<p class="poetry">Your enemies, O <sc>Lordsc>, hurl insults;p> <p class="poetry">they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">who are always ready to do wrong<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or offer a bribe.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">What we have heard and learned<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">that which our ancestors<n id="2" /> have told us &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">They forgot what he had done,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the amazing things he had shown them.p>

<p class="poetry">the promise<n id="1" /> he made to Abraham,p> <p class="poetry">the promise he made by oath to Isaac!p>

<p class="poetry">Our God is in heaven!p> <p class="poetry">He does whatever he pleases!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Confirm to your servant your promise,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">which you made to the one who honors you.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will find delight in your commands,p> <p class="poetry">which I love.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1494; (<i>Zayini>)p> <p class="poetry">Remember your word to your servant,p> <p class="poetry">for you have given me hope.p>

<p class="poetry">and how he made a vow to the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">and swore an oath to the powerful ruler of Jacob.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They<n id="1" /> rebel against you<n id="2" /> and act deceitfully;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">your enemies lie.<n id="4" />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">Pour out your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">on the kingdoms that do not pray to you!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">As for God&#8217;s chosen people who are in the land,p> <p class="poetry">and the leading officials I admired so much<n id="1" /> &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">May we experience your faithfulness, O <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for<n id="2" /> we wait for you.p>

<p class="poetry">Violent men perjure themselves,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and falsely accuse me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">which my lips utteredp> <p class="poetry">and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.p>

<p class="poetry">God deserves praise,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for<n id="2" /> he did not reject my prayerp> <p class="poetry">or abandon his love for me!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">My lips will shout for joy! Yes,<n id="1" /> I will sing your praises!p> <p class="poetry">I will praise you when you rescue me!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">when he performed his awesome deeds<n id="1" /> in Egypt,p> <p class="poetry">and his acts of judgment<n id="2" /> in the region of Zoan.p>