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According to Shigyonot.<a id="rfn42003001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn42003001-1">*</a></p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v42003002" class="ver">2</span>O <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, I have heard your renown,</p> <p class="sl1">and am in awe, O <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, of your work.</p> <p class="sl">In the course of years revive it,<a id="rfn42003002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn42003002-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">in the course of years make yourself known;</p> <p class="sl1">in your wrath remember compassion!</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v42003003" class="ver">3</span><a id="rfn42003003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn42003003-1">*</a> God came from Teman,<a id="rfn42003003-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn42003003-2">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">the Holy One from Mount Paran.<a id="ren42003003-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en42003003-a">a</a></p> <p class="sli"><i>Selah</i></p> <p class="slf">His glory covered the heavens,</p> <p class="sl1">and his praise filled the earth;</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v42003004" class="ver">4</span>his splendor spread like the light.</p> <p class="sl">He raised his horns high,<a id="ren42003004-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en42003004-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl1">he rejoiced on the day of his strength.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v42003005" class="ver">5</span>Before him went pestilence,</p> <p class="sl1">and plague<a id="rfn42003005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn42003005-1">*</a> followed in his steps.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v42003006" class="ver">6</span>He stood and shook the earth;</p> <p class="sl1">he looked and made the nations tremble.</p> <p class="sl">Ancient mountains were shattered,</p> <p class="sl1">the age-old hills bowed low,</p> <p class="sl1">age-old orbits<a id="rfn42003006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn42003006-1">*</a> collapsed.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v42003007" class="ver">7</span>The tents of Cushan trembled,</p> <p class="sl1">the pavilions of the land of Midian.<a id="rfn42003007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn42003007-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v42003008" class="ver">8</span>Was your anger against the rivers, O <span class="tetr">Lord</span>?</p> <p class="sl1">your wrath against the rivers,</p> <p class="sl1">your rage against the sea,<a id="rfn42003008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn42003008-1">*</a> <a id="ren42003008-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en42003008-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl">That you mounted your steeds,</p> <p class="sl1">your victorious chariot?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v42003009" class="ver">9</span>You readied your bow,</p> <p class="sl1">you filled your bowstring with arrows.</p> <p class="sli"><i>Selah</i></p> <p class="slf">You split the earth with rivers;</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v42003010" class="ver">10</span>at the sight of you the mountains writhed.</p> <p class="sl">The clouds poured down water;</p> <p class="sl1">the deep roared loudly.</p> <p class="sl">The sun<a id="rfn42003010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn42003010-1">*</a> forgot to rise,</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v42003011" class="ver">11</span>the moon left its lofty station,<a id="ren42003011-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en42003011-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl">At the light of your flying arrows,</p> <p class="sl1">at the gleam of your flashing spear.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v42003012" class="ver">12</span>In wrath you marched on the earth,</p> <p class="sl1">in fury you trampled the nations.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v42003013" class="ver">13</span>You came forth to save your people,</p> <p class="sl1">to save your anointed one.<a id="rfn42003013-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn42003013-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl">You crushed the back of the wicked,</p> <p class="sl1">you laid him bare, bottom to neck.</p> <p class="sli"><i>Selah</i></p> <p class="slf"><span id="v42003014" class="ver">14</span><a id="rfn42003014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn42003014-1">*</a> You pierced his head with your shafts;</p> <p class="sl1">his princes you scattered with your stormwind,</p> <p class="sl1">as food for the poor in unknown places.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v42003015" class="ver">15</span>You trampled the sea with your horses</p> <p class="sl1">amid the churning of the deep waters.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v42003016" class="ver">16</span>I hear, and my body trembles;</p> <p class="sl1">at the sound, my lips quiver.</p> <p class="sl">Decay invades my bones,</p> <p class="sl1">my legs tremble beneath me.</p> <p class="sl">I await the day of distress</p> <p class="sl1">that will come upon the people who attack us.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v42003017" class="ver">17</span>For though the fig tree does not blossom,</p> <p class="sl1">and no fruit appears on the vine,</p> <p class="sl">Though the yield of the olive fails</p> <p class="sl1">and the terraces produce no nourishment,</p> <p class="sl">Though the flocks disappear from the fold</p> <p class="sl1">and there is no herd in the stalls,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v42003018" class="ver">18</span>Yet I will rejoice in the <span class="tetr">Lord</span></p> <p class="sl1">and exult in my saving God.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v42003019" class="ver">19</span><span class="tetr">God</span>, my Lord, is my strength;</p> <p class="sl1">he makes my feet swift as those of deer</p> <p class="sl1l">and enables me to tread upon the heights.<a id="rfn42003019-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn42003019-1">*</a> <a id="ren42003019-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en42003019-e">e</a></p> </div> <p class="pcon">For the leader; with stringed instruments.</p> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span 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