<p class="poetry">I am committed to peace,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but when I speak, they want to make war.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He trains my hands for battle;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my arms can bend even the strongest bow.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You give me strength<n id="1" /> for battle;p> <p class="poetry">you make my foes kneel before me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You turn back<n id="1" /> his sword from the adversary,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and have not sustained him in battle.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Who is this majestic king?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> who is strong and mighty!p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> who is mighty in battle!p>

<p class="poetry">There he shattered the arrows,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the shield, the sword, and the rest of the weapons of war.<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">who plan ways to harm me.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">All day long they stir up conflict.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">By David.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc>, my protector,<n id="2" /> deserves praise<n id="3" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the one who trains my hands for battle,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and my fingers for war,p>

<p class="poetry">Even when an army is deployed against me,p> <p class="poetry">I do not fear.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Even when war is imminent,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I remain confident.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He brings an end to wars throughout the earth;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he shatters<n id="2" /> the bow and breaks<n id="3" /> the spear;p> <p class="poetry">he burns<n id="4" /> the shields with fire.<n id="5" />p>