<p class="poetry">They say,<n id="1" /> &#8220;We speak persuasively;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">we know how to flatter and boast.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Who is our master?&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="1" /> who is God besides the <sc>Lordsc>?p> <p class="poetry">Who is a protector<n id="2" /> besides our God?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Who is this majestic king?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> who is strong and mighty!p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> who is mighty in battle!p>

<p class="poetry">Who is this majestic king?p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He is the majestic king! (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Do you want to really live?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Would you love to live a long, happy life?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I say,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I wish I had wings like a dove!p> <p class="poetry">I would fly away and settle in a safe place!p>

<p class="poetry">Look, they hurl insults at mep> <p class="poetry">and openly threaten to kill me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for they say,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Who hears?&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">They encourage one another to carry out their evil deed.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They plan how to hide<n id="2" /> snares,p> <p class="poetry">and boast,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Who will see them?&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you have done great things.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, who can compare to you?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">In your distress you called out and I rescued you.p> <p class="poetry">I answered you from a dark thundercloud.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I tested you at the waters of Meribah.<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">For who in the skies can compare to the <sc>Lordsc>?p> <p class="poetry">Who is like the <sc>Lordsc> among the heavenly beings,<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, sovereign God!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Who is strong like you, O <sc>Lordsc>?p> <p class="poetry">Your faithfulness surrounds you.p>

<p class="poetry">No man can live on without experiencing death,p> <p class="poetry">or deliver his life from the power of Sheol.<n id="1" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">I wish the deliverance<n id="1" /> of Israel would come from Zion!p> <p class="poetry">When the <sc>Lordsc> restores the well-being of his people,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">may Jacob rejoice,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">may Israel be happy!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">With all my strength I will say,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;O <sc>Lordsc>, who can compare to you?p> <p class="poetry">You rescue<n id="2" /> the oppressed from those who try to overpower them;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Surely people go through life as mere ghosts.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Surely they accumulate worthless wealthp> <p class="poetry">without knowing who will eventually haul it away.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I wish the deliverance<n id="1" /> of Israel would come from Zion!p> <p class="poetry">When God restores the well-being of his people,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">may Jacob rejoice,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">may Israel be happy!<n id="4" />p>