<p class="poetry">They experience his favor;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">their descendants<n id="2" /> inherit the land.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The shackles hurt his feet;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">his neck was placed in an iron collar,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> approves of<n id="1" /> the godly,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but he<n id="3" /> hates<n id="4" /> the wicked and those who love to do violence.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">because he stands at the right hand of the needy,p> <p class="poetry">to deliver him from those who threaten<n id="1" /> his life.p>

<p class="poetry">Yes,<n id="1" /> the wicked man<n id="2" /> boasts because he gets what he wants;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">the one who robs others<n id="4" /> curses<n id="5" /> and<n id="6" /> rejects the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;May men praise you, for you have done well!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">No man can live on without experiencing death,p> <p class="poetry">or deliver his life from the power of Sheol.<n id="1" /> (Selah)p>