<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> protects<n id="1" /> the untrained;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I was in serious trouble<n id="3" /> and he delivered me.p>

<p class="poetry">Like legs that hang limp<n id="1" /> from the lame,p> <p class="poetry">so<n id="2" /> is a proverb<n id="3" /> in the mouth of fools.p>

Israel was so severely weakened by Midian that the Israelites cried out to the <sc>Lordsc> for help.p>

<p class="poetry">Far from where people live<n id="1" /> he sinks a shaft,p> <p class="poetry">in places travelers have long forgotten,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">far from other people he dangles and sways.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Quickly send your compassion our way,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for we are in serious trouble!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Listen to my cry for help,p> <p class="poetry">for I am in serious trouble!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Rescue me from those who chase me,p> <p class="poetry">for they are stronger than I am.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;At that time<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Jacob&#8217;s splendor will be greatly diminished,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and he will become skin and bones.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The canals<n id="1" /> will stink;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up;p> <p class="poetry">the bulrushes and reeds will decay,p>

<p class="poetry">Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp,p> <p class="poetry">I coo<n id="1" /> like a dove;p> <p class="poetry">my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">O sovereign master,<n id="3" /> I am oppressed;p> <p class="poetry">help me!<n id="4" />p>