His ways are always twisted; Your judgments are high, out of his sight. As for all his enemies, he snorts at them.

For You, Jehovah, have made me glad through Your work; I will triumph in the works of Your hands.

A brutish man does not know, nor does a fool understand this.

O Jehovah, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions;

The works of Jehovah are great, sought out by all who have pleasure in them.

He has made His wonderful works to be remembered; Jehovah is gracious and full of compassion.

He chastises them as wicked men, in a place where others can see,

because they have turned aside from following Him, and have not considered any of His ways,

And the lute, and the harp, the tambourine, and pipe, and wine, are at their feasts; but they do not regard the work of Jehovah, neither do they give attention to the work of His hands.

You also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool; but you have not looked to its Maker, nor had regard for Him who formed it long ago.

With my soul I have desired You in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Jehovah, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see; but they shall see and be ashamed for their envy toward the people. Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.

Who is wise and discerns these things? Who is discerning and knows them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the righteous shall walk in them; but transgressors shall stumble in them.

But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe into Him,

For ever since the creation of the world the unseen things of Him are clearly perceived, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,

And even as they do not like to have God in their full true knowledge, God gives them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars which You have established;

i1 [To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] i0 par The heavens declare the glory of the Mighty God; and the firmament proclaims His handiwork.

Day unto day pours forth speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge.

For there is no omen against Jacob, nor any divination against Israel. It now must be said of Jacob and of Israel, Oh, what the Mighty God has done!

Lift up your eyes on high, and consider who has created these things, who brings out their host by number. He calls them all by name by the greatness of His might, for He is strong in power; not one is missing.

Rain down from above, O heavens, and let the clouds pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, and let salvation bear fruit; and let righteousness spring up together. I, Jehovah, have created it.

I have made the earth, and created man on it; I, with My hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I ordained.

For thus says Jehovah who Created the heavens, God who has formed the earth and made it; who has established it, who has not created it void, but has formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah, and there is no other.

He has made the earth by His power; He has established the world by His wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

When He utters His voice, there is the noise of much water in the heavens. He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He makes lightnings with the rain, and brings forth the wind out of His treasures.

and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us, who believe according to the working of His mighty power

far above all rule and authority and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.

He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

For You, O Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, have disclosed this in Your servant's ear, saying, I will build you a house. Therefore Your servant has found it in his heart to pray this prayer to You.

And it shall be, if you heed all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My eyes, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as My servant David has done, then I will be with you and build for you an enduring house, as I have built for David, and will give Israel to you.

Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel. You shall again put on your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.

For You have set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, and in Israel and among men; and have made Yourself a name, as it is this day;

and have brought forth Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and with wonders, and with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror.