Psalm 73-89

Christian Standard Bible

⁴ They have an easy time until they die,^[a]
and their bodies are well fed.^[b](E)
5 They are not in trouble like others;
they are not afflicted like most people.^(F)
6 Therefore, pride is their necklace,
and violence covers them like a garment.^(G)
7 Their eyes bulge out from fatness;
the imaginations of their hearts run wild.^(H)
8 They mock, and they speak maliciously;
they arrogantly threaten oppression.^(I)
9 They set their mouths against heaven,
and their tongues strut across the earth.^(J)
10 Therefore his people turn to them^[c]
and drink in their overflowing words.^[d](K)
11 The wicked say, “How can God know?
Does the Most High know everything?” ^(L)
12 Look at them—the wicked!
They are always at ease,
and they increase their wealth.^(M)

¹³ Did I purify my heart
and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?^(N)
14 For I am afflicted all day long
and punished every morning.^(O)
15 If I had decided to say these things aloud,
I would have betrayed your people.^[e](P)
16 When I tried to understand all this,
it seemed hopeless^[f](Q)
17 until I entered God’s sanctuary.
Then I understood their destiny.^(R)
18 Indeed, you put them in slippery places;
you make them fall into ruin.^(S)
19 How suddenly they become a desolation!
They come to an end, swept away by terrors.^(T)
20 Like one waking from a dream,
Lord, when arising, you will despise their image.^(U)

²¹ When I became embittered
and my innermost being^[g] was wounded,^(V)
22 I was stupid and didn’t understand;
I was an unthinking animal toward you.^(W)
23 Yet I am always with you;
you hold my right hand.^(X)
24 You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will take me up in glory.^[h](Y)
25 Who do I have in heaven but you?
And I desire nothing on earth but you.^(Z)
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength^[i] of my heart,
my portion forever.^(AA)
27 Those far from you will certainly perish;
you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.^(AB)
28 But as for me, God’s presence is my good.
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
so I can tell about all you do.^(AC)

¹² God my King is from ancient times,
performing saving acts on the earth.^(AQ)
13 You divided the sea with your strength;
you smashed the heads of the sea monsters in the water;^(AR)
14 you crushed the heads of Leviathan;
you fed him to the creatures of the desert. ^(AS)
15 You opened up springs and streams;^(AT)
you dried up ever-flowing rivers.^(AU)
16 The day is yours, also the night;
you established the moon and the sun.^(AV)
17 You set all the boundaries of the earth;
you made summer and winter.^(AW)

¹⁸ Remember this: the enemy has mocked the Lord,
and a foolish people has insulted your name.^(AX)
19 Do not give to beasts the life of your dove;^[o]
do not forget the lives of your poor people forever.^(AY)
20 Consider the covenant,^(AZ)
for the dark places of the land are full of violence.^(BA)
21 Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame;
let the poor and needy praise your name.^(BB)
22 Rise up, God, champion your cause!^(BC)
Remember the insults
that fools bring against you all day long.^(BD)
23 Do not forget the clamor of your adversaries,
the tumult of your opponents that goes up constantly.^(BE)

² “When I choose a time,
I will judge fairly.^(BI)
3 When the earth and all its inhabitants shake,
I am the one who steadies its pillars.^(BJ)Selah
⁴ I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.^(BK)
5 Do not lift up your horn against heaven^[p]
or speak arrogantly.’”^(BL)

⁶ Exaltation does not come
from the east, the west, or the desert,
⁷ for God is the Judge:
He brings down one and exalts another.^(BM)
8 For there is a cup in the Lord’s hand,
full of wine blended with spices, and he pours from it.
All the wicked of the earth will drink,
draining it to the dregs.^(BN)

⁹ As for me, I will tell about him forever;
I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.^(BO)

¹⁰ “I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,^(BP)
but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”^(BQ)

⁴ You are resplendent and majestic
coming down from the mountains of prey.^(BV)
5 The brave-hearted have been plundered;
they have slipped into their final sleep.
None of the warriors was able to lift a hand.^(BW)
6 At your rebuke, God of Jacob,
both chariot and horse lay still.^(BX)

⁷ And you—you are to be feared.^[q]
When you are angry,
who can stand before you?^(BY)
8 From heaven you pronounced judgment.
The earth feared and grew quiet^(BZ)
9 when God rose up to judge
and to save all the lowly of the earth.^(CA)Selah
¹⁰ Even human wrath will praise you;
you will clothe yourself
with the wrath that remains.^[r](CB)

¹¹ Make and keep your vows
to the Lord your God;^(CC)
let all who are around him bring tribute
to the awe-inspiring one.^[s](CD)
12 He humbles the spirit of leaders;
he is feared by the kings of the earth.^(CE)

⁴ You have kept me from closing my eyes;
I am troubled and cannot speak.^(CJ)
5 I consider days of old,
years long past.^(CK)
6 At night I remember my music;
I meditate in my heart, and my spirit ponders.^(CL)

⁷ “Will the Lord reject forever
and never again show favor?^(CM)
8 Has his faithful love ceased forever?
Is his promise at an end for all generations?^(CN)
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has he in anger withheld his compassion?” ^(CO)Selah

¹⁰ So I say, “I am grieved
that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”^[t](CP)
11 I will remember the Lord’s works;
yes, I will remember your ancient wonders.^(CQ)
12 I will reflect on all you have done
and meditate on your actions.^(CR)

¹³ God, your way is holy.
What god is great like God?^(CS)
14 You are the God who works wonders;
you revealed your strength among the peoples.^(CT)
15 With power you redeemed your people,
the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.^(CU)Selah

¹⁶ The water saw you, God.
The water saw you; it trembled.
Even the depths shook.^(CV)
17 The clouds poured down water.
The storm clouds thundered;
your arrows flashed back and forth.^(CW)
18 The sound of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
lightning lit up the world.^(CX)
The earth shook and quaked.^(CY)
19 Your way went through the sea
and your path through the vast water,
but your footprints were unseen.^(CZ)
20 You led your people like a flock^(DA)
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.^(DB)

⁹ The Ephraimite archers turned back
on the day of battle.^(DL)
10 They did not keep God’s covenant
and refused to live by his law.^(DM)
11 They forgot what he had done,
the wondrous works he had shown them.^(DN)
12 He worked wonders in the sight of their ancestors
in the land of Egypt, the territory of Zoan.^(DO)
13 He split the sea and brought them across;
the water stood firm like a wall.^(DP)
14 He led them with a cloud by day
and with a fiery light throughout the night.^(DQ)
15 He split rocks in the wilderness
and gave them drink as abundant as the depths.^(DR)
16 He brought streams out of the stone
and made water flow down like rivers.^(DS)

¹⁷ But they continued to sin against him,
rebelling in the desert against the Most High.^(DT)
18 They deliberately^[u] tested God,
demanding the food they craved.^(DU)
19 They spoke against God, saying,
“Is God able to provide food in the wilderness?
²⁰ Look! He struck the rock and water gushed out;
torrents overflowed.^(DV)
But can he also provide bread
or furnish meat for his people?” ^(DW)
21 Therefore, the Lord heard and became furious;
then fire broke out against Jacob,
and anger flared up against Israel^(DX)
22 because they did not believe God
or rely on his salvation.^(DY)
23 He gave a command to the clouds above
and opened the doors of heaven.^(DZ)
24 He rained manna for them to eat;
he gave them grain from heaven.^(EA)
25 People^[v] ate the bread of angels.^[w]
He sent them an abundant supply of food.^(EB)
26 He made the east wind blow in the skies
and drove the south wind by his might.^(EC)
27 He rained meat on them like dust,
and winged birds like the sand of the seas.
²⁸ He made them fall in the camp,
all around the tents.^(ED)
29 The people ate and were completely satisfied,
for he gave them what they craved.^(EE)
30 Before they had turned from what they craved,
while the food was still in their mouths,
³¹ God’s anger flared up against them,
and he killed some of their best men.
He struck down Israel’s fit young men.^(EF)

³² Despite all this, they kept sinning
and did not believe his wondrous works.^(EG)
33 He made their days end in futility,
their years in sudden disaster.^(EH)
34 When he killed some of them,
the rest began to seek him;
they repented and searched for God.^(EI)
35 They remembered that God was their rock,
the Most High God, their Redeemer.^(EJ)
36 But they deceived him with their mouths,
they lied to him with their tongues,^(EK)
37 their hearts were insincere toward him,
and they were unfaithful to his covenant.^(EL)
38 Yet he was compassionate;
he atoned for their iniquity
and did not destroy them.
He often turned his anger aside
and did not unleash^[x] all his wrath.^(EM)
39 He remembered that they were only flesh,
a wind that passes and does not return.^(EN)

⁴⁰ How often they rebelled against him
in the wilderness
and grieved him in the desert.
⁴¹ They constantly tested God^(EO)
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.^(EP)
42 They did not remember his power shown
on the day he redeemed them from the foe,^(EQ)
43 when he performed his miraculous signs in Egypt
and his wonders in the territory of Zoan.^(ER)
44 He turned their rivers into blood,
and they could not drink from their streams.^(ES)
45 He sent among them swarms of flies,^(ET)
which fed on them,
and frogs, which devastated them.^(EU)
46 He gave their crops to the caterpillar
and the fruit of their labor to the locust.^(EV)
47 He killed their vines with hail
and their sycamore fig trees with a flood.
⁴⁸ He handed over their livestock to hail
and their cattle to lightning bolts.^(EW)
49 He sent his burning anger against them:
fury, indignation, and calamity—
a band of deadly messengers.^[y](EX)
50 He cleared a path for his anger.
He did not spare them from death
but delivered their lives to the plague.^(EY)
51 He struck all the firstborn^(EZ) in Egypt,
the first progeny of the tents of Ham.^(FA)
52 He led his people out like sheep
and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.^(FB)
53 He led them safely, and they were not afraid;
but the sea covered their enemies.^(FC)
54 He brought them to his holy territory,
to the mountain his right hand acquired.^(FD)
55 He drove out nations before them.^(FE)
He apportioned their inheritance by lot
and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.^(FF)

⁵⁶ But they rebelliously tested the Most High God,
for they did not keep his decrees.^(FG)
57 They treacherously turned away like their ancestors;
they became warped like a faulty bow.^(FH)
58 They enraged him with their high places
and provoked his jealousy with their carved images.^(FI)
59 God heard and became furious;
he completely rejected Israel.^(FJ)
60 He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh,
the tent where he resided among mankind.^(FK)
61 He gave up his strength to captivity
and his splendor to the hand of a foe.^(FL)
62 He surrendered his people to the sword
because he was enraged with his heritage.^(FM)
63 Fire consumed his chosen young men,
and his young women had no wedding songs.^[z](FN)
64 His priests fell by the sword,
and the widows could not lament.^(FO)

⁶⁵ The Lord awoke as if from sleep,
like a warrior from the effects of wine.^(FP)
66 He beat back his foes;
he gave them lasting disgrace.^(FQ)
67 He rejected the tent of Joseph
and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
⁶⁸ He chose instead the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which he loved.^(FR)
69 He built his sanctuary like the heights,
like the earth that he established forever.^(FS)
70 He chose David his servant
and took him from the sheep pens;^(FT)
71 he brought him from tending ewes
to be shepherd over his people Jacob—
over Israel, his inheritance.^(FU)
72 He shepherded them with a pure heart
and guided them with his skillful hands.^(FV)

⁵ How long, Lord? Will you be angry forever?
Will your jealousy keep burning like fire?^(GB)
6 Pour out your wrath on the nations
that don’t acknowledge you,
on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name,^(GC)
7 for they have devoured Jacob
and devastated his homeland.^(GD)
8 Do not hold past iniquities^[aa] against us;
let your compassion come to us quickly,
for we have become very weak.^(GE)

⁹ God of our salvation, help us,^(GF)
for the glory of your name.
Rescue us and atone for our sins,
for your name’s sake.^(GG)
10 Why should the nations ask,
“Where is their God?” ^(GH)
Before our eyes,
let vengeance for the shed blood of your servants
be known among the nations.^(GI)
11 Let the groans of the prisoners reach you;
according to your great power,
preserve those condemned to die.^(GJ)

¹² Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors^(GK)
the reproach they have hurled at you, Lord.^(GL)
13 Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture,^(GM)
will thank you forever;
we will declare your praise
to generation after generation.^(GN)

⁴ Lord God of Armies,
how long will you be angry
with your people’s prayers?^(GX)
5 You fed them the bread of tears
and gave them a full measure^[ab]
of tears to drink.^(GY)
6 You put us at odds with our neighbors;
our enemies mock us.^(GZ)
7 Restore us, God of Armies;
make your face shine on us, so that we may be saved.^(HA)

⁸ You dug up a vine from Egypt;
you drove out the nations and planted it.^(HB)
9 You cleared a place for it;
it took root and filled the land.^(HC)
10 The mountains were covered by its shade,
and the mighty cedars^[ac] with its branches.^(HD)
11 It sent out sprouts toward the Sea^[ad]
and shoots toward the River.^[ae](HE)

¹² Why have you broken down its walls
so that all who pass by pick its fruit?^(HF)
13 Boars from the forest tear at it
and creatures of the field feed on it.^(HG)
14 Return, God of Armies.^(HH)
Look down from heaven and see;
take care of this vine,
¹⁵ the root^[af] your right hand planted,
the son^[ag] that you made strong for yourself.^(HI)
16 It was cut down and burned;
they^[ah] perish at the rebuke of your countenance.^(HJ)
17 Let your hand be with the man at your right hand,
with the son of man
you have made strong for yourself.^(HK)
18 Then we will not turn away from you;
revive us, and we will call on your name.^(HL)
19 Restore us, Lord, God of Armies;^(HM)
make your face shine on us, so that we may be saved.^(HN)

¹¹ “But my people did not listen to my voice;
Israel did not obey me.^(IB)
12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own plans.^(IC)
13 If only my people would listen to me
and Israel would follow my ways,^(ID)
14 I would quickly subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes.”^(IE)
15 Those who hate the Lord
would cower to him;^(IF)
their doom would last forever.^(IG)
16 But he would feed Israel^[ak] with the best wheat.
“I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”^(IH)

⁵ They do not know or understand;
they wander in darkness.^(IN)
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.^(IO)

⁶ I said, “You are gods;^(IP)
you are all sons of the Most High.^(IQ)
7 However, you will die like humans
and fall like any other ruler.”^(IR)

⁸ Rise up, God, judge the earth,
for all the nations belong to you.^(IS)

⁹ Deal with them as you did with Midian,^(JE)
as you did with Sisera
and Jabin at the Kishon River.^(JF)
10 They were destroyed at En-dor;
they became manure for the ground.^(JG)
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,^(JH)
and all their tribal leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna,^(JI)
12 who said, “Let’s seize God’s pastures for ourselves.”^(JJ)

¹³ Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
like straw before the wind.^(JK)
14 As fire burns a forest,
as a flame blazes through mountains,^(JL)
15 so pursue them with your tempest
and terrify them with your storm.^(JM)
16 Cover their faces with shame
so that they will seek your name, Lord.^(JN)
17 Let them be put to shame and terrified forever;
let them perish in disgrace.^(JO)
18 May they know that you alone—
whose name is the Lord—
are the Most High over the whole earth.^(JP)

³ Even a sparrow finds a home,
and a swallow, a nest for herself
where she places her young—
near your altars, Lord of Armies,
my King and my God.^(JT)
4 How happy are those who reside in your house,
who praise you continually.^(JU)Selah

⁵ Happy are the people whose strength is in you,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.^(JV)
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,^[ar]
they make it a source of spring water;
even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings.^[as](JW)
7 They go from strength to strength;
each appears before God in Zion.^(JX)

⁸ Lord God of Armies, hear my prayer;
listen, God of Jacob.^(JY)Selah
⁹ Consider our shield,^[at] God;^(JZ)
look on the face of your anointed one.^(KA)

¹⁰ Better a day in your courts
than a thousand anywhere else.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
than live in the tents of wicked people.^(KB)
11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield.^(KC)
The Lord grants favor and honor;
he does not withhold the good
from those who live with integrity.^(KD)
12 Happy is the person who trusts in you,
Lord of Armies!^(KE)

⁴ Return to us, God of our salvation,
and abandon your displeasure with us.^(KJ)
5 Will you be angry with us forever?
Will you prolong your anger for all generations?^(KK)
6 Will you not revive us again
so that your people may rejoice in you?^(KL)
7 Show us your faithful love, Lord,
and give us your salvation.^(KM)

⁸ I will listen to what God will say;
surely the Lord will declare peace
to his people, his faithful ones,
and not let them go back to foolish ways.^(KN)
9 His salvation is very near those who fear him,
so that glory may dwell in our land.^(KO)

¹⁰ Faithful love and truth will join together;
righteousness and peace will embrace.^(KP)
11 Truth will spring up from the earth,
and righteousness will look down from heaven.^(KQ)
12 Also, the Lord will provide what is good,
and our land will yield its crops.^(KR)
13 Righteousness will go before him
to prepare the way for his steps.^(KS)

⁵ For you, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive,^(KY)
abounding in faithful love to all who call on you.^(KZ)
6 Lord, hear my prayer;
listen to my cries for mercy.^(LA)
7 I call on you in the day of my distress,
for you will answer me.^(LB)

⁸ Lord, there is no one like you among the gods,
and there are no works like yours.^(LC)
9 All the nations you have made
will come and bow down before you, Lord,
and will honor your name.^(LD)
10 For you are great and perform wonders;
you alone are God.^(LE)

¹¹ Teach me your way, Lord,
and I will live by your truth.
Give me an undivided mind to fear your name.^(LF)
12 I will praise you with all my heart, Lord my God,
and will honor your name forever.^(LG)
13 For your faithful love for me is great,
and you rescue my life from the depths of Sheol.^(LH)

¹⁴ God, arrogant people have attacked me;
a gang of ruthless men intends to kill me.
They do not let you guide them.^[av](LI)
15 But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth.^(LJ)
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me.
Give your strength to your servant;
save the son of your female servant.^(LK)
17 Show me a sign of your goodness;
my enemies will see and be put to shame
because you, Lord, have helped and comforted me.^(LL)

⁴ “I will make a record of those who know me:
Rahab, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—
each one was born there.”^(LP)
5 And it will be said of Zion,
“This one and that one were born in her.”
The Most High himself will establish her.^(LQ)
6 When he registers the peoples,
the Lord will record,
“This one was born there.”^(LR)Selah
⁷ Singers and dancers^[ax] alike will say,^[ay]
“My whole source of joy is^[az] in you.”^(LS)

³ For I have had enough troubles,
and my life is near Sheol.^(LW)
4 I am counted among those going down to the Pit.^(LX)
I am like a man without strength,^(LY)
5 abandoned^[ba] among the dead.
I am like the slain lying in the grave,^(LZ)
whom you no longer remember,
and who are cut off from your care.^[bb](MA)

⁶ You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit,
in the darkest places, in the depths.^(MB)
7 Your wrath weighs heavily on me;^(MC)
you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.^(MD)Selah
⁸ You have distanced my friends from me;
you have made me repulsive to them.^(ME)
I am shut in and cannot go out.
⁹ My eyes are worn out from crying.^(MF)
Lord, I cry out to you all day long;^(MG)
I spread out my hands to you.^(MH)

¹⁰ Do you work wonders for the dead?
Do departed spirits rise up to praise you?^(MI)Selah
¹¹ Will your faithful love be declared in the grave,
your faithfulness in Abaddon?^(MJ)
12 Will your wonders be known in the darkness
or your righteousness in the land of oblivion?^(MK)

¹³ But I call to you for help, Lord;
in the morning my prayer meets you.^(ML)
14 Lord, why do you reject me?^(MM)
Why do you hide your face from me?^(MN)
15 From my youth,
I have been suffering and near death.
I suffer your horrors; I am desperate.^(MO)
16 Your wrath sweeps over me;
your terrors destroy me.^(MP)
17 They surround me like water all day long;
they close in on me from every side.^(MQ)
18 You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me;
darkness is my only friend.^[bc](MR)

³ The Lord said,
“I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
I have sworn an oath to David my servant:
⁴ ‘I will establish your offspring forever
and build up your throne for all generations.’”^(MW)Selah

⁵ Lord, the heavens praise your wonders^(MX)—
your faithfulness also—
in the assembly of the holy ones.^(MY)
6 For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings^[bd] is like the Lord?^(MZ)
7 God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
more awe-inspiring than^[be] all who surround him.^(NA)
8 Lord God of Armies,
who is strong like you, Lord?^(NB)
Your faithfulness surrounds you.
⁹ You rule the raging sea;
when its waves surge, you still them.^(NC)
10 You crushed Rahab like one who is slain;^(ND)
you scattered your enemies with your powerful arm.^(NE)
11 The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours.
The world and everything in it—you founded them.^(NF)
12 North and south—you created them.^(NG)
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at your name.^(NH)
13 You have a mighty arm;
your hand is powerful;
your right hand is lifted high.^(NI)
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation
of your throne;^(NJ)
faithful love and truth go before you.^(NK)
15 Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;^(NL)
Lord, they walk in the light from your face.^(NM)
16 They rejoice in your name all day long,
and they are exalted by your righteousness.^(NN)
17 For you are their magnificent strength;^(NO)
by your favor our horn is exalted.^(NP)
18 Surely our shield^[bf] belongs to the Lord,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.^(NQ)

¹⁹ You once spoke in a vision to your faithful ones
and said, “I have granted help to a warrior;
I have exalted one chosen^[bg] from the people.^(NR)
20 I have found David my servant;
I have anointed him with my sacred oil.^(NS)
21 My hand will always be with him,
and my arm will strengthen him.^(NT)
22 The enemy will not oppress^[bh] him;
the wicked will not afflict him.^(NU)
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike those who hate him.^(NV)
24 My faithfulness and love will be with him,
and through my name
his horn will be exalted.^(NW)
25 I will extend his power to the sea
and his right hand to the rivers.^(NX)
26 He will call to me, ‘You are my Father,^(NY)
my God, the rock of my salvation.’^(NZ)
27 I will also make him my firstborn,
greatest of the kings of the earth.^(OA)
28 I will always preserve my faithful love for him,
and my covenant with him will endure.^(OB)
29 I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as heaven lasts.^[bi](OC)
30 If his sons abandon my instruction
and do not live by my ordinances,^(OD)
31 if they dishonor my statutes
and do not keep my commands,^(OE)
32 then I will call their rebellion
to account with the rod,
their iniquity with blows.^(OF)
33 But I will not withdraw
my faithful love from him
or betray my faithfulness.^(OG)
34 I will not violate my covenant
or change what my lips have said.^(OH)
35 Once and for all
I have sworn an oath by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.^(OI)
36 His offspring will continue forever,
his throne like the sun before me,^(OJ)
37 like the moon, established forever,
a faithful witness in the sky.”^(OK)Selah

³⁸ But you have spurned and rejected him;
you have become enraged with your anointed.^(OL)
39 You have repudiated the covenant with your servant;
you have completely dishonored his crown.^[bj](OM)
40 You have broken down all his walls;
you have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.^(ON)
41 All who pass by plunder him;^(OO)
he has become an object of ridicule
to his neighbors.^(OP)
42 You have lifted high the right hand of his foes;
you have made all his enemies rejoice.^(OQ)
43 You have also turned back his sharp sword
and have not let him stand in battle.^(OR)
44 You have made his splendor^[bk] cease
and have overturned his throne.^(OS)
45 You have shortened the days of his youth;
you have covered him with shame.^(OT)Selah

⁴⁶ How long, Lord? Will you hide forever?
Will your anger keep burning like fire?^(OU)
47 Remember how short my life is.
Have you created everyone for nothing?^(OV)
48 What courageous person can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?^(OW)Selah
⁴⁹ Lord, where are the former acts of your faithful love
that you swore to David in your faithfulness?^(OX)
50 Remember, Lord, the ridicule against your servants—
in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—
⁵¹ how your enemies have ridiculed, Lord,
how they have ridiculed every step of your anointed.^(OY)

⁵² Blessed be the Lord forever.
Amen and amen.^(OZ)