<p class="poetry">You are my hiding place and my shield.p> <p class="poetry">I find hope in your word.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1510; (<i>Tsadei>)p> <p class="poetry">You are just, O <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">and your judgments are fair.p>

<p class="poetry">You are near, O <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">and all your commands are reliable.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Ascend, O <sc>Lordsc>, to your resting place,p> <p class="poetry">you and the ark of your strength!p>

<p class="poetry">You have taken notice,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for<n id="2" /> you always see<n id="3" /> one who inflicts pain and suffering.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you;<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">you deliver<n id="6" /> the fatherless.<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">But you, <sc>Lordsc>, are a shield that protects me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you are my glory<n id="2" /> and the one who restores me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I say to the <sc>Lordsc>, &#8220;You are the Lord,p> <p class="poetry">my only source of well-being.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry"><sc>Lordsc>, you give me stability and prosperity;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you make my future secure.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I have been dependent on you since birth;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">from the time I came out of my mother&#8217;s womb you have been my God.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But you, O <sc>Lordsc>, do not remain far away!p> <p class="poetry">You are my source of strength!<n id="1" /> Hurry and help me!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But I trust in you, O <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">I declare, &#8220;You are my God!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">I am silent and cannot open my mouthp> <p class="poetry">because of what you have done.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">As for you, O <sc>Lordsc>, have mercy on me and raise me up,p> <p class="poetry">so I can pay them back!&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You are my<n id="1" /> king, O God!p> <p class="poetry">Decree<n id="2" /> Jacob&#8217;s<n id="3" /> deliverance!p>

<p class="poetry">But you, O <sc>Lordsc>, laugh in disgust at them;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you taunt<n id="2" /> all the nations.p>

<p class="poetry">Our record of sins overwhelms me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but you forgive<n id="2" /> our acts of rebellion.p>

<p class="poetry">For you give me confidence,<n id="1" /> O Lord;p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, I have trusted in you since I was young.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You crushed the heads of Leviathan;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you fed<n id="2" /> him to the people who live along the coast.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You are the God who does amazing things;p> <p class="poetry">you have revealed your strength among the nations.p>

<p class="poetry">I thought,<n id="1" /> &#8216;You are gods;p> <p class="poetry">all of you are sons of the Most High.&#8217;<n id="2" />p>