^8 (N)Understand, O dullest of the people!
    Fools, when will you be wise?
^9 (O)He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?
¹⁰ He who ^(P)disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?
He who ^(Q)teaches man knowledge—
^{11     (R)}the Lord—knows the thoughts of man,
    that they are ^(S)but a breath.^[a]

^12 (T)Blessed is the man whom you ^(U)discipline, O Lord,
    and whom you teach out of your law,
¹³ to give him ^(V)rest from ^(W)days of trouble,
    until ^(X)a pit is dug for the wicked.
^14 (Y)For the Lord will not forsake his ^(Z)people;
    he will not abandon his ^(AA)heritage;
¹⁵ for ^(AB)justice will return to the righteous,
    and all the upright in heart will ^(AC)follow it.

^16 (AD)Who rises up for me against the wicked?
    Who stands up for me against evildoers?
^17 (AE)If the Lord had not been my help,
    my soul would soon have lived in the land of ^(AF)silence.
¹⁸ When I thought, ^(AG)“My foot slips,”
    your steadfast love, O Lord, ^(AH)held me up.
¹⁹ When the cares of my heart are many,
    your consolations cheer my soul.
²⁰ Can ^(AI)wicked rulers be allied with you,
    those who frame^[b] injustice by ^(AJ)statute?
²¹ They ^(AK)band together against the life of the righteous
    and condemn ^(AL)the innocent to death.^[c]
22 But the Lord has become my ^(AM)stronghold,
    and my God ^(AN)the rock of my ^(AO)refuge.
²³ He will bring back on them ^(AP)their iniquity
    and ^(AQ)wipe them out for their wickedness;
    the Lord our God will wipe them out.

⁶ Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
    let us ^(AZ)kneel before the Lord, our ^(BA)Maker!
⁷ For he is our ^(BB)God,
    and we are the people of his ^(BC)pasture,
    and the sheep of his hand.
^(BD)Today, if you ^(BE)hear his voice,
^{8     (BF)}do not harden your hearts, as at ^(BG)Meribah,
    as on the day at ^(BH)Massah in the wilderness,
⁹ when your fathers put me to the ^(BI)test
    and put me to the proof, though they had seen my ^(BJ)work.
^10 (BK)For forty years I loathed that generation
    and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart,
    and they have not known ^(BL)my ways.”
¹¹ Therefore I ^(BM)swore in my wrath,
    “They shall not enter ^(BN)my rest.”

⁷ Ascribe to the Lord, O ^(BW)families of the peoples,
    ^(BX)ascribe to the Lord glory and strength!
⁸ Ascribe to the Lord ^(BY)the glory due his name;
    bring ^(BZ)an offering, and ^(CA)come into his courts!
⁹ Worship the Lord in ^(CB)the splendor of holiness;^{[d]
    (CC)}tremble before him, all the earth!

¹⁰ Say among the nations, ^(CD)“The Lord reigns!
    Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;
    he will ^(CE)judge the peoples with equity.”

¹¹ Let ^(CF)the heavens be glad, and let ^(CG)the earth rejoice;
    let ^(CH)the sea roar, and all that fills it;
¹²     let ^(CI)the field exult, and everything in it!
Then shall all ^(CJ)the trees of the forest sing for joy
¹³     before the Lord, for he comes,
    for he comes ^(CK)to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness,
    and the peoples in his faithfulness.