<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">I continually look to the <sc>Lordsc> for help,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for he will free my feet from the enemy&#8217;s net.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">By David.p> <p class="poetry">Vindicate me, O <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">for I have integrity,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and I trust in the <sc>Lordsc> without wavering.p>

<p class="poetry">He will surely<n id="1" /> give me shelter<n id="2" /> in the day of danger;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he will hide me in his home;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">he will place me<n id="5" /> on an inaccessible rocky summit.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not turn me over to my enemies,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For they do not understand the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s actions,p> <p class="poetry">or the way he carries out justice.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc><n id="2" /> will permanently demolish them.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For his anger lasts only a brief moment,p> <p class="poetry">and his good favor restores one&#8217;s life.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">One may experience sorrow during the night,p> <p class="poetry">but joy arrives in the morning.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you are my high ridge<n id="1" /> and my stronghold;p> <p class="poetry">for the sake of your own reputation<n id="2" /> you lead me and guide me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You will free me<n id="1" /> from the net they hid for me,p> <p class="poetry">for you are my place of refuge.p>

<p class="poetry">Have mercy on me, for I am in distress!p> <p class="poetry">My eyes grow dim<n id="1" /> from suffering.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I have lost my strength.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For my life nears its end in pain;p> <p class="poetry">my years draw to a close as I groan.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">My strength fails me because of<n id="2" /> my sin,p> <p class="poetry">and my bones become brittle.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, do not let me be humiliated,p> <p class="poetry">for I call out to you!p> <p class="poetry">May evil men be humiliated!p> <p class="poetry">May they go wailing to the grave!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> deserves praise<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For day and night you tormented me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you tried to destroy me<n id="2" /> in the intense heat<n id="3" /> of summer.<n id="4" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Taste<n id="1" /> and see that the <sc>Lordsc> is good!p> <p class="poetry">How blessed<n id="2" /> is the one<n id="3" /> who takes shelter in him!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Remain loyal to<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>, you chosen people of his,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for his loyal followers<n id="3" /> lack nothing!p>

<p class="poetry">I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch mep> <p class="poetry">and dug a pit to trap me.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For they do not try to make peace with others,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but plan ways to deceive those who are unsuspecting.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But<n id="1" /> evil men will die;p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s enemies will be incinerated<n id="2" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">they will go up in smoke.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> helps them and rescues them;p> <p class="poetry">he rescues them from evil men and delivers them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for they seek his protection.p>