<p class="lamhebrew">&#1508; (<i>Pei>)p> <p class="poetry">Your rules are marvelous.p> <p class="poetry">Therefore I observe them.p>

<p class="poetry">I keep your rules;p> <p class="poetry">I love them greatly.p>

<p class="poetry">May I<n id="1" /> live and praise you!p> <p class="poetry">May your regulations help me!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The raging waterp> <p class="poetry">would have overwhelmed us.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I rely on<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">I rely on him with my whole being;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I wait for his assuring word.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I yearn for the Lord,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">more than watchmen do for the morning,p> <p class="poetry">yes, more than watchmen do for the morning.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">When<n id="1" /> I cried out for help, you answered me.p> <p class="poetry">You made me bold and energized me.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>, O my soul!p>

<p class="poetry">Relent, <sc>Lordsc>, rescue me!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Deliver me because of your faithfulness!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Otherwise they will rip<n id="1" /> me<n id="2" /> to shreds like a lion;p> <p class="poetry">they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> approves of<n id="1" /> the godly,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but he<n id="3" /> hates<n id="4" /> the wicked and those who love to do violence.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Protect me from<n id="1" /> the wicked men who attack<n id="2" /> me,p> <p class="poetry">my enemies who crowd around me for the kill.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Deliver me<n id="1" /> from the sword!p> <p class="poetry">Save<n id="2" /> my life<n id="3" /> from the claws<n id="4" /> of the wild dogs!p>

<p class="poetry">He restores my strength.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He leads me down<n id="2" /> the right paths<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for the sake of his reputation.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Protect me<n id="1" /> and deliver me!p> <p class="poetry">Please do not let me be humiliated,p> <p class="poetry">for I have taken shelter in you!p>

<p class="poetry">I will boast<n id="1" /> in the <sc>Lordsc>;p> <p class="poetry">let the oppressed hear and rejoice!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">O Lord, how long are you going to just stand there and watch this?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Rescue<n id="2" /> me<n id="3" /> from their destructive attacks;p> <p class="poetry">guard my life<n id="4" /> from the young lions!p>

<p class="poetry">Do not let them say to themselves,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Aha! We have what we wanted!&#8221;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not let them say, &#8220;We have devoured him!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">For we lie in the dirt,p> <p class="poetry">with our bellies pressed to the ground.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, God is my deliverer!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The Lord is among those who support me.<n id="2" />p>