<p class="poetry">Be my protector and refuge,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a stronghold where I can be safe!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For you are my high ridge<n id="3" /> and my stronghold.p>

<p class="poetry">I will tell about your justice,p> <p class="poetry">and all day long proclaim your salvation,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">though I cannot fathom its full extent.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will remember the works of the <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">Yes, I will remember the amazing things you did long ago!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Quickly send your compassion our way,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for we are in serious trouble!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Rise up, O God, and execute judgment on the earth!p> <p class="poetry">For you own<n id="1" /> all the nations.p>

<p class="poetry">Then they will know<n id="1" /> that you alone are the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the sovereign king<n id="3" /> over all the earth.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A prayer of David.p> <p class="poetry">Listen<n id="2" /> O <sc>Lordsc>! Answer me!p> <p class="poetry">For I am oppressed and needy.p>

<p class="poetry">Protect me,<n id="1" /> for I am loyal!p> <p class="poetry">O my God, deliver your servant, who trusts in you!p>

<p class="poetry">Certainly<n id="1" /> O Lord, you are kind<n id="2" /> and forgiving,p> <p class="poetry">and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.p>

<p class="poetry">Show me evidence of your favor!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Then those who hate me will see it and be ashamed,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for you, O <sc>Lordsc>, will help me and comfort me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For I say, &#8220;Loyal love is permanently established;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in the skies you set up your faithfulness.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For who in the skies can compare to the <sc>Lordsc>?p> <p class="poetry">Who is like the <sc>Lordsc> among the heavenly beings,<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you give them splendor and strength.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">By your favor we are victorious.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yes,<n id="1" /> throughout all our days we experience your raging fury;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh.<n id="3" />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">For justice will prevail,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and all the morally upright<n id="2" /> will be vindicated.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> is a great God,p> <p class="poetry">a great king who is superior to<n id="1" /> all gods.p>

<p class="poetry">For he is our God;p> <p class="poetry">we are the people of his pasture,p> <p class="poetry">the sheep he owns.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Today, if only you would obey him!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> is great and certainly worthy of praise;p> <p class="poetry">he is more awesome than all gods.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you, O <sc>Lordsc>, are the sovereign king<n id="1" /> over the whole earth;p> <p class="poetry">you are elevated high above all gods.p>