<p class="poetry">God says,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will bring down all the power of the wicked;p> <p class="poetry">the godly will be victorious.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Rescue me from the mouth of the lion,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and from the horns of the wild oxen!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">You have answered me!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not be so certain you have won!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not speak with your head held so high!<n id="2" />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">You exalt my horn like that of a wild ox.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I am covered<n id="2" /> with fresh oil.p>

<p class="poetry">There I will make David strong;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I have determined that my chosen king&#8217;s dynasty will continue.<n id="2" />p>

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">I say to the proud, &#8220;Do not be proud,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">and to the wicked, &#8220;Do not be so confident of victory!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you give them splendor and strength.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">By your favor we are victorious.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He generously gives<n id="1" /> to the needy;p> <p class="poetry">his integrity endures.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He will be vindicated and honored.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is God and he has delivered us.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Tie the offering<n id="2" /> with ropesp> <p class="poetry">to the horns of the altar!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He has made his people victorious,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and given all his loyal followers reason to praise &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the Israelites, the people who are close to him.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is my high ridge,<n id="1" /> my stronghold,<n id="2" /> my deliverer.p> <p class="poetry">My God is my rocky summit where<n id="3" /> I take shelter,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">my shield, the horn that saves me,<n id="5" /> and my refuge.<n id="6" />p>