1  O God, why do you ^scast us off forever?

Why does your anger ^tsmoke against ^uthe sheep of your pasture?

2  ^vRemember your congregation, which you have ^wpurchased of old,

which you have ^xredeemed to be ^ythe tribe of your heritage!

Remember Mount Zion, ^zwhere you have dwelt.

3  Direct your steps to ^athe perpetual ruins;

the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!

4  Your foes have ^broared in the midst of your meeting place;

^cthey set up their ^down signs for ^esigns.

5  They were like those who swing ^faxes

in a forest of trees.²

6  And all its ^gcarved wood

they broke down with hatchets and hammers.

7  They ^hset your sanctuary on fire;

they ⁱprofaned ^jthe dwelling place of your name,

bringing it down to the ground.

8  They ^ksaid to themselves, “We will utterly subdue them”;

they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

9  We do not see our ^lsigns;

^mthere is no longer any prophet,

and there is none among us who knows how long.

10  How long, O God, ⁿis the foe to scoff?

Is the enemy to revile your name forever?

11  Why ^odo you hold back your hand, your right hand?

Take it from the fold of your garment³ and destroy them!

12  Yet ^pGod my King is from of old,

working salvation in the midst of the earth.

13  You ^qdivided the sea by your might;

you ^rbroke the heads of ^sthe sea monsters⁴ on the waters.

14  You crushed the heads of ^tLeviathan;

you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.

15  You ^usplit open springs and brooks;

you ^vdried up ever-flowing streams.

16  Yours is the day, yours also the night;

you have established ^wthe heavenly lights and the sun.

17  You have ^xfixed all the boundaries of the earth;

you have made ^ysummer and winter.

18  ^zRemember this, O Lord, how the enemy scoffs,

and ^aa foolish people reviles your name.

19  Do not deliver the soul of your ^bdove to the wild beasts;

^cdo not forget the life of your poor forever.

20  Have regard for ^dthe covenant,

for ^ethe dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

21  Let not ^fthe downtrodden ^gturn back in shame;

let ^hthe poor and needy praise your name.

22  Arise, O God, ⁱdefend your cause;

^jremember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!

23  Do not forget the clamor of your foes,

^kthe uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually!

1  We give thanks to you, O God;

we give thanks, for your name is ⁿnear.

We⁵ recount your wondrous deeds.

2  “At ^othe set time that I appoint

I will judge ^pwith equity.

3  When the earth ^qtotters, and all its inhabitants,

it is I who keep steady its ^rpillars. Selah

4  I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’

and to the wicked, ^s‘Do not lift up your horn;

5  do not lift up your horn on high,

or speak with haughty neck.’”

6  For not from the east or from the west

and not from the wilderness comes ^tlifting up,

7  but it is ^uGod who executes judgment,

^vputting down one and lifting up another.

8  ^wFor in the hand of the Lord there is ^xa cup

with foaming wine, ^ywell mixed,

and he pours out from it,

and all the wicked of the earth

shall ^zdrain it down to the dregs.

9  But I will declare it forever;

I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

10  ^aAll the horns of the wicked I will cut off,

^bbut the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

1  In Judah God is ^eknown;

his name is great in Israel.

2  His ^fabode has been established in ^gSalem,

his ^hdwelling place in Zion.

3  There he ⁱbroke the flashing arrows,

the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah

4  Glorious are you, more majestic

^jthan the mountains full of ^kprey.

5  ^lThe stouthearted were stripped of their spoil;

^mthey sank into sleep;

all the men of war

were unable to use their hands.

6  At your rebuke, O God of Jacob,

both ⁿrider and horse lay stunned.

7  ^oBut you, you are to be feared!

Who can ^pstand before you

when once your anger is roused?

8  From the heavens you uttered judgment;

^qthe earth feared and was still,

9  when God ^rarose to establish judgment,

to save all the humble of the earth. Selah

10  Surely ^sthe wrath of man shall praise you;

the remnant⁶ of wrath you will put on like a belt.

11  ^tMake your vows to the Lord your God and perform them;

let all around him ^ubring gifts

to him who ^vis to be feared,

12  who ^wcuts off the spirit of princes,

who ^xis to be feared by the kings of the earth.

“Worthy are you to take the scroll

and to open its seals,

for ^vyou were slain, and by your blood ^wyou ransomed people for God

from ^xevery tribe and language and people and nation,

10  and you have made them ^ya kingdom and priests to our God,

and they shall reign on the earth.”

^a“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,

to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might

and honor and glory and blessing!”

“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb

be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”