who teaches us ¹  more than ²  the wild animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

when I said, ‘To here you may come ¹  and no farther, ²  here your proud waves will be confined’? ³ 

Deliver me ¹  from the sword! Save ²  my life ³  from the claws ⁴  of the wild dogs!

Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy. ¹ 

Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; ¹  you have covered us with darkness. ² 

Then ¹  the king will be attracted by ²  your beauty. After all, he is your master! Submit ³  to him! ⁴ 

O God, when you lead your people into battle, ¹  when you march through the desert, ²  (Selah)

His raging anger lashed out against them, ¹  He sent fury, rage, and trouble as messengers who bring disaster. ² 

“I would feed Israel the best wheat, ¹  and would satisfy your appetite ²  with honey from the rocky cliffs.” ³ 

You need not fear the terrors of the night, ¹  the arrow that flies by day,

The waves ¹  roar, O Lord, the waves roar, the waves roar and crash. ² 

You make it dark and night comes, ¹  during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.

In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving ¹  for meat; ²  they challenged God ³  in the desert.

May they praise God while they hold a two-edged sword in their hand, ¹ 

for jealousy kindles ¹  a husband’s ²  rage, and he will not show mercy ³  when he takes revenge.

When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon ¹  over the face of the deep,

It is better to live ¹  in a desert land ²  than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked ³  woman.

When the wicked increase, ¹  transgression increases, but the righteous will see ²  their downfall.

When there is no prophetic vision ¹  the people cast off restraint, ²  but the one who keeps the law, ³  blessed is he! ⁴ 

He will eat sour milk ¹  and honey, which will help him know how ²  to reject evil and choose what is right.