⁹ The voice of the Lord twists the oaks^[a](A)
    and strips the forests bare.
And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”^(B)

⁹ Within your temple, O God,
    we meditate^(A) on your unfailing love.^(B)

⁴ There is a river^(H) whose streams^(I) make glad the city of God,^(J)
    the holy place where the Most High^(K) dwells.^(L)
5 God is within her,^(M) she will not fall;^(N)
    God will help^(O) her at break of day.

⁸ Lord, I love^(A) the house where you live,
    the place where your glory dwells.^(B)

39 “Do you know when the mountain goats^(A) give birth?
    Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?^(B)
2 Do you count the months till they bear?
    Do you know the time they give birth?^(C)
3 They crouch down and bring forth their young;
    their labor pains are ended.

¹⁸ The splendor of his forests^(A) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,^(B)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
¹⁹ And the remaining trees of his forests^(C) will be so few^(D)
    that a child could write them down.

¹⁸ Surely wickedness burns like a fire;^(A)
    it consumes briers and thorns,^(B)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,^(C)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.

Praise the name of the Lord;
    praise him, you servants^(B) of the Lord,
² you who minister in the house^(C) of the Lord,
    in the courts^(D) of the house of our God.