Caravans ¹  turn aside from their routes; they go ²  into the wasteland ³  and perish. ⁴ 

When ¹  I hear a reproof that dishonors ²  me, then my understanding ³  prompts me to answer. ⁴ 

Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; ¹  at night a whirlwind carries him off.

Surely ¹  I would wear it proudly ²  on my shoulder, I would bind ³  it on me like a crown;

It makes its tail stiff ¹  like a cedar, the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.

For the music director, to be accompanied by wind instruments; ²  a psalm of David. Listen to what I say, ³  Lord! Carefully consider my complaint! ⁴ 

When they hear of my exploits, they submit to me. ¹  Foreigners are powerless ²  before me;

The Lord frustrates ¹  the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans ²  of the peoples.

You handed us ¹  over like sheep to be eaten; you scattered us among the nations.

Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey! ¹ 

At the sound of your battle cry, ¹  O God of Jacob, both rider ²  and horse “fell asleep.” ³ 

Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind; the lightning bolts lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook. ¹ 

Indeed, ¹  look at your enemies, O Lord! Indeed, ²  look at how your enemies perish! All the evildoers are scattered!

With trumpets and the blaring of the ram’s horn, shout out praises before the king, the Lord!

He throws his hailstones ¹  like crumbs. Who can withstand the cold wind he sends? ² 

When the storm ¹  passes through, the wicked are swept away, ²  but the righteous are an everlasting foundation. ³ 

The path of life is upward ¹  for the wise person, ²  to ³  keep him from going downward to Sheol. ⁴ 

Though the stillborn child ¹  came into the world ²  for no reason ³  and departed into darkness, though its name is shrouded in darkness, ⁴ 

The grass dries up, the flowers wither, when the wind sent by the Lord ¹  blows on them. Surely humanity ²  is like grass.

I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you among various countries; I will remove your impurity from you. ¹