He sent on them the heat of his wrath, his bitter disgust, letting loose evil angels among them.

He gave to destruction all the first sons of Egypt; the first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham;

But he took his people out like sheep, guiding them in the waste land like a flock.

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

Their hearts were turned back and untrue like their fathers; they were turned to one side like a twisted bow.

When this came to God's ears he was very angry, and gave up Israel completely;

So that he went away from the holy place in Shiloh, the tent which he had put among men;

Their young men were burned in the fire; and their virgins were not praised in the bride-song.

Then was the Lord like one awaking from sleep, and like a strong man crying out because of wine.

And he put the tent of Joseph on one side, and took not the tribe of Ephraim;

But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.

So he gave them food with an upright heart, guiding them by the wisdom of his hands.

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.

You have given them the bread of weeping for food; for their drink you have given them sorrow in great measure.

You took a vine out of Egypt: driving out the nations, and planting it in their land.

Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

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

Take up the melody, playing on an instrument of music, even on corded instruments.

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

He gave it to Joseph as a witness, when he went out over the land of Egypt; then the words of a strange tongue were sounding in my ears.

You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.)

If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my ways!

I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them.

God is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods.

Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah.)

Happy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.

O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king.

For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.

O Lord of armies, happy is the man whose hope is in you.

Will you go on being angry with us for ever? will you keep your wrath against us through all the long generations?

Will you not give us life again, so that your people may be glad in you?

Truly, his salvation is near to his worshippers; so that glory may be in our land.

Mercy and faith have come together; righteousness and peace have given one another a kiss.

Let your ears be open to my voice, O Lord, and give me an answer; for I am poor and in need.

This house is resting on the holy mountain.

The Lord will keep in mind, when he is writing the records of the people, that this man had his birth there. (Selah.)

The players on instruments will be there, and the dancers will say, All my springs are in you.

My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care.

You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.

You have sent my friends far away from me; you have made me a disgusting thing in their eyes: I am shut up, and not able to come out.

Will the story of your mercy be given in the house of the dead? will news of your faith come to the place of destruction?

May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?

But to you did I send up my cry, O Lord; in the morning my prayer came before you.

I have been troubled and in fear of death from the time when I was young; your wrath is hard on me, and I have no strength.

For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.

I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;

I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah.)

In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the saints.

For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?

You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.

Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.

Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.

Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand.

The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face.

Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.

In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up.

For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.

For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.

Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people.

I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.

But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up.

I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.

I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.

His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.

It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.)

But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.

His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.

You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.

Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?

Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart;

Lord, you have been our resting-place in all generations.

Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;

Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope.

You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day,

Or of the disease which takes men in the dark, or of the destruction which makes waste when the sun is high.

Because you have said, I am in the hands of the Lord, the Most High is my safe resting-place;

No evil will come on you, and no disease will come near your tent.

In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

You will put your foot on the lion and the snake; the young lion and the great snake will be crushed under your feet.

Because he has given me his love, I will take him out of danger: I will put him in a place of honour, because he has kept my name in his heart.

When his cry comes up to me, I will give him an answer: I will be with him in trouble; I will make him free from danger and give him honour.

The Lord in heaven is stronger than the noise of great waters, yes, he is stronger than the great waves of the sea.

O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.

Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.

And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.

The deep places of the earth are in his hand; and the tops of the mountains are his.

O come, let us give worship, falling down on our knees before the Lord our Maker.

Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land;

When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work.

And I made an oath in my wrath, that they might not come into my place of rest.

Give to the Lord the glory of his name; take with you an offering and come into his house.

O give worship to the Lord in holy robes; be in fear before him, all the earth.

Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.

Let the field be glad, and everything which is in it; yes, let all the trees of the wood be sounding with joy,

Before the Lord, for he is come; he is come to be the judge of the earth; the earth will be judged in righteousness, and the peoples with unchanging faith.

Dark clouds are round him; his kingdom is based on righteousness and right judging.

Shamed be all those who give worship to images, and take pride in false gods; give him worship, all you gods.