<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;I said, &#8216;I want to cut them in pieces.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I want to make people forget they ever existed.p>

<p class="poetry">You godly ones, rejoice in the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">Give thanks to his holy name.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He does<n id="1" /> amazing things that will be remembered;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> is merciful and compassionate.p>

<p class="poetry">They will talk about the fame of your great kindness,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and sing about your justice.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The memory<n id="1" /> of the righteous is a blessing,p> <p class="poetry">but the reputation<n id="2" /> of the wicked will rot.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">As for the <sc>Lordsc> God Almighty,p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> is the name by which he is remembered!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Sing to the <sc>Lordsc>, you faithful followers<n id="1" /> of his;p> <p class="poetry">give thanks to his holy name.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But the <sc>Lordsc> opposes evildoersp> <p class="poetry">and wipes out all memory of them from the earth.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">But you, O <sc>Lordsc>, rule forever,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and your reputation endures.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">May the <sc>Lordsc> be constantly aware of them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and cut off the memory of his children<n id="2" /> from the earth!p>

<p class="poetry">For he will never be upended;p> <p class="poetry">others will always remember one who is just.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, your name endures,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">your reputation, O <sc>Lordsc>, lasts.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">His memory perishes from the earth,p> <p class="poetry">he has no name in the land.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For no one remembers you in the realm of death,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">In Sheol who gives you thanks?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The enemy&#8217;s cities have been reduced to permanent ruins;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you destroyed their cities;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">all memory of the enemies has perished.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yes, as your judgments unfold,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, we wait for you.p> <p class="poetry">We desire your fame and reputation to grow.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">People will reside again<n id="1" /> in his shade;p> <p class="poetry">they will plant and harvest grain in abundance.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They will blossom like a vine,p> <p class="poetry">and his fame will be like the wine from Lebanon.p>

<p class="poetry">For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything;p> <p class="poetry">they have no further reward &#8211; and even the memory of them disappears.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The dead do not come back to life,p> <p class="poetry">the spirits of the dead do not rise.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">That is because<n id="2" /> you came in judgment<n id="3" /> and destroyed them,p> <p class="poetry">you wiped out all memory of them.p>

God also said to Moses, &#8220;You must say this to the Israelites, &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> &#8211; the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob &#8211; has sent me to you. This is my name<n id="2" /> forever, and this is my memorial from generation to generation.&#8217;<n id="3" />p>