<p class="poetry">None can compare to you among the gods, O Lord!p> <p class="poetry">Your exploits are incomparable!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Our cattle will be weighted down with produce.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">No one will break through our walls,p> <p class="poetry">no one will be taken captive,p> <p class="poetry">and there will be no terrified cries in our city squares.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">There is no actual speech or word,p> <p class="poetry">nor is its<n id="1" /> voice literally heard.p>

<p class="poetry">Evil men will soon disappear;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Everyone rejects God;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they are all morally corrupt.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">None of them does what is right,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">not even one!p>

<p class="poetry">My whole body is sick because of your judgment;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I am deprived of health because of my sin.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Everyone rejects God;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they are all morally corrupt.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">None of them does what is right,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">not even one!p>

<p class="poetry">But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I looked for them, but they could not be found.p>

<p class="poetry">For they suffer no pain;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">their bodies<n id="2" /> are strong and well-fed.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He ordered locusts to come,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">innumerable grasshoppers.p>

<p class="poetry">He brought his people<n id="1" /> out enriched<n id="2" /> with silver and gold;p> <p class="poetry">none of his tribes stumbled.p>

<p class="poetry">So he used suffering to humble them;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they stumbled and no one helped them up.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; by David.p> <p class="poetry">Fools say to themselves,<n id="2" /> &#8220;There is no God.&#8221;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They sin and commit evil deeds;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">none of them does what is right.<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; according to the <i>machalathi> style;<n id="2" /> a well-written song<n id="3" /> by David.p> <p class="poetry">Fools say to themselves,<n id="4" /> &#8220;There is no God.&#8221;<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">They sin and commit evil deeds;<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">none of them does what is right.<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look to the right and see!p> <p class="poetry">No one cares about me.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I have nowhere to run;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">no one is concerned about my life.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Otherwise they will rip<n id="1" /> me<n id="2" /> to shreds like a lion;p> <p class="poetry">they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They cry out, but there is no one to help them;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they cry out to the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="2" /> but he does not answer them.p>

<p class="poetry">For I am overcome with shame<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and my whole body is sick.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happyp> <p class="poetry">before I pass away.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They say,<n id="1" /> &#8220;God has abandoned him.p> <p class="poetry">Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!&#8221;p>