They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

We saw not our signs, no more a prophet: and not with us will it be known how long.

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.

By you all the limits of the earth were fixed; you have made summer and winter.

Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.

Pay attention to your covenant, for the dark regions of the earth are full of violence.

O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.

Rise up, O God, plead your cause; remember the reproaching of you by [the] foolish {all day long}.

Don't forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A Psalm by Asaph. A song.

When the right time has come, I will be the judge in righteousness.

I have said to the boastful, 'Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, 'Raise not up a horn.'

Let not your horn be lifted up: let no more words of pride come from your outstretched necks.

But I will ever be full of joy, making songs of praise to the God of Jacob.

All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of Asaph, a song. God has revealed himself in Judah; in Israel his reputation is great.

And his booth shall be in peace, and his dwelling in Zion.

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

You are enveloped by light; more majestic than mountains filled with game.

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

By Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the horse and the chariot have sunk into a sleep.

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

Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,

yea, when God ariseth to give judgment, and to help all them that be in adversity upon earth. Selah.

Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

He cuts off [the] spirit of leaders. [He is to be] feared by [the] kings of [the] earth.

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of Asaph. I will cry out to God and call for help! I will cry out to God and he will pay attention to 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 will remember God and I shall be disquieted: I shall be depressed and my spirit will languish. Silence.

I reasoned, Of the days of aforetime, Of the years of by-gone ages;

Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

Has his gracious love ceased forever? Will his promise be unfulfilled in future generations?

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 speak of all thy works, and my talking shall be of thy doings.

You delivered your people by your strength -- the children of Jacob and Joseph. (Selah)

The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they will tremble, also the depths will be moved.

In the sea, was thy way, And, thy path, in the mighty waters, And, thy footprints, could not be known:

Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Give ear, O my people, to my law; let your ears be bent down to the words of my mouth.

I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples];
I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]—

Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as they were given to us by our fathers.

That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

Sons of Ephraim -- armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.

They did not keep God’s covenant
and refused to live by His law.

And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire.

The rocks of the waste land were broken by his power, and he gave them drink as out of the deep waters.

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.

They spoke against God by asking, "Is God able to prepare a feast in the desert?

See, the rock was cut open by his power, so that the water came rushing out, and overflowing streams; is he able to give us bread? is he able to get meat for his people?

Humankind ate [the] bread of {angels}. He sent them food [enough] to be satisfied.

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

And they shall eat and be well filled: and he will bring to them their desire.

the anger of God rose against them, and he killed some of the stoutest of them, even the young men of Israel he caused to bow down [in death].

He sent ice for the destruction of their vines; their trees were damaged by the bitter cold.

He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

He took them on safely so that they had no fear; but their haters were covered by the sea.

He brought the people to the border of his holy mountain, which he acquired by his might.

He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

But they tested the Most High God by rebelling against him, and they did not obey his statutes.

But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

And he let his strength be taken prisoner, and gave his glory into the hands of his hater.

His young men, were devoured by fire, And, his virgins, were not praised in song;

Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

His haters were turned back by his blows and shamed for ever.

And be will choose the tribe of Judah, mount Zion which he loved.

And he made his holy place like the high heaven, like the earth which is fixed by him for ever.

He took David to be his servant, taking him from the place of the flocks;

From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors
the reproach they have hurled at You, Lord.

So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lilies of the Covenant." A Psalm by Asaph.

Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen.

Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, let your strength be awake from sleep, and come as our salvation.

Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

You have given them tears as food; you have made them drink tears by the measure.

Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Thou didst set in order before it, and thou wilt cause its roots to take root and the earth will be filled.

The mountains were covered by its shade,
and the mighty cedars with its branches.

Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

It is uprooted by the pigs from the woods, the beasts of the field get their food from it.

Please return, O God [of] hosts. Observe from heaven and see, and pay attention to this vine,

Even to the tree which was planted by your right hand, and to the branch which you made strong for yourself.

It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

So will we not be turned back from you; keep us in life, and we will give praise to your name.

Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

To the Overseer. -- 'On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.

Let the horn be sounded in the time of the new moon, at the full moon, on our holy feast-day:

For, a statute to Israel, it is, A regulation, by the God of Jacob;

I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands shall past by from the basket

In distress thou hast called and I deliver thee, I answer thee in the secret place of thunder, I try thee by the waters of Meribah. Selah.

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