40. You have broken down all his hedges and his walls; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
41. All who pass along the road spoil and rob him; he has become the scorn and reproach of his neighbors.
42. You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
43. Moreover, You have turned back the edge of his sword and have not made him to stand in battle.
44. You have made his glory and splendor to cease and have hurled to the ground his throne.
45. The days of his youth have You shortened; You have covered him with shame. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
46. How long, O Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? How long shall Your wrath burn like fire?
47. O [earnestly] remember how short my time is and what a mere fleeting life mine is. For what emptiness, falsity, futility, and frailty You have created all men!
48. What man can live and shall not see death, or can deliver himself from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the place of the dead)? Selah [pause, and calmly consider that]!
49. Lord, where are Your former loving-kindnesses [shown in the reigns of David and Solomon], which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?
50. Remember, Lord, and earnestly imprint [on Your heart] the reproach of Your servants, scorned and insulted, how I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many and mighty peoples,
51. With which Your enemies have taunted, O Lord, with which they have mocked the footsteps of Your anointed.
52. Blessed be the Lord forevermore! Amen and Amen.