<p class="poetry">the people whom I formed for myself,p> <p class="poetry">so they might praise me.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the oppressed are trapped<n id="2" /> by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Protect me from<n id="1" /> the wicked men who attack<n id="2" /> me,p> <p class="poetry">my enemies who crowd around me for the kill.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will instruct and teach you<n id="1" /> about how you should live.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will advise you as I look you in the eye.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They sweep by like the wind and pass on.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">But the one who considers himself a god will be held guilty.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">By your loyal love you will lead<n id="1" /> the people whom<n id="2" /> you have redeemed;p> <p class="poetry">you will guide<n id="3" /> them by your strength to your holy dwelling place.p>

<p class="poetry">The nations fell<n id="1" /> into the pit they had made;p> <p class="poetry">their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You, <sc>Lordsc>, will protect them;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you will continually shelter each one from these evil people,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You will free me<n id="1" /> from the net they hid for me,p> <p class="poetry">for you are my place of refuge.p>

<p class="poetry">God has declared one principle;p> <p class="poetry">two principles I have heard:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">God is strong,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">God has decreed that you will be powerful.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, you who have acted on our behalf, demonstrate your power,p>

<p class="poetry">Fear and dread<n id="1" /> will fall<n id="2" /> on them;p> <p class="poetry">by the greatness<n id="3" /> of your arm they will be as still as stone<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">until<n id="5" /> your people pass by, O <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">until the people whom you have bought<n id="6" /> pass by.p>

<p class="poetry">Even when my strength leaves me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you watch my footsteps.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">In the path where I walkp> <p class="poetry">they have hidden a trap for me.p>

<p class="poetry">May I hear about your loyal love in the morning,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for I trust in you.p> <p class="poetry">Show me the way I should go,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">because I long for you.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Who handed Jacob over to the robber?p> <p class="poetry">Who handed Israel over to the looters?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Was it not the <sc>Lordsc>, against whom we sinned?p> <p class="poetry">They refused to follow his commands;p> <p class="poetry">they disobeyed his law.<n id="2" />p>