<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Now then, be good enough to look<n id="1" /> at me;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and I will not<n id="3" /> lie to your face!p>

<p class="poetry">Concerning my right, should I lie?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">My wound<n id="2" /> is incurable,p> <p class="poetry">although I am without transgression.&#8217;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness,p> <p class="poetry">I will never deceive<n id="1" /> David.p>

<p class="poetry">Why must I continually suffer such painful anguish?p> <p class="poetry">Why must I endure the sting of their insults like an incurable wound?p> <p class="poetry">Will you let me down when I need youp> <p class="poetry">like a brook one goes to for water, but that cannot be relied on?&#8221;<n id="1" />p>