For he knows what we are made of; ¹  he realizes ²  we are made of clay. ³ 

He turned ¹  streams into a desert, springs of water into arid land,

ו (Vav) He ground ¹  my teeth in gravel; he trampled ²  me in the dust.

The Israelites ¹  turn justice into bitterness; ²  they throw what is fair and right ³  to the ground. ⁴ 

But you trample on the sea with your horses, on the surging, raging waters. ¹ 

He has brought down the mighty ¹  from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position; ² 

Remember that you have made me as with ¹  the clay; will ²  you return me to dust?

Look, I am just like you in relation to God; I too have been molded ¹  from clay.

I grind them as fine windblown dust; ¹  I beat them underfoot ²  like clay ³  in the streets.

May their path be ¹  dark and slippery, as the Lord’s angel chases them!

I can see the evildoers! They have fallen! ¹  They have been knocked down and are unable to get up! ² 

You have repudiated ¹  your covenant with your servant; ²  you have thrown his crown to the ground. ³ 

The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent ¹  – both of them are an abomination to the Lord. ² 

Thorns and snares ¹  are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

Like tying a stone in a sling, ¹  so is giving honor to a fool.

Moreover, ¹  the Lord says, ²  “Both the prophets and priests are godless. I have even found them doing evil in my temple!

I have seen a disgusting thing in the temple of Israel: there Ephraim practices temple prostitution and Judah defiles itself.

And you, Capernaum, ¹  will you be exalted to heaven? ²  No, you will be thrown down to Hades! ³ 

Yet these men, ¹  as a result of their dreams, ²  defile the flesh, reject authority, ³  and insult ⁴  the glorious ones. ⁵ 

When my enemies see this, they will be covered with shame. They say ¹  to me, “Where is the Lord your God?” I will gloat over them. ²  Then they will be trampled down ³  like mud in the streets.