5-8. Step down out of heaven, God;ignite volcanoes in the hearts of the mountains.Hurl your lightnings in every direction;shoot your arrows this way and that.Reach all the way from sky to sea:pull me out of the ocean of hate,out of the grip of those barbariansWho lie through their teeth,who shake your handthen knife you in the back.
9-10. O God, let me sing a new song to you,let me play it on a twelve-string guitar—A song to the God who saved the king,the God who rescued David, his servant.
11. Rescue me from the enemy sword,release me from the grip of those barbariansWho lie through their teeth,who shake your handthen knife you in the back.
12-14. Make our sons in their primelike sturdy oak trees,Our daughters as shapely and brightas fields of wildflowers.Fill our barns with great harvest,fill our fields with huge flocks;Protect us from invasion and exile—eliminate the crime in our streets.
15. How blessed the people who have all this!How blessed the people who have God for God!