<t /><p class="poetry">Come! Let&#8217;s sing for joy to the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">Let&#8217;s shout out praises to our protector who delivers us!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will protect her priests,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and her godly people will shout exuberantly.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is alive!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">My protector<n id="2" /> is praiseworthy!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">The God who delivers me<n id="4" /> is exalted as king!<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Such godly people are rewarded by the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and vindicated by the God who delivers them.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance!p> <p class="poetry">Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Restore us, O God our deliverer!p> <p class="poetry">Do not be displeased with us!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, show us your loyal love!p> <p class="poetry">Bestow on us your deliverance!p>

<p class="poetry">Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">then his splendor will again appear in our land.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You give me your protective shield;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">your right hand supports me;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">your willingness to help<n id="3" /> enables me to prevail.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Guide me into your truth<n id="1" /> and teach me.p> <p class="poetry">For you are the God who delivers me;p> <p class="poetry">on you I rely all day long.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">By David.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> delivers and vindicates me!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I fear no one!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> protects my life!p> <p class="poetry">I am afraid of no one!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">God delivers me and exalts me;p> <p class="poetry">God is my strong protector and my shelter.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You answer our prayers by performing awesome acts of deliverance,p> <p class="poetry">O God, our savior.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">All the ends of the earth trust in you,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">as well as those living across the wide seas.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Because of the violence done to the oppressed,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">because of the painful cries<n id="2" /> of the needy,p> <p class="poetry">I will spring into action,&#8221;<n id="3" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is my high ridge,<n id="1" /> my stronghold,<n id="2" /> my deliverer.p> <p class="poetry">My God is my rocky summit where<n id="3" /> I take shelter,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">my shield, the horn that saves me,<n id="5" /> and my refuge.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Now I am sure<n id="1" /> that the <sc>Lordsc> will deliver<n id="2" /> his chosen king;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he will intervene for him<n id="4" /> from his holy heavenly temple,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and display his mighty ability to deliver.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not reject me!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not push your servant away in anger!p> <p class="poetry">You are my deliverer!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not forsake or abandon me,p> <p class="poetry">O God who vindicates me!p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, because of your great loyal love,p> <p class="poetry">answer me with your faithful deliverance!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Help us, O God, our deliverer!p> <p class="poetry">For the sake of your glorious reputation,<n id="1" /> rescue us!p> <p class="poetry">Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation!<n id="2" />p>