“Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still and consider the wonders God works.

Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, ¹  and can you thunder with a voice like his?

It ranks first among the works of God, ¹  the One who made it has furnished it with a sword. ² 

God is a just judge; he is angry throughout the day. ¹ 

Rise up, Lord! ¹  O God, strike him down! ²  Do not forget the oppressed!

A prayer ²  of David. Protect me, O God, for I have taken shelter in you. ³ 

The one true God ¹  gives ²  me strength; ³  he removes ⁴  the obstacles in my way. ⁵ 

The one true God ¹  completely vindicates me; ²  he makes nations submit to me. ³ 

I have been dependent on you since birth; ¹  from the time I came out of my mother’s womb you have been my God. ² 

I cry out for help to the sovereign God, ¹  to the God who vindicates ²  me.

They ¹  see your processions, O God – the processions of my God, my king, who marches along in holy splendor. ² 

They say, “How does God know what we do? Is the sovereign one aware of what goes on?” ¹ 

Then I entered the precincts of God’s temple, ¹  and understood the destiny of the wicked. ² 

¹ O God, your deeds are extraordinary! ²  What god can compare to our great God? ³ 

You are the God who does amazing things; you have revealed your strength among the nations.

They insulted God, saying, ¹  “Is God really able to give us food ²  in the wilderness?

They remembered that God was their protector, ¹  and that the sovereign God was their deliverer. ² 

The mountains were covered by its shadow, the highest cedars ¹  by its branches.

He will call out to me, ‘You are my father, ¹  my God, and the protector who delivers me.’ ² 

because they had rebelled against God’s commands, ¹  and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king. ²