<p class="poetry">my<n id="1" /> lips will not speak wickedness,p> <p class="poetry">and my tongue will whisper<n id="2" /> no deceit.p>

<p class="poetry">The godly speak wise wordsp> <p class="poetry">and promote justice.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For my mouth<n id="1" /> speaks truth,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and my lips<n id="3" /> hate wickedness.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The heart of the righteous considers<n id="1" /> how<n id="2" /> to answer,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">for their hearts contemplate violence,p> <p class="poetry">and their lips speak harm.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Instead<n id="1" /> he finds pleasure in obeying the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s commands;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he meditates on<n id="3" /> his commands<n id="4" /> day and night.p>

<p class="poetry">Your mind will recall the terror you experienced,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and you will ask yourselves,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Where is the scribe?p> <p class="poetry">Where is the one who weighs the money?p> <p class="poetry">Where is the one who counts the towers?&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">So I will weep with sorrow for Moab.p> <p class="poetry">I will cry out in sadness for all of Moab.p> <p class="poetry">I will moan<n id="1" /> for the people of Kir Heres.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Indeed, this is what the <sc>Lordsc> says to me:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> will be like a growling lion,p> <p class="poetry">like a young lion growling over its prey.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Though a whole group of shepherds gathers against it,p> <p class="poetry">it is not afraid of their shoutsp> <p class="poetry">or intimidated by their yelling.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">In this same way the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies will descendp> <p class="poetry">to do battle on Mount Zion and on its hill.<n id="3" />p>