<p class="poetry">O God, take notice of our shield!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Show concern for your chosen king!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But you have spurned<n id="1" /> and rejected him;p> <p class="poetry">you are angry with your chosen king.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the sake of David, your servant,p> <p class="poetry">do not reject your chosen king!<n id="1" />p>

<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">You march out to deliver your people,p> <p class="poetry">to deliver your special servant.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You strike the leader of the wicked nation,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">laying him open from the lower body to the neck.<n id="3" /> <i>Selahi>.p>