<p class="poetry">Make your servant<n id="1" /> glad,p> <p class="poetry">for to you, O Lord, I pray!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> said,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I have made a covenant with my chosen one;p> <p class="poetry">I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant:p>

<p class="poetry">I have discovered David, my servant.p> <p class="poetry">With my holy oil I have anointed him as king.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You have repudiated<n id="1" /> your covenant with your servant;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you have thrown his crown to the ground.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Turn back toward us, O <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">How long must this suffering last?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Have pity on your servants!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">May your servants see your work!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">May their sons see your majesty!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The children of your servants will settle down here,p> <p class="poetry">and their descendants<n id="1" /> will live securely in your presence.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He sent his servant Moses,p> <p class="poetry">and Aaron, whom he had chosen.p>

<p class="poetry">Yes,<n id="1" /> he remembered the sacred promise<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he made to Abraham his servant.p>

<p class="poetry">They curse, but you will bless.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">When they attack, they will be humiliated,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but your servant will rejoice.p>

<p class="poetry">Though rulers plot and slander me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">your servant meditates on your statutes.p>

<p class="poetry">How long must your servant endure this?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">When will you judge those who pursue me?p>

<p class="poetry">For the sake of David, your servant,p> <p class="poetry">do not reject your chosen king!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He performed awesome deeds<n id="1" /> and acts of judgment<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">in your midst, O Egypt,p> <p class="poetry">against Pharaoh and all his servants.p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> vindicates<n id="1" /> his people,p> <p class="poetry">and has compassion on his servants.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> rescues his servants;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">all who take shelter in him escape punishment.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">May those who desire my vindication shout for joy and rejoice!p> <p class="poetry">May they continually say,<n id="1" /> &#8220;May the <sc>Lordsc> be praised,<n id="2" /> for he wants his servant to be secure.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not ignore<n id="1" /> your servant,p> <p class="poetry">for I am in trouble! Answer me right away!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They have given the corpses of your servantsp> <p class="poetry">to the birds of the sky;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the flesh of your loyal followersp> <p class="poetry">to the beasts of the earth.p>

<p class="poetry">Why should the nations say, &#8220;Where is their God?&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servantsp> <p class="poetry">be avenged among the nations!<n id="1" />p>