<p class="poetry">We reflect on your loyal love, O God,p> <p class="poetry">within your temple.p>

<p class="poetry">He caused them to fall right in the middle of their camp,p> <p class="poetry">all around their homes.p>

<p class="poetry">When worries threaten to overwhelm me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">your soothing touch makes me happy.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">My heart beats violently<n id="1" /> within me;p> <p class="poetry">the horrors of death overcome me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Disaster is within it;p> <p class="poetry">violence<n id="1" /> and deceit do not depart from its public square.p>

<p class="poetry">Your enemies roar<n id="1" /> in the middle of your sanctuary;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they set up their battle flags.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why do you remain inactive?p> <p class="poetry">Intervene and destroy him!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">But God has been my<n id="1" /> king from ancient times,p> <p class="poetry">performing acts of deliverance on the earth.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He made cursing a way of life,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so curses poured into his stomach like waterp> <p class="poetry">and seeped into his bones like oil.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For I am oppressed and needy,p> <p class="poetry">and my heart beats violently within me.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> extends<n id="2" /> your dominion<n id="3" /> from Zion.p> <p class="poetry">Rule in the midst of your enemies!p>

<p class="poetry">For he makes the bars of your gates strong.p> <p class="poetry">He blesses your children<n id="1" /> within you.p>

<p class="poetry">For<n id="1" /> they do not speak the truth;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">their stomachs are like the place of destruction,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">their throats like an open grave,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">my anxiety intensified.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">As I thought about it, I became impatient.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Finally I spoke these words:<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">God lives within it,<n id="1" /> it cannot be moved.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">God rescues it<n id="3" /> at the break of dawn.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Their grave becomes their permanent residence,p> <p class="poetry">their eternal dwelling place.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They name their lands after themselves,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Create for me a pure heart, O God!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Renew a resolute spirit within me!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Day and night they walk around on its walls,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">while wickedness and destruction<n id="2" /> are within it.p>

<p class="poetry">May death destroy them!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">May they go down alive into Sheol!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.p>

<p class="poetry">They<n id="1" /> spend all their time planning how to bring him<n id="2" /> down.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They love to use deceit;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">they pronounce blessings with their mouths,p> <p class="poetry">but inwardly they utter curses.<n id="5" /> (Selah)p>