¹⁶ All we hear are the taunts of our mockers.
    All we see are our vengeful enemies.

² You have taught children and infants
    to tell of your strength,^[a]
silencing your enemies
    and all who oppose you.

²² Arise, O God, and defend your cause.
    Remember how these fools insult you all day long.
²³ Don’t overlook what your enemies have said
    or their growing uproar.

¹⁸ See how these enemies insult you, Lord.
    A foolish nation has dishonored your name.

¹⁰ How long, O God, will you allow our enemies to insult you?
    Will you let them dishonor your name forever?

²³ “Whom have you been defying and ridiculing?
    Against whom did you raise your voice?
At whom did you look with such haughty eyes?
    It was the Holy One of Israel!
²⁴ By your messengers you have defied the Lord.
    You have said, ‘With my many chariots
I have conquered the highest mountains—
    yes, the remotest peaks of Lebanon.
I have cut down its tallest cedars
    and its finest cypress trees.
I have reached its farthest heights
    and explored its deepest forests.

¹² O Lord, pay back our neighbors seven times
    for the scorn they have hurled at you.