<p class="poetry">And life<n id="1" /> will be brighter<n id="2" /> than the noonday;p> <p class="poetry">though there be darkness,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">it will be like the morning.p>

If he consecrates his field in the jubilee year,<n id="1" /> the conversion value will stand,

If a false<n id="1" /> witness testifies against another person and accuses him of a crime,<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">As for me, I know that my Redeemer<n id="1" /> lives,p> <p class="poetry">and that as the last<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he will stand upon the earth.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But God<n id="1" /> drags off the mighty by his power;p> <p class="poetry">when God<n id="2" /> rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Can his armies be numbered?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">On whom does his light<n id="2" /> not rise?p>

<p class="poetry">Who is allowed to ascend<n id="1" /> the mountain of the <sc>Lordsc>?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Who may go up to his holy dwelling place?p>

<p class="poetry">for suddenly their destruction will overtake them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and who knows the ruinous judgment both the <sc>Lordsc> and the king can bring?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">An honorable man makes honorable plans;p> <p class="poetry">his honorable character gives him security.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The grass dries up,p> <p class="poetry">the flowers wither,p> <p class="poetry">but the decree of our God is forever reliable.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">He leans against his house but it does not hold up,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he takes hold<n id="2" /> of it but it does not stand.p>

<p class="poetry">so man lies down and does not rise;p> <p class="poetry">until the heavens are no more,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they<n id="2" /> will not awakep> <p class="poetry">nor arise from their sleep.p>

<p class="poetry">He will not grow rich,p> <p class="poetry">and his wealth will not endure,p> <p class="poetry">nor will his possessions<n id="1" /> spread over the land.p>

<p class="poetry">Before daybreak<n id="1" /> the murderer rises up;p> <p class="poetry">he kills the poor and the needy;p> <p class="poetry">in the night he is<n id="2" /> like a thief.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when he intervenes,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">how will I respond to him?p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; by David, a psalm, a song.p> <p class="poetry">God springs into action!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">His enemies scatter;p> <p class="poetry">his adversaries<n id="3" /> run from him.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Who will rise up to defend me<n id="1" /> against the wicked?p> <p class="poetry">Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted!p> <p class="poetry">Issue your orders, but they will not be executed!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For God is with us!<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the morning, at the earliest sign of daylight, the king got up and rushed to the lions&#8217; den.