A warrior’s cry for justice — the psalmist flees from those who pursue without cause, calling on the Most High to arise and judge the nations. If guilt is found, let the enemy prevail; but if innocent, let God’s righteous judgment fall.
“Arise, O LORD, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies.”
The arrangement builds from desperate, sparse passages with continuous duduk to full-band anthemic sections with gang vocals. Ancient Middle Eastern instrumentation (duduk, ney, lyre) meets warrior energy, shifting between Phrygian darkness and Ionian triumph.