgavest them, O God, and punished their own inventions.

There shall no deceitful person dwell in my house; he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

when he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor destitute, and despiseth not their desire.

The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall prosper in thy sight.

But the merciful goodness of the LORD endureth for ever and ever upon them that fear him, and his righteousness upon their children's children;

Then are the hills seen aloft, and the valleys beneath - in their place which thou hast appointed for them.

Thou hast set them their bounds, which they may not pass, that they turn not again to cover the earth.

that all the beasts of the field may have drink, and that the wild asses may quench their thirst.

Beside them shall the fowls of the air have their habitation, and sing among the branches.

wherein the birds make their nests; and the fir trees are a dwelling for the stork.

The lions, roaring after their prey, do seek their meat from God.