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Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.

You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.

So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

…how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!

…how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!

Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.

See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.

You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. Selah

For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.

I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.

I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.

You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.

They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.

The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.

He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.

He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.

Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy

O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds.

He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”

But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—

They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,

…where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.

The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.

The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.

The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.

All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.

When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:

He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.

And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,

He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.

He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.

Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.

Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.

He spoke, and insects swarmed—gnats throughout their country.

He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.

He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.

He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.

They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.

They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.

Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.

Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.

The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.

So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.

Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.

They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,

They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

…to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

…but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their hand.

Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their hand.

Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.

Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.

They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.

He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.

Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.

Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.

They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.

They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.

He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.

But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.

May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.

May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.

May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.

For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.

May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”

Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

…they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats.

O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.