<p class="poetry">as well as wine that makes people feel so good,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and so they can have oil to make their faces shine,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">as well as food that sustains people&#8217;s lives.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But it is you,<n id="1" /> a man like me,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">my close friend in whom I confided.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yes, I find delight in your rules;p> <p class="poetry">they give me guidance.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Deliver me from evildoers!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Rescue me from violent men!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You allowed men to ride over our heads;p> <p class="poetry">we passed through fire and water,p> <p class="poetry">but you brought us out into a wide open place.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They are immune to the trouble common to men;p> <p class="poetry">they do not suffer as other men do.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You make mankind return<n id="1" /> to the dust,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and say, &#8220;Return, O people!&#8221;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>

<p class="poetry">Of what importance is the human race,<n id="1" /> that you should notice<n id="2" /> them?p> <p class="poetry">Of what importance is mankind,<n id="3" /> that you should pay attention to them,<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Terrify them, <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let the nations know they are mere mortals!<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">The bravehearted<n id="1" /> were plundered;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they &#8220;fell asleep.&#8221;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">All the warriors were helpless.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">But you, O God, will bring them<n id="1" /> down to the deep Pit.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Violent and deceitful people<n id="3" /> will not live even half a normal lifespan.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">But as for me, I trust in you.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not let me have evil desires,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or participate in sinful activitiesp> <p class="poetry">with men who behave wickedly.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will not eat their delicacies.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; according to the <i>yonath-elem-rechovimi> style;<n id="2" /> a prayer<n id="3" /> of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me!<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">All day long hostile enemies<n id="6" /> are tormenting me.<n id="7" />p>