<p class="poetry">in order to protect him from times of trouble,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">until the wicked are destroyed.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You will not abandon me<n id="1" /> to Sheol;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you will not allow your faithful follower<n id="3" /> to see<n id="4" /> the Pit.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;What<n id="1" /> profit is there in taking my life,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">in my descending into the Pit?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Can the dust of the grave<n id="4" /> praise you?p> <p class="poetry">Can it declare your loyalty?<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch mep> <p class="poetry">and dug a pit to trap me.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">But you, O God, will bring them<n id="1" /> down to the deep Pit.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Violent and deceitful people<n id="3" /> will not live even half a normal lifespan.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">But as for me, I trust in you.p>