<p class="poetry">I learned long ago thatp> <p class="poetry">you ordained your rules to last.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Violent men perjure themselves,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and falsely accuse me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I keep track of<n id="1" /> every bird in the hills,p> <p class="poetry">and the insects<n id="2" /> of the field are mine.p>

<p class="poetry">I know, <sc>Lordsc>, that your regulations<n id="1" /> are just.p> <p class="poetry">You disciplined me because of your faithful devotion to me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You rescue me from a hostile army;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you make me<n id="2" /> a leader of nations;p> <p class="poetry">people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together;p> <p class="poetry">they gathered together to ambush me.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They tore at me without stopping to rest.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">By this<n id="1" /> I know that you are pleased with me,p> <p class="poetry">for my enemy does<n id="2" /> not triumph<n id="3" /> over me.p>

<p class="poetry">My enemies will turn back when I cry out to you for help;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I know that God is on my side.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will tell about your justice,p> <p class="poetry">and all day long proclaim your salvation,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">though I cannot fathom its full extent.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph,p> <p class="poetry">when he attacked the land of Egypt.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I heard a voice I did not recognize.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yes,<n id="1" /> I know the <sc>Lordsc> is great,p> <p class="poetry">and our Lord is superior to all gods.p>

<p class="poetry">I know<n id="1" /> that the <sc>Lordsc> defends the cause of the oppressedp> <p class="poetry">and vindicates the poor.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Now I am sure<n id="1" /> that the <sc>Lordsc> will deliver<n id="2" /> his chosen king;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he will intervene for him<n id="4" /> from his holy heavenly temple,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and display his mighty ability to deliver.<n id="6" />p>