The residents of Jebus said to David, “You cannot invade this place!” But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

<p class="bodytext">From Benjamin, Saul&#8217;s tribe,<n id="1" /> there were 3,000, most of whom, up to that time, had been loyal to Saul.<n id="2" />p>

So now, look, the <sc>Lordsc> has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the <sc>Lordsc> has decreed disaster for you.&#8221;

You defeated Edom<n id="1" /> and it has gone to your head.<n id="2" /> Gloat over your success,<n id="3" /> but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For look, the wicked<n id="1" /> prepare<n id="2" /> their bows,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">they put their arrows on the strings,p> <p class="poetry">to shoot in the darkness<n id="4" /> at the morally upright.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, you make my days short-lived,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and my life span is nothing from your perspective.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.<n id="3" />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">Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,p> <p class="poetry">as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so my eyes will look to the <sc>Lordsc>, our God, until he shows us favor.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Attention!<n id="3" /> Praise the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">all you servants of the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">who serve<n id="4" /> in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple during the night.p>

<p class="poetry">The leech<n id="1" /> has two daughters:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Give! Give!&#8221;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">There are three things that are never satisfied,p> <p class="poetry">four<n id="4" /> that never say, &#8220;Enough&#8221;<n id="5" /> &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Look! There he stands behind our wall,p> <p class="poetry">gazing through the window,p> <p class="poetry">peering through the lattice.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Look, the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">is about to remove from Jerusalem<n id="2" /> and Judahp> <p class="poetry">every source of security, including<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">all the food and water,<n id="4" />p>

He touched my mouth with it and said, &#8220;Look, this coal has touched your lips. Your evil is removed; your sin is forgiven.&#8221;<n id="1" />

For this reason the sovereign master himself will give you a confirming sign.<n id="1" /> Look, this<n id="2" /> young woman<n id="3" /> is about to conceive<n id="4" /> and will give birth to a son. You, young woman, will name him<n id="5" /> Immanuel.<n id="6" />

<p class="poetry">Look, I and the sons whom the <sc>Lordsc> has given me<n id="1" /> are reminders and object lessons<n id="2" /> in Israel, sent from the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies, who lives on Mount Zion.p>

<p class="poetry">Look, God is my deliverer!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will trust in him<n id="2" /> and not fear.p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> gives me strength and protects me;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he has become my deliverer.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s day of judgment<n id="1" /> is coming;p> <p class="poetry">it is a day of cruelty and savage, raging anger,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">destroying<n id="3" /> the earth<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and annihilating its sinners.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Here is a message about Egypt:p> <p class="poetry">Look, the <sc>Lordsc> rides on a swift-moving cloudp> <p class="poetry">and approaches Egypt.p> <p class="poetry">The idols of Egypt tremble before him;p> <p class="poetry">the Egyptians lose their courage.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">At that time they will say,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Look, here<n id="2" /> is our God!p> <p class="poetry">We waited for him and he delivered us.p> <p class="poetry">Here<n id="3" /> is the <sc>Lordsc>! We waited for him.p> <p class="poetry">Let&#8217;s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Look, the sovereign master<n id="1" /> sends a strong, powerful one.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">he will knock that crown<n id="5" /> to the ground with his hand.<n id="6" />p>