<p class="poetry">May he send help from heaven and deliver me<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">from my enemies who hurl insults!<n id="2" /> (Selah)p> <p class="poetry">May God send his loyal love and faithfulness!p>

<p class="poetry">May he send you help from his temple;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">from Zion may he give you support!p>

<p class="poetry">You do damage with words,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and use your tongue to deceive.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He<n id="1" /> attacks<n id="2" /> his friends;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he breaks his solemn promises to them.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">He sent swarms of biting insects against them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">as well as frogs that overran their land.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I gave them over to their stubborn desires;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they did what seemed right to them.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He turns springs into streams;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they flow between the mountains.p>

<p class="poetry">When you send your life-giving breath, they are created,p> <p class="poetry">and you replenish the surface of the ground.p>

<p class="poetry">He sent a man ahead of them<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">Joseph was sold as a servant.p>

<p class="poetry">The king authorized his release;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the ruler of nations set him free.p>

<p class="poetry">He granted their request,p> <p class="poetry">then struck them with a disease.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He sent them an assuring word<n id="1" /> and healed them;p> <p class="poetry">he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Hurl lightning bolts and scatter them!p> <p class="poetry">Shoot your arrows and rout them!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He shot his<n id="1" /> arrows and scattered them,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">many lightning bolts<n id="3" /> and routed them.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">He reached down<n id="1" /> from above and took hold of me;p> <p class="poetry">he pulled me from the surging water.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They set your sanctuary on fire;p> <p class="poetry">they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Man ate the food of the mighty ones.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He sent them more than enough to eat.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and its shoots the Euphrates River.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He sent his servant Moses,p> <p class="poetry">and Aaron, whom he had chosen.p>

<p class="poetry">He made it dark;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they did not disobey his orders.<n id="2" />p>