³ The seas^(H) have lifted up, Lord,
    the seas have lifted up their voice;^(I)
    the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.^(J)
4 Mightier than the thunder^(K) of the great waters,
    mightier than the breakers^(L) of the sea—
    the Lord on high is mighty.^(M)

⁵ Your statutes, Lord, stand firm;
    holiness^(N) adorns your house^(O)
    for endless days.

⁴ They pour out arrogant^(V) words;
    all the evildoers are full of boasting.^(W)
5 They crush your people,^(X) Lord;
    they oppress your inheritance.^(Y)
6 They slay the widow^(Z) and the foreigner;
    they murder the fatherless.^(AA)
7 They say, “The Lord does not see;^(AB)
    the God of Jacob^(AC) takes no notice.”

⁸ Take notice, you senseless ones^(AD) among the people;
    you fools, when will you become wise?
⁹ Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?
    Does he who formed the eye not see?^(AE)
10 Does he who disciplines^(AF) nations not punish?
    Does he who teaches^(AG) mankind lack knowledge?
¹¹ The Lord knows all human plans;^(AH)
    he knows that they are futile.^(AI)

¹² Blessed is the one you discipline,^(AJ) Lord,
    the one you teach^(AK) from your law;
¹³ you grant them relief from days of trouble,^(AL)
    till a pit^(AM) is dug for the wicked.
¹⁴ For the Lord will not reject his people;^(AN)
    he will never forsake his inheritance.
¹⁵ Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,^(AO)
    and all the upright in heart^(AP) will follow it.

¹⁶ Who will rise up^(AQ) for me against the wicked?
    Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?^(AR)
17 Unless the Lord had given me help,^(AS)
    I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.^(AT)
18 When I said, “My foot is slipping,^(AU)”
    your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.
¹⁹ When anxiety^(AV) was great within me,
    your consolation^(AW) brought me joy.

²⁰ Can a corrupt throne^(AX) be allied with you—
    a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?^(AY)
21 The wicked band together^(AZ) against the righteous
    and condemn the innocent^(BA) to death.^(BB)
22 But the Lord has become my fortress,
    and my God the rock^(BC) in whom I take refuge.^(BD)
23 He will repay^(BE) them for their sins
    and destroy^(BF) them for their wickedness;
    the Lord our God will destroy them.

³ For the Lord is the great God,^(BN)
    the great King^(BO) above all gods.^(BP)
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth,^(BQ)
    and the mountain peaks belong to him.
⁵ The sea is his, for he made it,
    and his hands formed the dry land.^(BR)

⁶ Come, let us bow down^(BS) in worship,^(BT)
    let us kneel^(BU) before the Lord our Maker;^(BV)
7 for he is our God
    and we are the people of his pasture,^(BW)
    the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,
⁸ “Do not harden your hearts^(BX) as you did at Meribah,^[a](BY)
    as you did that day at Massah^[b] in the wilderness,^(BZ)
9 where your ancestors tested^(CA) me;
    they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
¹⁰ For forty years^(CB) I was angry with that generation;
    I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,^(CC)
    and they have not known my ways.’^(CD)
11 So I declared on oath^(CE) in my anger,
    ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”^(CF)