<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">For my enemies talk about me;p> <p class="poetry">those waiting for a chance to kill me plot my demise.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They carefully plot<n id="1" /> against your people,p> <p class="poetry">and make plans to harm<n id="2" /> the ones you cherish.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yes,<n id="1" /> they devise a unified strategy;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they form an alliance<n id="3" /> against you.p>

<p class="poetry">I will praise<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> who<n id="2" /> guides<n id="3" /> me;p> <p class="poetry">yes, during the night I reflect and learn.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">They<n id="1" /> spend all their time planning how to bring him<n id="2" /> down.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They love to use deceit;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">they pronounce blessings with their mouths,p> <p class="poetry">but inwardly they utter curses.<n id="5" /> (Selah)p>