<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is alive!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">My protector<n id="2" /> is praiseworthy!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">The God who delivers me<n id="4" /> is exalted as king!<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is alive!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">My protector<n id="2" /> is praiseworthy!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">The God who delivers me<n id="4" /> is exalted as king!<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">He alone is my protector<n id="1" /> and deliverer.p> <p class="poetry">He is my refuge;<n id="2" /> I will not be upended.<n id="3" />p>

Those who will be camping next to them are the tribe of Simeon. The leader of the people of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

Over the company of the tribe of the Simeonites was Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,

<p class="poetry">My God<n id="1" /> is my rocky summit where I take shelter,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">my shield, the horn that saves me,<n id="3" /> my stronghold,p> <p class="poetry">my refuge, my savior. You save me from violence!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">May my words and my thoughtsp> <p class="poetry">be acceptable in your sight,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, my sheltering rock<n id="2" /> and my redeemer.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He alone is my protector<n id="1" /> and deliverer.p> <p class="poetry">He is my refuge;<n id="2" /> I will not be upended.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">So they proclaim that the <sc>Lordsc>, my protector,p> <p class="poetry">is just and never unfair.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">By David.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc>, my protector,<n id="2" /> deserves praise<n id="3" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the one who trains my hands for battle,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and my fingers for war,p>

So Saul took three thousand select men from all Israel and went to find<n id="1" /> David and his men in the region of<n id="2" /> the rocks of the mountain goats.<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is my high ridge,<n id="1" /> my stronghold,<n id="2" /> my deliverer.p> <p class="poetry">My God is my rocky summit where<n id="3" /> I take shelter,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">my shield, the horn that saves me,<n id="5" /> and my refuge.<n id="6" />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">I have received a distressing message:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The deceiver deceives,p> <p class="poetry">the destroyer destroys.p> <p class="poetry">Attack, you Elamites!p> <p class="poetry">Lay siege, you Medes!p> <p class="poetry">I will put an end to all the groaning!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>