⁴ For it is a statute for Israel,
    a rule^[b] of the God of Jacob.
⁵ He made it ^(I)a decree in ^(J)Joseph
    when he ^(K)went out over^[c] the land of Egypt.
^(L)I hear a language ^(M)I had not known:
⁶ “I ^(N)relieved your^[d] shoulder of ^(O)the burden;
    your hands were freed from the basket.
⁷ In distress you ^(P)called, and I delivered you;
    I ^(Q)answered you in the secret place of thunder;
    I ^(R)tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
^8 (S)Hear, O my people, while I admonish you!
    O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
⁹ There shall be no ^(T)strange god among you;
    you shall not bow down to a ^(U)foreign god.
^10 (V)I am the Lord your God,
    who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
    ^(W)Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ “But my people did not listen to my voice;
    Israel ^(X)would not submit to me.
¹² So I ^(Y)gave them over to their ^(Z)stubborn hearts,
    to follow their own ^(AA)counsels.
^13 (AB)Oh, that my people would listen to me,
    that Israel would ^(AC)walk in my ways!
¹⁴ I would soon subdue their enemies
    and ^(AD)turn my hand against their foes.
¹⁵ Those who hate the Lord would ^(AE)cringe toward him,
    and their fate would last forever.
¹⁶ But he would feed you^[e] with ^(AF)the finest of the wheat,
    and with ^(AG)honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

³ For my soul is full of troubles,
    and ^(G)my life draws near to ^(H)Sheol.
⁴ I am counted among those who ^(I)go down to the pit;
    I am a man who has no strength,
⁵ like one set loose among the dead,
    like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom ^(J)you remember no more,
    for they are ^(K)cut off from your hand.
⁶ You have put me in ^(L)the depths of the pit,
    in the ^(M)regions dark and ^(N)deep.
⁷ Your wrath ^(O)lies heavy upon me,
    and you overwhelm me with ^(P)all your waves. Selah

⁸ You have caused ^(Q)my companions to shun me;
    you have made me ^(R)a horror^[b] to them.
I am ^(S)shut in so that I cannot escape;
^{9     (T)}my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call upon you, O Lord;
    I ^(U)spread out my hands to you.
¹⁰ Do you work wonders for the dead?
    ^(V)Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
¹¹ Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,
    or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
¹² Are your ^(W)wonders known in ^(X)the darkness,
    or your righteousness in the land of ^(Y)forgetfulness?

¹³ But I, O Lord, cry ^(Z)to you;
    ^(AA)in the morning my prayer comes before you.
¹⁴ O Lord, why ^(AB)do you cast my soul away?
    Why ^(AC)do you hide your face from me?
¹⁵ Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
    I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.^[c]
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
    your ^(AD)dreadful assaults destroy me.
¹⁷ They ^(AE)surround me like a flood ^(AF)all day long;
    they ^(AG)close in on me together.
¹⁸ You have caused ^(AH)my beloved and my friend to shun me;
    my companions have become darkness.^[d]

⁵ How ^(L)great are your works, O Lord!
    Your ^(M)thoughts are very ^(N)deep!
⁶ The stupid man cannot know;
    the fool cannot understand this:
⁷ that though ^(O)the wicked sprout like grass
    and all ^(P)evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction forever;
⁸     but you, O Lord, are ^(Q)on high forever.
⁹ For behold, your enemies, O Lord,
    for behold, your enemies shall perish;
    all evildoers shall be ^(R)scattered.

¹⁰ But you have exalted my ^(S)horn like that of ^(T)the wild ox;
    you have ^(U)poured over me^[a] fresh oil.
¹¹ My ^(V)eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;
    my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

^12 (W)The righteous flourish like the palm tree
    and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
¹³ They are planted in the house of the Lord;
    they flourish in ^(X)the courts of our God.
¹⁴ They still bear fruit in old age;
    they are ever full of sap and green,
^15 (Y)to declare that the Lord is upright;
    he is my ^(Z)rock, and there is ^(AA)no unrighteousness in him.

^3 (AJ)The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
    the floods have lifted up their voice;
    the floods lift up their roaring.
⁴ Mightier than the thunders of many waters,
    mightier than the waves of the sea,
    ^(AK)the Lord ^(AL)on high is mighty!

⁵ Your ^(AM)decrees are very trustworthy;
    ^(AN)holiness befits your house,
    O Lord, forevermore.