<p class="poetry">Wait patiently for the <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Wait confidently<n id="2" /> for him!p> <p class="poetry">Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">a man who carries out wicked schemes!p>

<p class="poetry">I am like a man who cannot hearp> <p class="poetry">and is incapable of arguing his defense.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even my close friend<n id="1" /> whom I trusted,p> <p class="poetry">he who shared meals with me, has turned against me.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Vindicate me, O God!p> <p class="poetry">Fight for me<n id="2" /> against an ungodly nation!p> <p class="poetry">Deliver me<n id="3" /> from deceitful and evil men!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Pay attention, all you people,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">both rich and poor!p>

<p class="poetry">Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and his wealth multiplies!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">How long will you threaten<n id="1" /> a man?p> <p class="poetry">All of you are murderers,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For you repay men for what they do.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They devise<n id="1" /> unjust schemes;p> <p class="poetry">they disguise<n id="2" /> a well-conceived plot.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Man&#8217;s inner thoughts cannot be discovered.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">May you give support to the one you have chosen,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">to the one whom you raised up for yourself!<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A prayer of Moses, the man of God.p> <p class="poetry">O Lord, you have been our protector<n id="2" /> through all generations!p>

<p class="poetry">The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this;p> <p class="poetry">the fool does not understand this.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">How blessed is the one<n id="2" /> who obeys<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">who takes great delight in keeping his commands.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; a psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, rescue me from wicked men!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Protect me from violent men,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, shelter me from the power<n id="1" /> of the wicked!p> <p class="poetry">Protect me from violent men,p> <p class="poetry">who plan to knock me over.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">How blessed<n id="2" /> is the one<n id="3" /> who does not follow<n id="4" /> the advice<n id="5" /> of the wicked,<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">or stand in the pathway<n id="7" /> with sinners,p> <p class="poetry">or sit in the assembly<n id="8" /> of scoffers!<n id="9" />p>

<p class="poetry">Surely people go through life as mere ghosts.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Surely they accumulate worthless wealthp> <p class="poetry">without knowing who will eventually haul it away.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You severely discipline people for their sins;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">like a moth you slowly devour their strength.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Men are nothing but a mere breath;p> <p class="poetry">human beings are unreliable.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">When they are weighed in the scales,p> <p class="poetry">all of them together are lighter than air.<n id="2" />p>