Arise, O God, plead thy cause; remember how the impious scoff at thee all the day!
Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear; open thy eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.
Bestir thyself, and awake for my right, for my cause, my God and my Lord!
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none that does good.
Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy scoffs, and an impious people reviles thy name.
Now therefore what have I here, says the Lord, seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail, says the Lord, and continually all the day my name is despised.