<p class="poetry">Remove me from the path of deceit!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Graciously give me<n id="2" /> your law!p>

<p class="poetry">Turn away from me, you evil men,p> <p class="poetry">so that I can observe<n id="1" /> the commands of my God.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">By David.p> <p class="poetry">To you, O <sc>Lordsc>, I cry out!p> <p class="poetry">My protector,<n id="2" /> do not ignore me!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">If you do not respond to me,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">I will join<n id="5" /> those who are descending into the grave.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">He rescued me from my strong enemy,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">from those who hate me,p> <p class="poetry">for they were too strong for me.p>

<p class="poetry">Is<n id="1" /> not my power to help myself nothing,p> <p class="poetry">and has not every resource<n id="2" /> been driven from me?p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Refrain from talking<n id="1" /> with me so that<n id="2" /> I may speak;p> <p class="poetry">then let come to me<n id="3" /> what may.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;He has put my relatives<n id="1" /> far from me;p> <p class="poetry">my acquaintances only<n id="2" /> turn away from me.p>

<p class="poetry">Ask me,p> <p class="poetry">and I will give you the nations as your inheritance,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the ends of the earth as your personal property.p>

<p class="poetry">He rescued me from my strong enemy,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">from those who hate me,p> <p class="poetry">for they were too strong for me.p>

<p class="poetry">But you take notice,<n id="1" /> <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">O Lord, do not remain far away from me!p>

<p class="poetry">Do not abandon me, O <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">My God, do not remain far away from me!p>

<p class="poetry">Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happyp> <p class="poetry">before I pass away.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">O God, do not remain far away from me!p> <p class="poetry">My God, hurry and help me!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, why do you reject me,p> <p class="poetry">and pay no attention to me?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will have nothing to do with a perverse person;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will not permit<n id="2" /> evil.p>

<p class="poetry">I am like a foreigner in this land.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not hide your commands from me!p>

<p class="poetry">Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension;p> <p class="poetry">it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Two things<n id="1" /> I ask from you;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">do not refuse me before I die:p>

<p class="poetry">There are three things that are too wonderful for me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">four that I do not understand:p>