<p class="poetry">You made us<n id="1" /> an object of ridicule<n id="2" /> among the nations;p> <p class="poetry">foreigners treat us with contempt.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They put bitter poison<n id="1" /> into my food,p> <p class="poetry">and to quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For look, your enemies are making a commotion;p> <p class="poetry">those who hate you are hostile.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">From the stream along the road he drinks;p> <p class="poetry">then he lifts up his head.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your instructions are totally reliable;p> <p class="poetry">all your just regulations endure.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">As for the heads of those who surround me &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">may the harm done by<n id="1" /> their lips overwhelm them!p>

<p class="poetry">All who see me taunt<n id="1" /> me;p> <p class="poetry">they mock me<n id="2" /> and shake their heads.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies,p> <p class="poetry">the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He executes judgment<n id="1" /> against<n id="2" /> the nations;p> <p class="poetry">he fills the valleys with corpses;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,p> <p class="poetry">if I do not remember you,p> <p class="poetry">and do not give Jerusalem priorityp> <p class="poetry">over whatever gives me the most joy.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">May the godly strike me in love and correct me!p> <p class="poetry">May my head not refuse<n id="1" /> choice oil!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.<n id="3" />p>