Before him, let the men of the desert kneel, But, as for his foes, the dust, let them lick;

May there be an abundance of corn in the earth, in the top of the mountains, - Let the fruit thereof, wave like Lebanon, And they of the city bloom like the fresh shoots of the earth.

For I was envious of the boasters, At the prosperity of the lawless, used I to look.

But, I, was brutish, and could not perceive, Like the beasts, had I become before thee.

O God, in the sanctuary, is thy way, - Who is a great GOD like Elohim?

Thou didst lead, like a flock, thy people, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.

And not become, like their fathers, a generation stubborn and rebellious, - A generation that fixed not their heart, Neither was their spirit, faithful with GOD.

He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through, And reared up the waters like a mound;

And he brought forth streams out of the cliff, And caused waters to flow down, like rivers.

And rained upon them flesh as the dust, And, like the sand of the seas, birds of wing;

And he set forth, like sheep, his people, And guided them, like a flock in the desert;

But drew back and dealt treacherously, like their fathers, They turned aside, like deceitful bowmen;

And built, like the heights, his sanctuary, Like the earth, he founded it to times age-abiding.

They have poured out their blood like water, Round about Jerusalem, With none to bury.

How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou be angry utterly? Shall thy jealousy, burn like fire?

O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Thou who leddest forth Joseph like a rock, Thou who art throned on the cherubim, appear!

O God of hosts, return, we pray thee, - Look down out of the heavens, and see, And inspect this vine:

But indeed, like the earth-born, shall ye die! And, like one of the princes, shall ye fall!

Make them like Midian, like Sisera, like Jabin, by the torrent of Kishon;

Make them - their nobles - like Oreb and like Zeeb, And, like Zebah and like Zalmunna, all their princes:

Our Shield, behold thou, O God, And look upon the face of thine Anointed One.

There is none like unto thee, among the gods, O My Lord, And nothing like thy works.

Among the dead, is my couch, - Like the slain that lie in the grave, Where thou rememberest them no more, Yea, they, from thy hand, are cut off;

They have surrounded me like waters, all the day, They have come circling against me together:

O Yahweh, God of hosts! Who, like thee, is mighty, O Yah! With thy faithfulness round about thee:

His seed, age-abidingly, shall remain, And, his throne, be like the sun before me;

Like the moon, shall it be established unto times age-abiding, And, a witness, in the skies, hath been made sure. Selah.

How long, O Yahweh, Wilt thou hide thyself utterly? Shall thine indignation, burn like fire?

Thou hast snatched them away, A sleep, do they become, In the morning, they are like grass that shooteth up,

For, all our days, decline in thy wrath, - We end our years like a sigh.

When the lawless do thrive like grass, And all the workers of iniquity have blossomed, It is that they may be destroyed for ever.

The righteous, like the palm-tree, shall thrive, Like the cedar in Lebanon, shall he grow;

The mountains, like wax, have melted, At the presence of Yahweh, At the presence, of the Lord of all the earth.

For, consumed in smoke, are my days, And, my bones, like a burning mass, are scorched through;

Smitten like herbage, so is my heart dried up, For I have forgotten to eat my food.

I am like the pelican of the desert, I have become as an owl among ruins.

I have watched and am become, Like a bird sitting alone upon a housetop.

For, ashes - like bread, have I eaten, And, my drink - with my tears, have I mingled;

My days, are like a shadow extended, And, I, as green herbage, do wither.

They, shall perish, But, thou, wilt abide; And, they all, like a garment, shall fall in pieces, As a vesture, wilt thou change them and they shall vanish;

Who satisfieth, with good, thine age, Thy youth, reneweth itself like an eagle.

Like the compassion of a father for his children, Is, the compassion of Yahweh, for them who revere him;

As for man, like grass, are his days, Like the blossom of the field, so, doth he blossom;

That I may look upon the welfare of thy chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, That I may glory, with thine inheritance.

They reel and stagger, like a drunken man, and, all their wisdom, is engulfed,

But he hath set the needy on high from affliction, and made families, like a flock: -

Because he clothed himself in cursing as his outer garment, therefore may it have entered like water into his inward part, and like oil into his bones;

As a shadow when it stretcheth out, I am gone, I am shaken off like the locust;

Mine accusers shall be clothed with confusion, and shall wrap about them, like a cloak, their own shame.

Who is like Yahweh our God? that goeth on high to dwell,

That cometh down low to look, through the heavens and through the earth;

The mountains, started like rams, The hills like the young of the flock?

Ye mountains, that ye start like rams? Ye hills, like the young of the flock?

Like unto them, shall be they who make them, Every one who trusteth in them.

They have compassed me about like wax bees, they have blazed up like the fire of thorns, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised.

In the way of thy testimonies, have I rejoiced, Like as over all riches.

Gross, like fat, is their heart, I, in thy law, have found dear delight.

Though I have been like a wine-skin in the smoke, thy statutes, have I not forgotten.

Joyful am I over thy word, Like the finder of spoil in abundance.

I have strayed like a wandering sheep, O seek thy servant, For, thy commandments, have I not forgotten.

They who trust in Yahweh, are like Mount Zion, which shall not be shaken, Age-abidingly, shall it remain.

When Yahweh brought back the captives of Zion, we were like them who dream:

Bring thou back, O Yahweh, our captives, like channels in the South.

Thy wife, like a fruitful vine, within the recesses of thy house, - Thy children, like plantings of olive-trees, round about thy table.

Let them become like the grass of housetops, which, before it is pulled up, hath withered;

Like the dew of Hermon, which descended upon the mountains of Zion, - for, there, did Yahweh command the blessing, Life, unto times age-abiding?

Even darkness, will not conceal from thee, - but, night, like day, will shine, So is the darkness, as the light!

They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent, - The poison of the asp, is under their lips. Selah.

Look to the right hand and see, that there is none that, for me, hath regard, - Escape is lost to me, There is no one to care for my life.

The earthborn, resembleth, a vapour, his days, are like a passing shadow.

That, our sons, may be like plants well grown while yet young, - Our daughters, like corner pillars, - carved, in the construction of a palace:

Who giveth snow like wool, Hoar-frost - like ashes, he scattereth:

Casting forth his ice like crumbs, Before his cold, who can stand?

Let us engulf them, like hades, alive, While in health, like them who are going down to the pit;

If thou seek her as silver, and, like hid treasure, thou search for her,

The way of the lawless, is like darkness, they know not, at what they stumble.

Let, thine eyes, right onward, look, - and, thine eyelashes, point straight before thee.

He, shall die, for lack of discipline, and, by the abounding of his perversity, shall he be lost.

He will not look, at any ransom, neither will he consent, though thou increase the bribe.

The lips of the righteous, feed multitudes, but, the foolish, for lack of sense, shall die.

Like the passing away of a tempest, so the lawless one is not, but, the righteous, hath an age-abiding foundation.

He that trusteth in his riches, the same, shall fall, but, like the leaf, shall the righteous break forth.

The way of the sluggard, is like a thorn hedge, but, the path of the upright, is a raised road.

Plans, are frustrated, for lack of consultation, but, by the multitude of counsellors, shall counsel, be established.

In the light of a king's countenance, is life, and, his good-pleasure, is like the cloud of harvest-rain.

The substance of a rich man, is his strong city, and like a high wall, in his imagination.

The growl as of a young lion, is the rage of a king, but, like dew upon the grass, is his good pleasure.

Like channels of water, is the heart of a king, in the hand of Yahweh, - whithersoever he will, he turneth it.

Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon, when it is nothing? for it will, surely make, itself wings, Like an eagle, will it wing its way across the heavens.

Do not look on wine when it becometh red, when it giveth in the cup its sparkle, glideth down smoothly.

Its after effect, is that, like a serpent, it biteth, and, like a viper, it doth sting.

Do not answer a dullard, according to his folly, lest, even thou thyself, become like him;

Like tying a stone to a sling, so, is he that giveth honour, to a dullard.

The lawless, fleeth when no man pursueth, but, the righteous, like a lion, are confident.

A poor man, who oppresseth the helpless, is like a rain beating down, leaving no food.

A leader, may lack intelligence, yet abound in oppressions, The hater of greed, shall lengthen out days.

The heart of her husband, trusteth her, and, gain, he shall not lack:

She is like the ships of the merchant, from afar, she bringeth in her food;

Said, I, in my heart, Come now! I will prove thee with gladness, and look thou on blessedness, - but lo! even that, was vanity.

Thus turned, I, to look at wisdom, and madness and folly, - for what can the man do more who cometh after the king? save that which, already, men have done.