<p class="poetry">Pay them back for their evil deeds!p> <p class="poetry">Pay them back for what they do!p> <p class="poetry">Punish them!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They have mouths, but cannot speak,p> <p class="poetry">eyes, but cannot see,p>

<p class="poetry">They have mouths, but cannot speak,p> <p class="poetry">eyes, but cannot see,p>

<p class="poetry">Terrify them, <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let the nations know they are mere mortals!<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">They ate until they were stuffed;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he gave them what they desired.p>

<p class="poetry">He granted their request,p> <p class="poetry">then struck them with a disease.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">So he made a solemn vow<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">that he would make them die<n id="2" /> in the desert,p>

<p class="poetry">They worshiped<n id="1" /> their idols,p> <p class="poetry">which became a snare to them.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yet he took notice of their distress,p> <p class="poetry">when he heard their cry for help.p>

<p class="poetry">He remembered his covenant with them,p> <p class="poetry">and relented<n id="1" /> because of his great loyal love.p>

<p class="poetry">They witnessed the acts of the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">his amazing feats on the deep water.p>

<p class="poetry">I am committed to peace,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but when I speak, they want to make war.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For forty years I was continually disgusted<n id="1" /> with that generation,p> <p class="poetry">and I said, &#8216;These people desire to go astray;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they do not obey my commands.&#8217;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">As for God&#8217;s chosen people who are in the land,p> <p class="poetry">and the leading officials I admired so much<n id="1" /> &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">They will fall down,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but we<n id="2" /> will stand firm.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I can count<n id="1" /> all my bones;p> <p class="poetry">my enemies<n id="2" /> are gloating over me in triumph.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They are dividing up my clothes among themselves;p> <p class="poetry">they are rolling dice<n id="1" /> for my garments.p>

<p class="poetry">Remember<n id="1" /> your compassionate and faithful deeds, O <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">for you have always acted in this manner.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Wicked men<n id="1" /> will be wiped out,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but those who rely on the <sc>Lordsc> are the ones who will possess the land.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">As for you, O <sc>Lordsc>, have mercy on me and raise me up,p> <p class="poetry">so I can pay them back!&#8221;<n id="1" />p>