<p class="poetry">They say, &#8220;Come on, let&#8217;s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">O God, arrogant men attack me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a gang<n id="2" /> of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You cause those who know me to keep their distance;p> <p class="poetry">you make me an appalling sight to them.p> <p class="poetry">I am trapped and cannot get free.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">No man can live on without experiencing death,p> <p class="poetry">or deliver his life from the power of Sheol.<n id="1" /> (Selah)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>

<p class="poetry">Acknowledge that the <sc>Lordsc> is God!p> <p class="poetry">He made us and we belong to him;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.p>

<p class="poetry">I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret.p> <p class="poetry">I will not tolerate anyone who has a cocky demeanor and an arrogant attitude.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">when he responds to the prayer of the destitute,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and does not reject<n id="2" /> their request.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">but when the hot wind<n id="1" /> blows by, it disappears,p> <p class="poetry">and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> makes this promise on oath<n id="1" /> and will not revoke it:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;You are an eternal priest<n id="3" /> after the pattern of<n id="4" /> Melchizedek.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">I have wandered off like a lost sheep.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Come looking for your servant,p> <p class="poetry">for I do not forget your commands.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Those who trust in the <sc>Lordsc> are like Mount Zion;p> <p class="poetry">it cannot be upended and will endure forever.p>

<p class="poetry">Those who pass by will not say,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;May you experience the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s blessing!p> <p class="poetry">We pronounce a blessing on you in the name of the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed<n id="1" /> I am composed and quiet,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">like a young child carried by its mother;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I am content like the young child I carry.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> made a reliable promise to David;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he will not go back on his word.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He said,<n id="3" /> &#8220;I will place one of your descendants<n id="4" /> on your throne.p>

<p class="poetry">and ears, but cannot hear.p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, they cannot breathe.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">even the darkness is not too dark for you to see,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the night is as bright as<n id="2" /> day;p> <p class="poetry">darkness and light are the same to you.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">my bones were not hidden from you,p> <p class="poetry">when<n id="1" /> I was made in secretp> <p class="poetry">and sewed together in the depths of the earth.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your eyes saw me when I was inside the womb.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">All the days ordained for mep> <p class="poetry">were recorded in your scrollp> <p class="poetry">before one of them came into existence.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not sit in judgment on<n id="1" /> your servant,p> <p class="poetry">for no one alive is innocent before you.<n id="2" />p>