<p class="poetry">I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I bowed down<n id="2" /> in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happyp> <p class="poetry">before I pass away.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They did not keep their covenant with God,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and they refused to obey<n id="2" /> his law.p>

<p class="poetry">He remembered<n id="1" /> that they were made of flesh,p> <p class="poetry">and were like a wind that blows past and does not return.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">If only my people would obey me!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">If only Israel would keep my commands!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Deliverance goes<n id="1" /> before him,p> <p class="poetry">and prepares<n id="2" /> a pathway for him.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">If his sons reject my lawp> <p class="poetry">and disobey my regulations,p>

<p class="poetry">The ships travel there,p> <p class="poetry">and over here swims the whale<n id="1" /> you made to play in it.p>

<p class="poetry">they wandered from nation to nation,p> <p class="poetry">and from one kingdom to another.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He opened up a rock and water flowed out;p> <p class="poetry">a river ran through dry regions.p>

<p class="poetry">He shouted at<n id="1" /> the Red Sea and it dried up;p> <p class="poetry">he led them through the deep water as if it were a desert.p>

<p class="poetry">He led them on a level road,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">that they might find a city in which to live.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">How blessed is every one of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s loyal followers,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">each one who keeps his commands!<n id="4" />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">I am dazed<n id="1" /> and completely humiliated;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">all day long I walk around mourning.p>

<p class="poetry">I will pray<n id="1" /> to God, my high ridge:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Why do you ignore<n id="3" /> me?p> <p class="poetry">Why must I walk around mourning<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">because my enemies oppress me?&#8221;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">Come! Witness the exploits<n id="1" /> of the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">who brings devastation to the earth!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">We would share personal thoughts with each other;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in God&#8217;s temple we would walk together among the crowd.p>

<p class="poetry">Let them disappear<n id="1" /> like water that flows away!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Let them wither like grass!<n id="3" />p>