<p class="poetry">You have cut short his youth,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and have covered him with shame. (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">I spread my hands out to you in prayer;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my soul thirsts for you in a parched<n id="2" /> land.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Many say about me,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;God will not deliver him.&#8221;<n id="1" /> (Selah)<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">To the <sc>Lordsc> I cried out,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and he answered me from his holy hill.<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">You men,<n id="1" /> how long will you try to turn my honor into shame?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">How long<n id="3" /> will you love what is worthless<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and search for what is deceptive?<n id="5" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Tremble with fear and do not sin!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Meditate as you lie in bed, and repent of your ways!<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">may an enemy relentlessly chase<n id="1" /> me<n id="2" /> and catch me;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">may he trample me to death<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and leave me lying dishonored in the dust.<n id="5" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> revealed himself;p> <p class="poetry">he accomplished justice;p> <p class="poetry">the wicked were ensnared by their own actions.<n id="1" /> (Higgaion.<n id="2" /> Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Terrify them, <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let the nations know they are mere mortals!<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">You grant<n id="1" /> him his heart&#8217;s desire;p> <p class="poetry">you do not refuse his request.<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Who is this majestic king?p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He is the majestic king! (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">For day and night you tormented me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you tried to destroy me<n id="2" /> in the intense heat<n id="3" /> of summer.<n id="4" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">You are my hiding place;p> <p class="poetry">you protect me from distress.p> <p class="poetry">You surround me with shouts of joy from those celebrating deliverance.<n id="1" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">In God I boast all day long,p> <p class="poetry">and we will continually give thanks to your name. (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies is on our side!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The God of Jacob<n id="2" /> is our protector!<n id="3" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies is on our side!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The God of Jacob<n id="2" /> is our protector!<n id="3" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">He picked out for us a special land<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">to be a source of pride for<n id="2" /> Jacob,<n id="3" /> whom he loves.<n id="4" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">This is the destiny of fools,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and of those who approve of their philosophy.<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">But<n id="1" /> God will rescue<n id="2" /> my life<n id="3" /> from the power<n id="4" /> of Sheol;p> <p class="poetry">certainly<n id="5" /> he will pull me to safety.<n id="6" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Yet<n id="1" /> God will make you a permanent heap of ruins.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He will scoop you up<n id="3" /> and remove you from your home;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)p>