<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, for the sake of your reputation,<n id="1" /> revive me!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Because of your justice, rescue me from trouble!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Their life&#8217;s breath departs, they return to the ground;p> <p class="poetry">on that day their plans die.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yet its voice<n id="1" /> echoes<n id="2" /> throughout the earth;p> <p class="poetry">its<n id="3" /> words carry<n id="4" /> to the distant horizon.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">In the sky<n id="6" /> he has pitched a tent for the sun.<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like a bridegroom it emerges<n id="1" /> from its chamber;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">like a strong man it enjoys<n id="3" /> running its course.<n id="4" />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>

<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 you not rejected us, O God?p> <p class="poetry">O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.p>

<p class="poetry">God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">But sinful rebels live in the desert.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph,p> <p class="poetry">when he attacked the land of Egypt.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I heard a voice I did not recognize.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You cause those who know me to keep their distance;p> <p class="poetry">you make me an appalling sight to them.p> <p class="poetry">I am trapped and cannot get free.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He provides grass<n id="1" /> for the cattle,p> <p class="poetry">and crops for people to cultivate,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">so they can produce food from the ground,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth,p> <p class="poetry">makes lightning bolts accompany the rain,p> <p class="poetry">and brings the wind out of his storehouses.p>

<p class="poetry">Our cattle will be weighted down with produce.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">No one will break through our walls,p> <p class="poetry">no one will be taken captive,p> <p class="poetry">and there will be no terrified cries in our city squares.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">When someone comes to visit,<n id="1" /> he pretends to be friendly;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he thinks of ways to defame me,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and when he leaves he slanders me.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Free me<n id="1" /> from prison,p> <p class="poetry">that I may give thanks to your name.p> <p class="poetry">Because of me the godly will assemble,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for you will vindicate me.<n id="3" />p>