This will be my salvation, that the godless shall not come before him.
Listen carefully to my words, and let my declaration be in your ears.
There the upright could reason with him, and I should be acquitted forever by my judge.
“For his eyes are upon the ways of mortals, and he sees all their steps.
“The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.
Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish.
The Lord is my strength and my might; he has become my salvation.
I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation.
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
The Lord is my strength and my might, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting flames?”
Truly the hills are a delusion, a tumult on the mountains. Truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you to be a light for the gentiles, so that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”