<p class="poetry">But you, O God, will bring them<n id="1" /> down to the deep Pit.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Violent and deceitful people<n id="3" /> will not live even half a normal lifespan.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">But as for me, I trust in you.p>

<p class="poetry">For look, they wait to ambush me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">powerful men stalk<n id="2" /> me,p> <p class="poetry">but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head.p> <p class="poetry">Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason,<n id="1" /> outnumber me.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They make me repay what I did not steal!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Then they will not be like their ancestors,p> <p class="poetry">who were a stubborn and rebellious generation,p> <p class="poetry">a generation that was not committedp> <p class="poetry">and faithful to God.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> God is our sovereign protector.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> bestows favor<n id="2" /> and honor;p> <p class="poetry">he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">adrift<n id="1" /> among the dead,p> <p class="poetry">like corpses lying in the grave,p> <p class="poetry">whom you remember no more,p> <p class="poetry">and who are cut off from your power.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For forty years I was continually disgusted<n id="1" /> with that generation,p> <p class="poetry">and I said, &#8216;These people desire to go astray;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they do not obey my commands.&#8217;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For he never bothered to show kindness;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he harassed the oppressed and needy,p> <p class="poetry">and killed the disheartened.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them!p> <p class="poetry">They will not be put to shame<n id="1" /> when they confront<n id="2" /> enemies at the city gate.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents,<n id="2" /> by David.p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, my heart is not proud,p> <p class="poetry">nor do I have a haughty look.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I do not have great aspirations,p> <p class="poetry">or concern myself with things that are beyond me.<n id="4" />p>