<p class="poetry">Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave,p> <p class="poetry">or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is fitting<n id="1" /> to proclaim your loyal love in the morning,p> <p class="poetry">and your faithfulness during the night,p>

<p class="poetry">I choose the path of faithfulness;p> <p class="poetry">I am committed to<n id="1" /> your regulations.p>

<p class="poetry">All your commands are reliable.p> <p class="poetry">I am pursued without reason.<n id="1" /> Help me!p>

<p class="poetry">You demonstrate your faithfulness to all generations.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You established the earth and it stood firm.p>

<p class="poetry">The rules you impose are just,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and absolutely reliable.p>

<p class="poetry">They are fresh<n id="1" /> every morning;p> <p class="poetry">your faithfulness is abundant!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s decrees<n id="2" /> are just,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and everything he does is fair.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, your loyal love reaches to the sky;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">your faithfulness to the clouds.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Trust in the <sc>Lordsc> and do what is right!p> <p class="poetry">Settle in the land and maintain your integrity!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He will experience my faithfulness and loyal love,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and by my name he will win victories.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But I will not remove<n id="1" /> my loyal love from him,p> <p class="poetry">nor be unfaithful to my promise.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Where are your earlier faithful deeds,<n id="1" /> O Lord,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I know, <sc>Lordsc>, that your regulations<n id="1" /> are just.p> <p class="poetry">You disciplined me because of your faithful devotion to me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The faithful witness<n id="1" /> tells what is right,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but a false witness<n id="3" /> speaks<n id="4" /> deceit.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> abhors a person who lies,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but those who deal truthfully<n id="3" /> are his delight.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">A faithful person<n id="1" /> will have an abundance of blessings,p> <p class="poetry">but the one who hastens<n id="2" /> to gain riches will not go unpunished.p>

<p class="poetry">Justice will be like a belt around his waist,p> <p class="poetry">integrity will be like a belt around his hips.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will commit myself to you in faithfulness;p> <p class="poetry">then<n id="1" /> you will acknowledge<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

Do not audit the foremen who disburse the silver, for they are honest.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>