<p class="poetry">Their swords will pierce<n id="1" /> their own hearts,p> <p class="poetry">and their bows will be broken.p>

<p class="poetry">Listen to my appeal for mercy!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Deliver me, as you promised.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Listen to my prayer!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention<n id="2" /> to my cry for help!p>

<p class="poetry">But he will join his ancestors;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they will never again see the light of day.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will walk in<n id="1" /> the way of integrity.p> <p class="poetry">When will you come to me?p> <p class="poetry">I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not sit in judgment on<n id="1" /> your servant,p> <p class="poetry">for no one alive is innocent before you.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">In my distress I called to the <sc>Lordsc>;p> <p class="poetry">I cried out to my God.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">From his heavenly temple<n id="2" /> he heard my voice;p> <p class="poetry">he listened to my cry for help.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">The prayer of an oppressed man, as he grows faint and pours out his lament before the <sc>Lord.sc>p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, hear my prayer!p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention to my cry for help!<n id="2" />p>