5
He searched out and pursued the lawless; he burned those who troubled his people.
6
Lawless men shrank back for fear of him; all the evildoers were confounded; and deliverance prospered by his hand.
7
He embittered many kings, but he made Jacob glad by his deeds, and his memory is blessed for ever.
8
He went through the cities of Judah; he destroyed the ungodly out of the land; thus he turned away wrath from Israel.
9
He was renowned to the ends of the earth; he gathered in those who were perishing.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.