<p class="poetry">My strength drains away like water;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">all my bones are dislocated;p> <p class="poetry">my heart<n id="2" /> is like wax;p> <p class="poetry">it melts away inside me.p>

<p class="poetry">Surely your goodness and faithfulness<n id="1" /> will pursue<n id="2" /> me all my days,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and I will live in<n id="4" /> the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s house<n id="5" /> for the rest of my life.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Guide me into your truth<n id="1" /> and teach me.p> <p class="poetry">For you are the God who delivers me;p> <p class="poetry">on you I rely all day long.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s shout bends<n id="1" /> the large trees<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and strips<n id="3" /> the leaves from the forests.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Everyone in his temple says, &#8220;Majestic!&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">This oppressed man cried out and the <sc>Lordsc> heard;p> <p class="poetry">he saved him<n id="1" /> from all his troubles.p>

<p class="poetry">Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry,p> <p class="poetry">but those who seek the <sc>Lordsc> lack no good thing.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> rescues his servants;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">all who take shelter in him escape punishment.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I am dazed<n id="1" /> and completely humiliated;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">all day long I walk around mourning.p>

<p class="poetry">O Lord, you understand my heart&#8217;s desire;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my groaning is not hidden from you.p>

<p class="poetry">Those who seek my life try to entrap me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">those who want to harm me speak destructive words;p> <p class="poetry">all day long they say deceitful things.p>

<p class="poetry">May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you!p> <p class="poetry">May those who love to experience<n id="1" /> your deliverance say continually,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;May the <sc>Lordsc> be praised!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> supports<n id="1" /> him on his sickbed;p> <p class="poetry">you completely heal him from his illness.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they plan ways to harm me.p>

<p class="poetry">One deep stream calls out to another<n id="1" /> at the sound of your waterfalls;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">all your billows and waves overwhelm me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">My enemies&#8217; taunts cut into me to the bone,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">as they say to me all day long, &#8220;Where is your God?&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">In God I boast all day long,p> <p class="poetry">and we will continually give thanks to your name. (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">All this has happened to us, even though we have not rejected you<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or violated your covenant with us.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yet because of you<n id="1" /> we are killed all day long;p> <p class="poetry">we are treated like<n id="2" /> sheep at the slaughtering block.<n id="3" />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">The princess<n id="1" /> looks absolutely magnificent,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">decked out in pearls and clothed in a brocade trimmed with gold.<n id="3" />p>