Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.

She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.

But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.

They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.

Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.

They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.

Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.