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May their table before them become a snare; And when they are at peace, may it become a trap.

Be to me a rock of dwelling to which I may continually come; You have given the commandment to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress.

I have become a marvel to many, For You are my strong refuge.

I will also praise You with a harp, And Your truth, my God; I will sing praises to You with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.

How they are destroyed in a moment! They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!

Like a dream when one awakes, Lord, when stirred, You will despise their image.

It seems like one bringing up His axe into a forest of trees.

Remember this, LORD, that the enemy has taunted You, And a foolish people has treated Your name disrespectfully.

For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, and the wine foams; It is well mixed, and He pours out of this; Certainly all the wicked of the earth must drain and drink its dregs.

At Your rebuke, God of Jacob, Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.

For the wrath of mankind shall praise You; You will encircle Yourself with a remnant of wrath.

You led Your people like a flock By the hand of Moses and Aaron.

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will tell riddles of old,

For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers That they were to teach them to their children,

And not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not prepare its heart And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

He divided the sea and caused them to pass through, And He made the waters stand up like a heap.

Then He led them with the cloud by day And all the night with a light of fire.

Then they spoke against God; They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

Therefore the LORD heard and was full of wrath; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also mounted against Israel,

So He remembered that they were only flesh, A wind that passes and does not return.