When he sent death on them, then they made search for him; turning to him and looking for him with care;

But their lips were false to him, and their tongues were untrue to him;

But he, being full of pity, has forgiveness for sin, and does not put an end to man: frequently turning back his wrath, and not being violently angry.

Again they put God to the test, and gave pain to the Holy One of Israel.

They did not keep in mind the work of his hand, or the day when he took them from the power of their haters;

So that their rivers were turned to blood, and they were not able to get drink from their streams.

He gave the increase of their fields to worms, the fruits of their industry to the locusts.

He let his wrath have its way; he did not keep back their soul from death, but gave their life to disease.

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

And he was their guide to his holy land, even to the mountain, which his right hand had made his;

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

They made him angry with their high places; moving him to wrath with their images.

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

He gave his people up to the sword, and was angry with his heritage.

Their priests were put to death by the sword, and their widows made no weeping for them.

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

From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage.

It sent out its arms to the Sea, and its branches to the River.

Come back, O God of armies: from heaven let your eyes be turned to this vine, and give your mind to it,

Even to the tree which was planted by your right hand, and to the branch which 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.

Make a song to God our strength: make a glad cry 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:

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.)

Give ear, O my people, and I will give you my word, O Israel, if you will only do as I say!

There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god.

But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.

So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes.

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

O God, do not keep quiet: let your lips be open and take no rest, O God.

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 Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah.)

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.

Lord, you were good to your land: changing the fate of Jacob.

Come back to us, O God of our salvation, and be angry with us no longer.

I will give ear to the voice of the Lord; for he will say words of peace to his people and to his saints; but let them not go back to their foolish ways.

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

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

O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

Let my prayer come before you; give ear to my cry:

For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.

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 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.

My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you.

Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.)

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?

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

They are round me all the day like water; they have made a circle about me.

You have sent my friends and lovers far from me; I am gone from the memory of those who are dear to me.

My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations.

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

God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.

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

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

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.

He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.

But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.

I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.

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.

You have made your agreement with your servant of no effect: you have had no respect for his crown, it has come down even to the earth.

All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.

You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him.

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

What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)

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

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

For he will give you into the care of his angels to keep you wherever you go.

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.

It is a good thing to give praise to the Lord, and to make melody to your name, O Most High;

Your witness is most certain; it is right for your house to be holy, O Lord, for ever.

Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.

They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.

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

He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?

Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;

They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

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.

O come, let us make songs to the Lord; sending up glad voices to the Rock of our salvation.

For he is our God; and we are the people to whom he gives food, and the sheep of his flock. Today, if you would only give ear to his voice!

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.

O make a new song to the Lord; let all the earth make melody to the Lord.

Make songs to the Lord, blessing his name; give the good news of his salvation day by day.

Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples.

For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; he is more to be feared than all other gods.

Give to the Lord, O you families of the peoples, give to the Lord glory and strength.

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.

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.

His bright flames give light to the world; the earth saw it with fear.

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

O make a new song to the Lord, because he has done works of wonder; with his right hand, and with his holy arm, he has overcome.

Let them give praise to your name, for it is great and to be feared; holy is he.

Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping at his feet; holy is he.

Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among those who gave honour to his name; they made prayers to the Lord, and he gave answers to them.