<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc> my God, if I have done what they say,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or am guilty of unjust actions,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I will not enter my own home,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">or get into my bed.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">When he struck them down,<n id="1" /> they sought his favor;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they turned back and longed for God.p>

<p class="poetry">I will not allow my eyes to sleep,p> <p class="poetry">or my eyelids to slumber,p>

<p class="poetry">If I forget you, O Jerusalem,p> <p class="poetry">may my right hand be crippled!<n id="1" />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">May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,p> <p class="poetry">if I do not remember you,p> <p class="poetry">and do not give Jerusalem priorityp> <p class="poetry">over whatever gives me the most joy.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">or have wronged my ally,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or helped his lawless enemy,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">When you see a thief, you join him;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">whenever<n id="1" /> I remember you on my bed,p> <p class="poetry">and think about you during the nighttime hours.p>

<p class="poetry">If I had harbored sin in my heart,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the Lord would not have listened.p>

<p class="poetry">If I had publicized these thoughts,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I would have betrayed your loyal followers.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">If his sons reject my lawp> <p class="poetry">and disobey my regulations,p>

<p class="poetry">if they break<n id="1" /> my rulesp> <p class="poetry">and do not keep my commandments,p>

<p class="poetry">Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness,p> <p class="poetry">I will never deceive<n id="1" /> David.p>

<p class="poetry">If I say, &#8220;My foot is slipping,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">your loyal love, O <sc>Lordsc>, supports me.p>

<p class="poetry">So I made a vow in my anger,p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">If you, O <sc>Lordsc>, were to keep track of<n id="1" /> sins,p> <p class="poetry">O Lord, who could stand before you?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">If I were to ascend<n id="1" /> to heaven, you would be there.p> <p class="poetry">If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">If only<n id="1" /> you would kill the wicked, O God!p> <p class="poetry">Get away from me, you violent men!<n id="2" />p>