Psalms

¹ Listen, God! Please, pay attention! Can you make sense of these ramblings,

² King-God, I need your help.

³ you'll hear me at it again. Every morning I lay out the pieces of my life on your altar and watch for fire to descend.

⁴ or invite Evil over as your houseguest.

⁵ you shake your head over Mischief-Maker.

⁶ Blood-Thirsty and Truth-Bender disgust you.

⁷ it's incredible! I enter your house; here I am, prostrate in your inner sanctum,

⁸ to get me safely through enemy lines.

⁹ their lungs breathe out poison gas. Their throats are gaping graves, their tongues slick as mudslides.

¹⁰ Let their so-called wisdom wreck them. Kick them out! They've had their chance.

¹¹ when we run for cover to you. Let the party last all night! Stand guard over our celebration.

¹² for decking us out in delight.