<p class="poetry">For my sins overwhelm me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.p>

<p class="poetry">Yet<n id="1" /> I wait for you, O <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">You will respond, O Lord, my God!p>

<p class="poetry">I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">As for me, I said:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;O <sc>Lordsc>, have mercy on me!p> <p class="poetry">Heal me, for I have sinned against you!p>

<p class="poetry">For you are the God who shelters me.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Why do you reject me?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Why must I walk around<n id="3" /> mourning<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">because my enemies oppress me?p>

<p class="poetry">would not God discover it,p> <p class="poetry">for he knows<n id="1" /> one&#8217;s thoughts?<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">Then<n id="1" /> the king will be attracted by<n id="2" /> your beauty.p> <p class="poetry">After all, he is your master! Submit<n id="3" /> to him!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">He says,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Stop your striving and recognize<n id="2" /> that I am God!p> <p class="poetry">I will be exalted<n id="3" /> over<n id="4" /> the nations! I will be exalted over<n id="5" /> the earth!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">For the sovereign <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> is awe-inspiring;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he is the great king who rules the whole earth!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For God, our God, is our defender forever!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He guides<n id="2" /> us!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Surely<n id="1" /> one sees<n id="2" /> that even wise people die;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">fools and spiritually insensitive people all pass away<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and leave their wealth to others.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">But<n id="1" /> God will rescue<n id="2" /> my life<n id="3" /> from the power<n id="4" /> of Sheol;p> <p class="poetry">certainly<n id="5" /> he will pull me to safety.<n id="6" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">For he will take nothing with him when he dies;p> <p class="poetry">his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you,p> <p class="poetry">for the world and all it contains belong to me.p>

<p class="poetry">Certainly<n id="1" /> you do not want a sacrifice, or else I would offer it;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you do not desire a burnt sacrifice.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">With a freewill offering I will sacrifice<n id="1" /> to you!p> <p class="poetry">I will give thanks to your name, O <sc>Lordsc>, for it is good!p>

<p class="poetry">because of what the enemy says,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and because of how the wicked<n id="2" /> pressure me,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for they hurl trouble<n id="4" /> down upon me<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and angrily attack me.p>

<p class="poetry">Confuse them,<n id="1" /> O Lord!p> <p class="poetry">Frustrate their plans!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For I see violence and conflict in the city.p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="1" /> it is not an enemy who insults me,p> <p class="poetry">or else I could bear it;p> <p class="poetry">it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">or else I could hide from him.p>