<p class="poetry">a trembling<n id="1" /> gripped me &#8211; and a terror! &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">and made all my bones shake.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1513;&#1474;/&#1513;&#1473; (<i>Sin/Shini>)p> <p class="poetry">Rulers pursue me for no reason,p> <p class="poetry">yet I am more afraid of disobeying your instructions.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the very thing I dreaded<n id="1" /> has happened<n id="2" /> to me,p> <p class="poetry">and what I feared has come upon me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">That is why I am terrified in his presence;p> <p class="poetry">when I consider, I am afraid because of him.p>

<p class="poetry">They are absolutely terrified,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for God defends the godly.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He guided them safely along,p> <p class="poetry">while the sea covered their enemies.p>

<p class="poetry">When<n id="1" /> you lie down you will not be filled with fear;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">when<n id="3" /> you lie down your sleep will be pleasant.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Blessed is the one who is always cautious,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but whoever hardens his heart<n id="2" /> will fall into evil.p>

Your life will hang in doubt before you; you will be terrified by night and day and will have no certainty of surviving from one day to the next.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="psasuper">By David.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> delivers and vindicates me!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I fear no one!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> protects my life!p> <p class="poetry">I am afraid of no one!<n id="4" />p>

In the morning you will say, &#8216;If only it were evening!&#8217; And in the evening you will say, &#8216;I wish it were morning!&#8217; because of the things you will fear and the things you will see.

<p class="poetry">They are absolutely terrified,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">even by things that do not normally cause fear.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For God annihilates<n id="3" /> those who attack you.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, God is my deliverer!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will trust in him<n id="2" /> and not fear.p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> gives me strength and protects me;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he has become my deliverer.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">At that time<n id="1" /> the Egyptians<n id="2" /> will be like women.<n id="3" /> They will tremble and fear because the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies brandishes his fist against them.<n id="4" />

<p class="poetry">Sinners are afraid in Zion;p> <p class="poetry">panic<n id="1" /> grips the godless.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They say,<n id="3" /> &#8216;Who among us can coexist with destructive fire?p> <p class="poetry">Who among us can coexist with unquenchable<n id="4" /> fire?&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t panic! Don&#8217;t be afraid!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it?p> <p class="poetry">You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me?p> <p class="poetry">There is no other sheltering rock;<n id="2" /> I know of none.p>

<p class="poetry">Look, all his associates<n id="1" /> will be put to shame;p> <p class="poetry">the craftsmen are mere humans.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Let them all assemble and take their stand!p> <p class="poetry">They will panic and be put to shame.p>

<p class="poetry">Then you will look and smile,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you will be excited and your heart will swell with pride.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For the riches of distant lands<n id="3" /> will belong to youp> <p class="poetry">and the wealth of nations will come to you.p>

Neither he nor any of his attendants showed any alarm when they heard all that had been read. Nor did they tear their clothes to show any grief or sorrow.<n id="1" />

Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the <sc>Lordsc> their God and their Davidic king.<n id="1" /> Then they will submit to the <sc>Lordsc> in fear and receive his blessings<n id="2" /> in the future.<n id="3" />p>