² You say, “I choose the appointed time;^(C)
it is I who judge with equity.^(D)
3 When the earth and all its people quake,^(E)
it is I who hold its pillars^(F) firm.^[b]
4 To the arrogant^(G) I say, ‘Boast no more,’^(H)
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns.^[c](I)
5 Do not lift your horns against heaven;
do not speak so defiantly.^(J)’”

⁶ No one from the east or the west
or from the desert can exalt themselves.
⁷ It is God who judges:^(K)
He brings one down, he exalts another.^(L)
8 In the hand of the Lord is a cup
full of foaming wine mixed^(M) with spices;
he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth
drink it down to its very dregs.^(N)

⁹ As for me, I will declare^(O) this forever;
I will sing^(P) praise to the God of Jacob,^(Q)
10 who says, “I will cut off the horns of all the wicked,
but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”^(R)

⁴ You are radiant with light,^(X)
more majestic than mountains rich with game.
⁵ The valiant^(Y) lie plundered,
they sleep their last sleep;^(Z)
not one of the warriors
can lift his hands.
⁶ At your rebuke,^(AA) God of Jacob,
both horse and chariot^(AB) lie still.

⁷ It is you alone who are to be feared.^(AC)
Who can stand^(AD) before you when you are angry?^(AE)
8 From heaven you pronounced judgment,
and the land feared^(AF) and was quiet—
⁹ when you, God, rose up to judge,^(AG)
to save all the afflicted^(AH) of the land.
¹⁰ Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise,^(AI)
and the survivors of your wrath are restrained.^[f]

¹¹ Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them;^(AJ)
let all the neighboring lands
bring gifts^(AK) to the One to be feared.
¹² He breaks the spirit of rulers;
he is feared by the kings of the earth.

⁵ You prepare a table^(K) before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;^(L)
my cup^(M) overflows.
⁶ Surely your goodness and love^(N) will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.

² When the wicked advance against me
to devour^[a] me,
it is my enemies and my foes
who will stumble and fall.^(E)
3 Though an army besiege me,
my heart will not fear;^(F)
though war break out against me,
even then I will be confident.^(G)

⁴ One thing^(H) I ask from the Lord,
this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,^(I)
to gaze on the beauty of the Lord
and to seek him in his temple.
⁵ For in the day of trouble^(J)
he will keep me safe^(K) in his dwelling;
he will hide me^(L) in the shelter of his sacred tent
and set me high upon a rock.^(M)

⁶ Then my head will be exalted^(N)
above the enemies who surround me;^(O)
at his sacred tent I will sacrifice^(P) with shouts of joy;^(Q)
I will sing^(R) and make music^(S) to the Lord.

⁷ Hear my voice^(T) when I call, Lord;
be merciful to me and answer me.^(U)
8 My heart says of you, “Seek his face!^(V)”
Your face, Lord, I will seek.
⁹ Do not hide your face^(W) from me,
do not turn your servant away in anger;^(X)
you have been my helper.^(Y)
Do not reject me or forsake^(Z) me,
God my Savior.^(AA)
10 Though my father and mother forsake me,
the Lord will receive me.
¹¹ Teach me your way,^(AB) Lord;
lead me in a straight path^(AC)
because of my oppressors.^(AD)
12 Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,
for false witnesses^(AE) rise up against me,
spouting malicious accusations.

¹³ I remain confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the Lord^(AF)
in the land of the living.^(AG)
14 Wait^(AH) for the Lord;
be strong^(AI) and take heart
and wait for the Lord.

¹⁹ “Kings came^(A), they fought,
the kings of Canaan fought.
At Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo,^(B)
they took no plunder of silver.^(C)
20 From the heavens^(D) the stars fought,
from their courses they fought against Sisera.
²¹ The river Kishon^(E) swept them away,
the age-old river, the river Kishon.
March on, my soul; be strong!^(F)
22 Then thundered the horses’ hooves—
galloping, galloping go his mighty steeds.^(G)
23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the Lord.
‘Curse its people bitterly,
because they did not come to help the Lord,
to help the Lord against the mighty.’

²⁴ “Most blessed of women^(H) be Jael,^(I)
the wife of Heber the Kenite,^(J)
most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
²⁵ He asked for water, and she gave him milk;^(K)
in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk.
²⁶ Her hand reached for the tent peg,
her right hand for the workman’s hammer.
She struck Sisera, she crushed his head,
she shattered and pierced his temple.^(L)
27 At her feet he sank,
he fell; there he lay.
At her feet he sank, he fell;
where he sank, there he fell—dead^(M).

²⁸ “Through the window^(N) peered Sisera’s mother;
behind the lattice she cried out,^(O)
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?’
²⁹ The wisest of her ladies answer her;
indeed, she keeps saying to herself,
³⁰ ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoils:^(P)
a woman or two for each man,
colorful garments as plunder for Sisera,
colorful garments embroidered,
highly embroidered garments^(Q) for my neck—
all this as plunder?^(R)’

³¹ “So may all your enemies perish,^(S) Lord!
But may all who love you be like the sun^(T)
when it rises in its strength.”^(U)

“‘I saw the Lord always before me.
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.
²⁶ Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest in hope,
²⁷ because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
you will not let your holy one see decay.^(H)
28 You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence.’^[b](I)

“‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
³⁵ until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet.”’^[c](W)