<p class="poetry">You made us retreat<n id="1" /> from the enemy.p> <p class="poetry">Those who hate us take whatever they want from us.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Our record of sins overwhelms me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but you forgive<n id="2" /> our acts of rebellion.p>

<p class="poetry">I will sing a song that imparts wisdom;p> <p class="poetry">I will make insightful observations about the past.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">If only<n id="1" /> you would kill the wicked, O God!p> <p class="poetry">Get away from me, you violent men!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For I am aware of all his regulations,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and I do not reject his rules.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">We have not been unfaithful,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">nor have we disobeyed your commands.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">All your garments are perfumed with<n id="1" /> myrrh, aloes, and cassia.p> <p class="poetry">From the luxurious palaces<n id="2" /> comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They come with red cloth<n id="1" /> from Egypt,p> <p class="poetry">Ethiopia<n id="2" /> voluntarily offers tribute<n id="3" /> to God.p>

<p class="poetry">Rise up, O God! Defend your honor!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Remember how fools insult you all day long!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They did not remember what he had done,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">how he delivered them from the enemy,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">My eyes grow weak because of oppression.p> <p class="poetry">I call out to you, O <sc>Lordsc>, all day long;p> <p class="poetry">I spread out my hands in prayer to you.<n id="1" />p>