<p class="poetry">Deceitful people will not live in my palace.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Liars will not be welcome in my presence.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is my shepherd,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I lack nothing.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The law of their God controls their thinking;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">their<n id="2" /> feet do not slip.p>

<p class="poetry">I do not need to take<n id="1" /> a bull from your householdp> <p class="poetry">or goats from your sheepfolds.p>

<p class="poetry">They were not yet filled up,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">their food was still in their mouths,p>

<p class="poetry">Fire consumed their<n id="1" /> young men,p> <p class="poetry">and their<n id="2" /> virgins remained unmarried.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Their<n id="1" /> priests fell by the sword,p> <p class="poetry">but their<n id="2" /> widows did not weep.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But you remain;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">your years do not come to an end.p>

<p class="poetry">He does not always accuse,p> <p class="poetry">and does not stay angry.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They quickly forgot what he had done;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they did not wait for his instructions.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They rejected the fruitful land;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they did not believe his promise.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They grumbled in their tents;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they did not obey<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">He blessed<n id="1" /> them so that they became very numerous.p> <p class="poetry">He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> severely<n id="1" /> punished me,p> <p class="poetry">but he did not hand me over to death.p>

<p class="poetry">who, moreover, do no wrong,p> <p class="poetry">but follow in his footsteps.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I find delight<n id="1" /> in your statutes;p> <p class="poetry">I do not forget your instructions.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The ropes of the wicked tighten around<n id="1" /> me,p> <p class="poetry">but I do not forget your law.p>

<p class="poetry">I do not turn aside from your regulations,p> <p class="poetry">for you teach me.p>

<p class="poetry">My life is in continual danger,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but I do not forget your law.p>

<p class="poetry">I am insignificant and despised,p> <p class="poetry">yet I do not forget your precepts.p>