Rise up, O God, plead your cause; remember how the impious scoff at you all day long.
Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.
Wake up! Rouse yourself for my defense, for my cause, my God and my Lord!
Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; they commit abominable acts; there is no one who does good.
Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy scoffs, and an impious people reviles your name.
Now therefore what am I doing here, says the Lord, seeing that my people are taken away without cause? Their rulers howl, says the Lord, and continually, all day long, my name is despised.