O Lord our Governor, how excellent is your Name in all the world; *

you have set your glory above the heavens!

Out of the mouth of babes and infants you have ordained strength, because of your enemies, *

that you might still the enemy and the avenger.

When I consider your heavens, even the works of your fingers, *

the moon and the stars, which you have ordained.

What is man, that you are mindful of him; *

the son of man, that you visit him?

You made him little lower than the angels, *

to crown him with glory and honor.

You made him to have dominion over the works of your hands, *

and you have put all things in subjection under his feet;

All sheep and oxen, *

even the beasts of the field;

The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea; *

and whatsoever walks through the paths of the seas.

O Lord our Governor, *

how excellent is your Name in all the world!

In the Lord I put my trust; *

how then can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird unto the hill;

For behold, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrow upon the string, *

that they may secretly shoot at those who are true of heart.

For the foundations will be cast down, *

and what can the righteous do?”

The Lord is in his holy temple; *

the Lord’s throne is in heaven.

His eyes consider the poor, *

and his eyelids try the children of men.

The Lord tests the righteous, *

but the ungodly, and those who delight in wickedness, his soul abhors.

Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, storm and tempest; *

this shall be their portion to drink.

For the righteous Lord loves righteousness; *

the upright shall behold his face.