<p class="poetry">Let the wicked fall<n id="1" /> into their<n id="2" /> own nets,p> <p class="poetry">while I escape.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He established them so they would endure;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he issued a decree that will not be revoked.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You have scrutinized my inner motives;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you have examined me during the night.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin.p> <p class="poetry">I am determined I will say nothing sinful.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For my sins overwhelm me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.p>

<p class="poetry">One deep stream calls out to another<n id="1" /> at the sound of your waterfalls;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">all your billows and waves overwhelm me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He turned the sea into dry land;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they passed through the river on foot.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Let us rejoice in him there!<n id="3" />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">As they pass through the Baca Valley,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he provides a spring for them.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The rain<n id="3" /> even covers it with pools of water.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yes,<n id="1" /> in your eyes a thousand yearsp> <p class="poetry">are like yesterday that quickly passes,p> <p class="poetry">or like one of the divisions of the nighttime.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">but when the hot wind<n id="1" /> blows by, it disappears,p> <p class="poetry">and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.p>

<p class="poetry">Those who pass by will not say,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;May you experience the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s blessing!p> <p class="poetry">We pronounce a blessing on you in the name of the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">I will remember and weep!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God,p> <p class="poetry">shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; according to the <i>al-tashchethi> style;<n id="2" /> a prayer<n id="3" /> of David, written when he fled from Saul into the cave.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me!p> <p class="poetry">For in you I have taken shelter.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">In the shadow of your wings<n id="6" /> I take shelterp> <p class="poetry">until trouble passes.p>