Arise,O LORD,confronthim, bringhim low;Delivermy soulfrom the wickedwith Your sword,
Arise,O LORD;O God,liftup Your hand.Do not forgetthe afflicted.
It is timefor the LORDto act,[For] they have brokenYour law.
Delivermy soulfrom the sword,My only[life] from the powerof the dog.
Arise,O LORD;saveme, O my God!For You have smittenallmy enemieson the cheek;You have shatteredthe teethof the wicked.
ArouseYourself, whydo You sleep,O Lord?Awake,do not rejectus forever.
Riseup, be our help,And redeemus for the sakeof Your lovingkindness.
Arise,O LORD,in Your anger;Liftup Yourself against the rageof my adversaries,And arouseYourself for me; You have appointedjudgment.
Whowill standup for me againstevildoers?Whowill takehis standfor me againstthose who dowickedness?
Is the axeto boastitself overthe one who chopswith it? Is the sawto exaltitself overthe one who wieldsit? [That would be] like a clubwieldingthose who liftit, [Or] like a rodlifting[him who] is not wood.
Woeto Assyria,the rodof My angerAnd the staffin whose handsis My indignation,
They are comingfrom a farcountry,From the farthesthorizons,The LORDand His instrumentsof indignation,To destroythe wholeland.
"Have you not heard?LongagoI didit, From ancienttimesI plannedit. NowI have broughtit to pass,That you should turnfortifiedcitiesinto ruinousheaps.
Awake,awake,puton strength,O armof the LORD;Awakeas in the daysof old,the generationsof longago.Was it not You who cutRahabin pieces,Who piercedthe dragon?
Are You not from everlasting,O LORD,my God,my HolyOne?We will not die.You, O LORD,have appointedthem to judge;And You, O Rock,have establishedthem to correct.
to dowhateverYour handand Your purposepredestinedto occur.
