Arise, O Lord, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever!
Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication, for my cause, my God and my Lord!
Arise, O Lord! Save me, O my God! For you strike all my enemies on the cheek; you break the teeth of the wicked.
“Now I will arise,” says the Lord, “now I will lift myself up; now I will be exalted.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.
Rise up; come to our help! Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon?
So now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.”
The Lord has taken his place to contend; he stands to judge peoples.
The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.
O Lord, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth! Rise up, O judge of the earth; repay to the proud what they deserve!
Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a strong man shouting because of wine.
From the heavens you uttered judgment; the earth feared and was still, when God arose to establish judgment, to save all the humble of the earth. Selah
Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!
Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song. God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered; and those who hate him shall flee before him! As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away; as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God!
You, Lord God of hosts, are God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations; spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah
Of David. Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!
“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring harm upon Absalom.
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