So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was [as] a beast before thee.

Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.

My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.

Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; [And] mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.

And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.

They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.

Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.

[For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song]. We give thanks unto thee, O God; We give thanks, for thy name is near: Men tell of thy wondrous works.

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have set up the pillars of it. {{Selah

Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not with a stiff neck.

But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.

But I will declare for ever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

[For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song]. In Judah is God known: His name is great in Israel.

There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. {{Selah

The stouthearted are made a spoil, They have slept their sleep; And none of the men of might have found their hands.

Thou, even thou, art to be feared; And who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?