⁴ You’ve kept my eyelids from closing.
    I’m so upset I can’t even speak.
⁵ I think about days long past;
    I remember years that seem an eternity in the past.
⁶ I meditate with my heart at night;^[b]
    I complain, and my spirit keeps searching:
⁷ “Will my Lord reject me forever?
    Will he never be pleased again?
⁸ Has his faithful love come to a complete end?
    Is his promise over for future generations?
⁹ Has God forgotten how to be gracious?
    Has he angrily stopped up his compassion?” Selah
¹⁰ It’s my misfortune, I thought,
    that the strong hand of the Most High is different now.

¹¹ But I will remember the Lord’s deeds;
    yes, I will remember your wondrous acts from times long past.
¹² I will meditate on all your works;
    I will ponder your deeds.
¹³ God, your way is holiness!
    Who is as great a god as you, God?
¹⁴ You are the God who works wonders;
    you have demonstrated your strength among all peoples.
¹⁵ With your mighty arm you redeemed your people;
    redeemed the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah

¹⁶ The waters saw you, God—
    the waters saw you and reeled!
        Even the deep depths shook!
¹⁷ The clouds poured water,
    the skies cracked thunder;
        your arrows were flying all around!
¹⁸ The crash of your thunder was in the swirling storm;
    lightning lit up the whole world;
        the earth shook and quaked.
¹⁹ Your way went straight through the sea;
    your pathways went right through the mighty waters.
        But your footprints left no trace!
²⁰ You led your people like sheep
    under the care of Moses and Aaron.

⁵ How long will you rage, Lord? Forever?
    How long will your anger burn like fire?
⁶ Pour out your wrath on the nations
        who don’t know you,
    on the kingdoms
        that haven’t called on your name.
⁷ They’ve devoured Jacob
    and demolished his pasture.
⁸ Don’t remember the iniquities of past generations;
    let your compassion hurry to meet us
    because we’ve been brought so low.
⁹ God of our salvation, help us
    for the glory of your name!
Deliver us and cover our sins
    for the sake of your name!
¹⁰ Why should the nations say,
    “Where’s their God now?”
Let vengeance for the spilled blood of your servants
    be known among the nations before our very eyes!
¹¹     Let the prisoners’ groaning reach you.
With your powerful arm
    spare those who are destined to die.
¹² Pay back our neighbors seven times over,
    right where it hurts,
    for the insults they used on you, Lord.
¹³ We are, after all, your people
    and the sheep of your very own pasture.
We will give you thanks forever;
    we will proclaim your praises
    from one generation to the next.