8. Was it in anger, lord, that you struck the riversand parted the sea?Were you displeased with them?No, you were sending your chariots of salvation!
9. You brandished your bowand your quiver of arrows.You split open the earth with flowing rivers.
10. The mountains watched and trembled.Onward swept the raging waters.The mighty deep cried out,lifting its hands in submission.
11. The sun and moon stood still in the skyas your brilliant arrows flewand your glittering spear flashed.
12. You marched across the land in angerand trampled the nations in your fury.
13. You went out to rescue your chosen people,to save your anointed ones.You crushed the heads of the wickedand stripped their bones from head to toe.
14. With his own weapons,you destroyed the chief of thosewho rushed out like a whirlwind,thinking Israel would be easy prey.
15. You trampled the sea with your horses,and the mighty waters piled high.
16. I trembled inside when I heard this;my lips quivered with fear.My legs gave way beneath me,and I shook in terror.I will wait quietly for the coming daywhen disaster will strike the people who invade us.
17. Even though the fig trees have no blossoms,and there are no grapes on the vines;even though the olive crop fails,and the fields lie empty and barren;even though the flocks die in the fields,and the cattle barns are empty,
18. yet I will rejoice in the lord!I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
19. The Sovereign lord is my strength!He makes me as surefooted as a deer,able to tread upon the heights.(For the choir director: This prayer is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.)