Psalms 73:14-23

¹⁴Thou didst break to pieces the heads of the dragon; thou didst give him for meat to the Ethiopian nations.

¹⁵Thou didst cleave fountains and torrents; thou driedst up mighty rivers.

¹⁶The day is thine, and the night is thine; thou hast prepared the sun and the moon.

¹⁷Thou hast made all the borders of the earth; thou hast made summer and spring.

¹⁸Remember this thy creation: an enemy has reproached the Lord, and a foolish people has provoked thy name.

¹⁹Deliver not to the wild beasts a soul that gives praise to thee: forget not for ever the souls of thy poor.

²⁰Look upon thy covenant: for the dark places of the earth are filled with the habitations of iniquity.

²¹Let not the afflicted and shamed one be rejected: the poor and needy shall praise thy name.

²²Arise, O God, plead thy cause: remember thy reproaches that come from the foolish one all the day.

²³Forget not the voice of thy suppliants: let the pride of them that hate thee continually ascend before thee.