| 1 Take pity on us, Master, Lord of the universe, look at us, spread fear of yourself throughout al othernations. |
| 2 Raise your hand against the foreign nations and let them see your might. |
| 3 As, in their sight, you have proved yourself holy to us, so now, in our sight, prove yourself great to them. |
| 4 Let them acknowledge you, just as we have acknowledged that there is no God but you, Lord. |
| 5 Send new portents, do fresh wonders, win glory for your hand and your right arm. |
| 6 Rouse your fury, pour out your rage, destroy the opponent, annihilate the enemy. |
| 7 Hasten the day, remember the oath, and let people tell of your mighty deeds. |
| 8 Let fiery wrath swal ow up the survivor, and destruction overtake those who oppress your people. |
| 9 Crush the heads of hostile rulers who say, 'There is no one else but us!' |
| 10 Gather together all the tribes of Jacob, restore them their heritage as at the beginning. |
| 11 Take pity, Lord, on the people cal ed by your name, on Israel whom you have made your first-born. |
| 12 Have compassion on your holy city, on Jerusalem, the place where you rest. |
| 13 Fil Zion with your praises and your sanctuary with your glory. |
| 14 Vindicate those whom you created first, fulfil what has been prophesied in your name. |
| 15 Give those who wait for you their reward, let your prophets be proved true. |
| 16 Grant, Lord, the prayer of your servants, in the terms of Aaron's blessing on your people, |
| 17 so that al the earth's inhabitants may acknowledge that you are the Lord, the everlasting God. |
| 18 The stomach takes in all kinds of food, but some foods are better than others. |
| 19 As the palate discerns the flavour of game, so a shrewd listener detects lying words. |
| 20 A perverse character causes depression in others; it needs experience to know how to repay such aone. |
| 21 A woman wil accept any husband, but some daughters are better than others. |
| 22 A woman's beauty delights the beholder, a man likes nothing better. |
| 23 If her tongue is kind and gentle, her husband is the happiest of men. |
| 24 The man who takes a wife has the makings of a fortune, a helper to match himself, a pil ar of support. |
| 25 When property has no fence, it is open to plunder, when a man has no wife, he is aimless andquerulous. |
| 26 Wil anyone trust an armed thief who flits from town to town? |
| 27 So it is with the man who has no nest, and lodges wherever night overtakes him. |