<p class="poetry">Extol the <sc>Lordsc>, O Jerusalem!p> <p class="poetry">Praise your God, O Zion!p>

<p class="poetry">My enemies&#8217; taunts cut into me to the bone,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">as they say to me all day long, &#8220;Where is your God?&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He says:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Listen my people! I am speaking!p> <p class="poetry">Listen Israel! I am accusing you!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I am God, your God!p>

<p class="poetry">God has decreed that you will be powerful.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, you who have acted on our behalf, demonstrate your power,p>

<p class="poetry">I am the <sc>Lordsc>, your God,p> <p class="poetry">the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt.p> <p class="poetry">Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> rules forever,p> <p class="poetry">your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<p class="poetry">I cannot eat, I weep day and night;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">all day long they say to me,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Where is your God?&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">You love<n id="1" /> justice and hate evil.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For this reason God, your God<n id="3" /> has anointed you<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">with the oil of joy,<n id="5" /> elevating you above your companions.<n id="6" />p>