<p class="poetry">You are the most handsome of all men!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You speak in an impressive and fitting manner!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For this reason<n id="3" /> God grants you continual blessings.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will proclaim your greatness through the coming years,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">then the nations will praise you<n id="2" /> forever.p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason we do not fear<n id="1" /> when the earth shakes,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The praise you receive as far away as the ends of the earthp> <p class="poetry">is worthy of your reputation, O God.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You execute justice!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Then I will sing praises to your name continually,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">as I fulfill<n id="2" /> my vows day after day.p>

<p class="poetry">When<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> heard this, he was furious.p> <p class="poetry">A fire broke out against Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">and his anger flared up<n id="2" /> against Israel,p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I hate all deceitful actions.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He has not done so with any other nation;p> <p class="poetry">they are not aware of his regulations.p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; a well-written song<n id="2" /> by the Korahites.p> <p class="poetry">As a deer<n id="3" /> longs<n id="4" /> for streams of water,p> <p class="poetry">so I long<n id="5" /> for you, O God!p>

<p class="poetry">I am depressed,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so I will pray to you while I am trapped here in the region of the upper Jordan,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">from Hermon,<n id="3" /> from Mount Mizar.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">You love<n id="1" /> justice and hate evil.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For this reason God, your God<n id="3" /> has anointed you<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">with the oil of joy,<n id="5" /> elevating you above your companions.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">We heard about God&#8217;s mighty deeds, now we have seen them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in the city of the <sc>Lordsc>, the invincible Warrior,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">in the city of our God.p> <p class="poetry">God makes it permanently secure.<n id="3" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">You visit the earth and give it rain;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you make it rich and fertile<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">with overflowing streams full of water.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">You provide grain for them,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.<n id="5" />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>

<p class="poetry">It is vain for you to rise early, come home late,p> <p class="poetry">and work so hard for your food.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Yes,<n id="2" /> he can provide for those whom he loves even when they sleep.<n id="3" />p>