He looks at the earth, and it trembles;
He touches the mountains,
and they pour out smoke.

As for the sinners, they shall be consumed out of the earth, and the ungodly shall come to an end. But praise thou the LORD, O my soul: Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!

When they were few in number,
very few indeed,
and temporary residents in Canaan,

When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;

They hurt his feet with shackles;
his neck was put in an iron collar.

Their hearts were turned to hate against his people, so that they made secret designs against them.

They performed His miraculous signs among them,
and wonders in the land of Ham.

He sent darkness, and it became dark—
for did they not defy His commands?

They devoured all the vegetation in their land
and consumed the produce of their land.

Egypt was glad when they left,
for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.

They asked, and He brought quail
and satisfied them with bread from heaven.

He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

When he led his people out, they rejoiced; his chosen ones shouted with joy.

He gave them the lands of the nations,
and they inherited
what other peoples had worked for.

All this happened
so that they might keep His statutes
and obey His instructions.
Hallelujah!

Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp
the significance of Your wonderful works
or remember Your many acts of faithful love;
instead, they rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.

Then they believed His promises
and sang His praise.

They soon forgot His works
and would not wait for His counsel.

They were seized with craving in the wilderness
and tested God in the desert.

He gave them what they asked for,
but sent a wasting disease among them.

In the camp they were envious of Moses
and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.

At Horeb they made a calf
and worshiped the cast metal image.

They exchanged their glory
for the image of a grass-eating ox.

They forgot God their Savior,
who did great things in Egypt,

They despised the pleasant land
and did not believe His promise.

They grumbled in their tents
and did not listen to the Lord’s voice.

They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

They provoked the Lord with their deeds,
and a plague broke out against them.

They angered the Lord at the waters of Meribah,
and Moses suffered because of them;

for they embittered his spirit,
and he spoke rashly with his lips.

They did not destroy the peoples
as the Lord had commanded them

but they mingled with the nations and learned their works,

They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.

They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.

They shed innocent blood—
the blood of their sons and daughters
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
so the land became polluted with blood.

They defiled themselves by their actions
and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.

Their enemies oppressed them,
and they were subdued under their power.

He rescued them many times,
but they continued to rebel deliberately
and were beaten down by their sin.

And He remembered His covenant for their sake,
And relented [rescinding their sentence] according to the greatness of His lovingkindness [when they cried out to Him],

They being redeemed of Jehovah shall say, Which he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

Some wandered in the desolate wilderness,
finding no way to a city where they could live.

They were hungry and thirsty;
their spirits failed within them.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He rescued them from their distress.

He led them by the right path
to go to a city where they could live.

They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men.

They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

because they rebelled against God’s commands
and despised the counsel of the Most High.

He broke their spirits with hard labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distress.

They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men.

They acted like fools in their rebellious ways, and suffered because of their sins.

They loathed all food
and came near the gates of death.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distress.

He sent them an assuring word and healed them; he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped.

They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men,

And they sacrifice sacrifices of thanksgiving, And recount His works with singing.

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

They saw the Lord’s works,
His wonderful works in the deep.

They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

they reeled and staggered like drunken men,
and all their skill was useless.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
and He brought them out of their distress.

They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet.
Then He guided them to the harbor they longed for.

They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men,

And they exalt Him in the assembly of the people, And in the seat of the elders praise Him.

He causes the hungry to settle there,
and they establish a city where they can live.

They sow fields and plant vineyards
that yield a fruitful harvest.

He blesses them, and they multiply greatly;
He does not let their livestock decrease.

When they are diminished and are humbled
by cruel oppression and sorrow,

When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.

Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;
they speak against me with lying tongues.

They surround me with hateful words
and attack me without cause.

In return for my love they accuse me,
but I continue to pray.

They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.

And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.

They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial.

He wore curses like a garment may they enter his inner being like water and his bones like oil.

I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers;
when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.

so they may know that this is Your hand
and that You, Lord, have done it.

Though they curse, You will bless.
When they rise up, they will be put to shame,
but Your servant will rejoice.

My accusers will be clothed with disgrace;
they will wear their shame like a cloak.

Great are the works of the Lord;
They are studied by all who delight in them.

The merciful and gracious LORD hath so done his marvelous works, that they ought to be had in remembrance.

They are established forever and ever,
enacted in truth and in what is right.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.

Their idols are made of silver and gold -- they are man-made.

They have mouths but cannot speak,
eyes, but cannot see.

They have ears but cannot hear,
noses, but cannot smell.

They have hands but cannot feel,
feet, but cannot walk.
They cannot make a sound with their throats.

They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

They that fear the LORD, let them put their trust in the LORD, for he is their aid and their shield.

The dead praise not thee, O LORD, neither all they that go down into silence.

They fearing Jehovah shall now say that his mercy is forever.

They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me;
in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.

They surrounded me like bees;
they were extinguished like a fire among thorns;
in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.

They thrust at me, that I might fall; but the LORD was my help.

They celebrate deliverance in the tents of the godly. The Lord's right hand conquers,