Psalms

¹ avenging God, show your colors!

² throw the book at the arrogant.

³ how long will you let this go on?

⁴ and crow about their crimes!

⁵ exploit and abuse your precious people.

⁶ if they can't use them, they kill them.

⁷ Jacob's God is out to lunch."

⁸ fools—how long before you get smart?

⁹ Eye-Shaper doesn't see?

¹⁰ the teacher of Adam doesn't know?

¹¹ knows your stupidity, sees your shallowness.

¹² the woman you instruct in your Word,

¹³ while a jail is being built for the wicked.

¹⁴ never desert his precious people.

¹⁵ and every good heart put right.

¹⁶ Who took my side against evil workers?

¹⁷ I never would have made it.

¹⁸ your love, God, took hold and held me fast.

¹⁹ you calmed me down and cheered me up.

²⁰ Can Troublemaker pretend to be on your side?

²¹ plotted behind the backs of the innocent.

²² God was my high mountain retreat,

²³ for their evil ways he wiped them out, our God cleaned them out for good.