Look! They lie in wait for my life;
Fierce and powerful men [are uniting together to] launch an attack against me,
Not for my wrongdoing nor for any sin of mine, O Lord.

To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.

Spoiled themselves have the mighty of heart, They have slept their sleep, And none of the men of might found their hands.

As arrows in the hand of a mighty one, So are the sons of the young men.

Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods (heavenly beings)?
Do you judge fairly, O sons of men?

Then spakest thou in vision of thy men of lovingkindness, and saidst - I have laid help upon a mighty one, I have exalted one chosen from among the people;

Men who go down to the sea, in ships, doing business through mighty waters;