⁸ Let all the earth fear the Lord;^(A)
    let all the people of the world^(B) revere him.^(C)
9 For he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded,^(D) and it stood firm.

¹⁰ The Lord foils^(E) the plans^(F) of the nations;^(G)
    he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
¹¹ But the plans of the Lord stand firm^(H) forever,
    the purposes^(I) of his heart through all generations.

¹² Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,^(J)
    the people he chose^(K) for his inheritance.^(L)
13 From heaven the Lord looks down^(M)
    and sees all mankind;^(N)
14 from his dwelling place^(O) he watches
    all who live on earth—
¹⁵ he who forms^(P) the hearts of all,
    who considers everything they do.^(Q)

¹⁶ No king is saved by the size of his army;^(R)
    no warrior escapes by his great strength.
¹⁷ A horse^(S) is a vain hope for deliverance;
    despite all its great strength it cannot save.
¹⁸ But the eyes^(T) of the Lord are on those who fear him,
    on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,^(U)
19 to deliver them from death^(V)
    and keep them alive in famine.^(W)

²⁰ We wait^(X) in hope for the Lord;
    he is our help and our shield.
²¹ In him our hearts rejoice,^(Y)
    for we trust in his holy name.^(Z)
22 May your unfailing love^(AA) be with us, Lord,
    even as we put our hope in you.

“‘Why do the nations rage
    and the peoples plot in vain?
²⁶ The kings of the earth rise up
    and the rulers band together
against the Lord
    and against his anointed one.^[a]’^[b](D)