<p class="poetry">But the <sc>Lordsc> delivers the godly;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he protects them in times of trouble.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">All of your creatures<n id="1" /> wait for youp> <p class="poetry">to provide them with food on a regular basis.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is time for the <sc>Lordsc> to act &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">they break your law!p>

<p class="poetry">You make me happier<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">than those who have abundant grain and wine.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Consequently<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> provides safety for the oppressed;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he provides safety in times of trouble.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Why, <sc>Lordsc>, do you stand far off?p> <p class="poetry">Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You determine my destiny!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Rescue me from the power of my enemies and those who chase me.p>

<p class="poetry">They will not be ashamed when hard times come;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when famine comes they will have enough to eat.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not reject me in my old age!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">When my strength fails, do not abandon me!p>

<p class="poetry">(May those who hate the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> cower in fear<n id="2" /> before him!p> <p class="poetry">May they be permanently humiliated!)<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">until the time when his prediction<n id="1" /> came true.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s word<n id="2" /> proved him right.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">How blessed are those who promote justice,p> <p class="poetry">and do what is right all the time!p>

<p class="poetry">I desperately long to know<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">your regulations at all times.p>

<p class="poetry">He is secure at all times.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He has no regard for your commands;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he disdains all his enemies.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You burn them up like a fiery furnace<n id="1" /> when you appear;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> angrily devours them;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">the fire consumes them.p>

<p class="poetry">You will rise up and have compassion on Zion.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For it is time to have mercy on her,p> <p class="poetry">for the appointed time has come.p>

<p class="poetry">Everything looks to you in anticipation,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and you provide them with food on a regular basis.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He is like<n id="1" /> a tree planted by flowing streams;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">it<n id="3" /> yields<n id="4" /> its fruit at the proper time,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and its leaves never fall off.<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">He succeeds in everything he attempts.<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason every one of your faithful followers<n id="1" /> should pray to youp> <p class="poetry">while there is a window of opportunity.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Certainly<n id="3" /> when the surging water<n id="4" /> rises,p> <p class="poetry">it will not reach them.<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">Written by David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, causing the king to send him away.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will praise<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc> at all times;p> <p class="poetry">my mouth will continually praise him.<n id="4" />p>