<p class="poetry">O God, listen to my prayer!p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention to what I say!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">During the evening, morning, and noontimep> <p class="poetry">I will lament and moan,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and he will hear<n id="2" /> me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You hear prayers;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">all people approach you.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">If I had harbored sin in my heart,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the Lord would not have listened.p>

<p class="poetry">From heaven you announced what their punishment would be.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The earth<n id="2" /> was afraid and silentp>

<p class="poetry">If only my people would obey me!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">If only Israel would keep my commands!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners,p> <p class="poetry">and to set free those condemned to die,<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Who can adequately recount the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s mighty acts,p> <p class="poetry">or relate all his praiseworthy deeds?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">ears, but cannot hear,p> <p class="poetry">noses, but cannot smell,p>

<t /><p class="poetry">I love the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">because he heard my plea for mercy,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">O Lord, listen to me!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention to<n id="2" /> my plea for mercy!p>

<p class="poetry">They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They<n id="2" /> will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.p>

<p class="poetry">He satisfies the desire<n id="1" /> of his loyal followers;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he hears their cry for help and delivers them.p>

<p class="poetry">Realize that<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> shows the godly special favor;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> responds<n id="3" /> when I cry out to him.p>

<p class="poetry"><sc>Lordsc>, in the morning<n id="1" /> you will hear<n id="2" /> me;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">in the morning I will present my case to you<n id="4" /> and then wait expectantly for an answer.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for the <sc>Lordsc> has heard the sound of my weeping!<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A prayer of David.p> <p class="poetry"><sc>Lordsc>, consider my just cause!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention to my cry for help!p> <p class="poetry">Listen to the prayerp> <p class="poetry">I sincerely offer!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I call to you for you will answer me, O God.p> <p class="poetry">Listen to me!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Hear what I say!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">When they hear of my exploits, they submit to me.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Foreigners are powerless<n id="2" /> before me;p>

<p class="poetry">Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help,p> <p class="poetry">when I lift my hands<n id="1" /> toward your holy temple!<n id="2" />p>