4. Trust ye in Jehovah for ever, For in Jah Jehovah [is] a rock of ages,
5. For He bowed down the dwellers on high, A city set on high He maketh low, He maketh it low unto the earth, He causeth it to come unto the dust,
6. Tread it down doth a foot, Feet of the poor--steps of the weak.
7. The path for the righteous [is] uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.
8. Also, [in] the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited [for] Thee, To Thy name and to Thy remembrance [Is] the desire of the soul.
9. [With] my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, [with] my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments [are] on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.
10. The wicked findeth favour, He hath not learned righteousness, In a land of straightforwardness he dealeth perversely, And seeth not the excellency of Jehovah.
11. O Jehovah, high [is] Thy hand--they see not, They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, Also, the fire--Thine adversaries, consumeth them.
12. O Jehovah, Thou appointest peace to us, For, all our works also Thou hast wrought for us.
13. O Jehovah our God, lords have ruled us besides Thee, Only, by Thee we make mention of Thy name.
14. Dead--they live not, Rephaim, they rise not, Therefore Thou hast inspected and dost destroy them, Yea, thou destroyest all their memory.
15. Thou hast added to the nation, O Jehovah, Thou hast added to the nation, Thou hast been honoured, Thou hast put far off all the ends of earth.
16. O Jehovah, in distress they missed Thee, They have poured out a whisper, Thy chastisement [is] on them.
17. When a pregnant woman cometh near to the birth, She is pained--she crieth in her pangs, So we have been from Thy face, O Jehovah.
18. We have conceived, we have been pained. We have brought forth as it were wind, Salvation we do not work in the earth, Nor do the inhabitants of the world fall.