<p class="poetry">All day long he shows compassion and lends to others,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and his children<n id="2" /> are blessed.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> delivers;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you show favor to your people.<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Such godly people are rewarded by the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and vindicated by the God who delivers them.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He loved to curse<n id="1" /> others, so those curses have come upon him.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you bring him<n id="1" /> rich<n id="2" /> blessings;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you place a golden crown on his head.p>

<p class="poetry">For you grant him lasting blessings;p> <p class="poetry">you give him great joy by allowing him into your presence.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">As they pass through the Baca Valley,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he provides a spring for them.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The rain<n id="3" /> even covers it with pools of water.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Those who pass by will not say,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;May you experience the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s blessing!p> <p class="poetry">We pronounce a blessing on you in the name of the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">It is like the dew of Hermon,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">which flows down upon the hills of Zion.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Indeed<n id="3" /> that is where the <sc>Lordsc> has decreedp> <p class="poetry">a blessing will be available &#8211; eternal life.<n id="4" />p>