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The Lord reigns,^(a) he is robed in majesty;^(b) the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength;^(c) indeed, the world is established,^(d) firm and secure.^(e)

Your throne was established^(f) long ago; you are from all eternity.^(g)

The seas^(h) have lifted up, Lord , the seas have lifted up their voice;⁽ⁱ⁾ the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.^(j)

Mightier than the thunder^(k) of the great waters, mightier than the breakers^(l) of the sea— the Lord on high is mighty.^(m)

Your statutes, Lord , stand firm; holiness⁽ⁿ⁾ adorns your house^(o) for endless days.

The Lord is a God who avenges.^(a) O God who avenges, shine forth.^(b)

Rise up,^(c) Judge^(d) of the earth; pay back^(e) to the proud what they deserve.

How long, Lord , will the wicked, how long will the wicked be jubilant?^(f)

They pour out arrogant^(g) words; all the evildoers are full of boasting.^(h)

They crush your people,⁽ⁱ⁾ Lord ; they oppress your inheritance.^(j)

They slay the widow^(k) and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.^(l)

They say, "The Lord does not see;^(m) the God of Jacob⁽ⁿ⁾ takes no notice."

Take notice, you senseless ones^(o) among the people; you fools, when will you become wise?

Does he who fashioned the ear not hear? Does he who formed the eye not see?^(p)

Does he who disciplines^(q) nations not punish? Does he who teaches^(r) mankind lack knowledge?

The Lord knows all human plans;^(s) he knows that they are futile.^(t)

Blessed is the one you discipline,^(u) Lord , the one you teach^(v) from your law;

you grant them relief from days of trouble,^(w) till a pit^(x) is dug for the wicked.

For the Lord will not reject his people;^(y) he will never forsake his inheritance.

Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,^(z) and all the upright in heart^(aa) will follow it.

Who will rise up^(ab) for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?^(ac)

Unless the Lord had given me help,^(ad) I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.^(ae)

When I said, "My foot is slipping,^(af)" your unfailing love, Lord , supported me.

When anxiety^(ag) was great within me, your consolation^(ah) brought me joy.

Can a corrupt throne^(ai) be allied with you— a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?^(aj)

The wicked band together^(ak) against the righteous and condemn the innocent^(al) to death.^(am)

But the Lord has become my fortress, and my God the rock^(an) in whom I take refuge.^(ao)

He will repay^(ap) them for their sins and destroy^(aq) them for their wickedness; the Lord our God will destroy them.

Come,^(a) let us sing for joy^(b) to the Lord ; let us shout aloud^(c) to the Rock^(d) of our salvation.

Let us come before him^(e) with thanksgiving^(f) and extol him with music^(g) and song.

For the Lord is the great God,^(h) the great King⁽ⁱ⁾ above all gods.^(j)

In his hand are the depths of the earth,^(k) and the mountain peaks belong to him.

The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.^(l)

Come, let us bow down^(m) in worship,⁽ⁿ⁾ let us kneel^(o) before the Lord our Maker;^(p)

for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture,^(q) the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice,

"Do not harden your hearts^(r) as you did at Meribah,^[a](s) as you did that day at Massah^[b] in the wilderness,^(t)

where your ancestors tested^(u) me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did.

For forty years^(v) I was angry with that generation; I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,^(w) and they have not known my ways.'^(x)

So I declared on oath^(y) in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.'"^(z)