<p class="poetry">Let Israel rejoice in their Creator!p> <p class="poetry">Let the people<n id="1" /> of Zion delight in their king!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will remove<n id="1" /> those who worship the stars in the sky from their rooftops,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">those who swear allegiance to the <sc>Lordsc><n id="3" /> while taking oaths in the name of<n id="4" /> their &#8216;king,&#8217;<n id="5" />p>

<p class="bodytext">So all the men of Israel deserted<n id="1" /> David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stuck by their king all the way from the Jordan River<n id="2" /> to Jerusalem.<n id="3" />p>