² A ^(A)jealous and avenging God is ^[a]Yahweh;
Yahweh is ^(B)avenging and ^[b]wrathful.
Yahweh is ^(C)avenging against His adversaries,
And He keeps His anger for His enemies.
³ Yahweh is ^(D)slow to anger and great in power,
And Yahweh will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.

In ^(E)whirlwind and storm is His way,
And ^(F)clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

⁴ He ^(G)rebukes the sea and makes it dry;
He dries up all the rivers.
^(H)Bashan and Carmel languish;
The blossoms of Lebanon languish.

⁵ Mountains ^(I)quake because of Him,

And the hills ^(J)melt;
Indeed the earth is ^(K)upheaved by His presence,
The ^(L)world and all the inhabitants in it.

^6 (M)Who can stand before His indignation?
Who can endure the ^(N)burning of His anger?

His ^(O)wrath is poured out like fire,
And the ^(P)rocks are torn down by Him.

⁷ Yahweh is ^(Q)good,
A strong defense in the day of distress,

And ^(R)He knows those who take refuge in Him.
⁸ But with an ^(S)overflowing flood

He will make a complete destruction of ^[c]its place
And will pursue His enemies into ^(T)darkness.