So many are saying, “God will never rescue him!” Interlude
What if the Lord had not been on our side when people attacked us?
Everyone who sees me mocks me. They sneer and shake their heads, saying,
I cried out to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy mountain. Interlude
Victory comes from you, O Lord. May you bless your people. Interlude
How long will you people ruin my reputation? How long will you make groundless accusations? How long will you continue your lies? Interlude
Don’t sin by letting anger control you. Think about it overnight and remain silent. Interlude
Their taunts break my bones. They scoff, “Where is this God of yours?”
Day and night I have only tears for food, while my enemies continually taunt me, saying, “Where is this God of yours?”
They say, “God has abandoned him. Let’s go and get him, for no one will help him now.”
You went out to rescue your chosen people, to save your anointed ones. You crushed the heads of the wicked and stripped their bones from head to toe.
I see God moving across the deserts from Edom, the Holy One coming from Mount Paran. His brilliant splendor fills the heavens, and the earth is filled with his praise.
You brandished your bow and your quiver of arrows. You split open the earth with flowing rivers.