<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> sits enthroned over the engulfing waters,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> sits enthroned<n id="2" /> as the eternal king.p>

<p class="poetry">From the place where he lives he looks carefullyp> <p class="poetry">at all the earth&#8217;s inhabitants.p>

<p class="poetry">The one enthroned<n id="1" /> in heaven laughs in disgust;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the Lord taunts<n id="3" /> them.p>

<p class="poetry">You are holy;p> <p class="poetry">you sit as king receiving the praises of Israel.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">As for you, the one who lives<n id="2" /> in the shelter of the sovereign One,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and resides in the protective shadow<n id="4" /> of the mighty king<n id="5" /> &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">Let the sea and everything in it shout,p> <p class="poetry">along with the world and those who live in it!p>

<p class="poetry">They sat in utter darkness,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">bound in painful iron chains,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">and a fruitful land into a barren place,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">because of the sin of its inhabitants.p>

<p class="poetry">He allowed the hungry to settle there,p> <p class="poetry">and they established a city in which to live.p>

<p class="poetry">Who can compare to the <sc>Lordsc> our God,p> <p class="poetry">who sits on a high throne?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">that he might seat him with princes,p> <p class="poetry">with the princes of his people.p>

<p class="poetry">But the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> rules<n id="2" /> forever;p> <p class="poetry">he reigns in a just manner.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Sing praises to the <sc>Lordsc>, who rules<n id="1" /> in Zion!p> <p class="poetry">Tell the nations what he has done!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He<n id="1" /> is like a lion<n id="2" /> that wants to tear its prey to bits,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">like a young lion crouching<n id="4" /> in hidden places.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> owns the earth and all it contains,p> <p class="poetry">the world and all who live in it.p>

<p class="poetry">I hate the mob<n id="1" /> of evil men,p> <p class="poetry">and do not associate<n id="2" /> with the wicked.p>

<p class="poetry">You plot against your brother;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you slander your own brother.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">for you live among them.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You sustain the oppressed with your good blessings, O God.p>

<p class="poetry">Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me;p> <p class="poetry">drunkards mock me in their songs.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">May their camp become desolate,p> <p class="poetry">their tents uninhabited!<n id="1" />p>