Arise, God, defend your cause; remember the constant jeering of the fools.
Incline your ear, Lord, and listen! Open your eyes, Lord, and see! Hear the words Sennacherib has sent to taunt the living God.
Awake, be vigilant in my defense, in my cause, my God and my Lord.
For the leader; according to Mahalath. A maskil of David.
Remember how the enemy has jeered, Lord, how a foolish people has reviled your name.
But now, what am I to do here? —oracle of the Lord. My people have been taken away for nothing; their rulers mock, oracle of the Lord; constantly, every day, my name is reviled.