<p class="poetry">If I say,<n id="1" /> &#8216;I will<n id="2" /> forget my complaint,p> <p class="poetry">I will change my expression<n id="3" /> and be cheerful,&#8217;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">He breaks through against me, time and time again;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he rushes<n id="2" /> against me like a warrior.p>

<p class="poetry">my face is reddened<n id="1" /> because of weeping,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But the <sc>Lordsc> opposes evildoersp> <p class="poetry">and wipes out all memory of them from the earth.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">All day long I feel humiliated<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and am overwhelmed with shame,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For I suffer<n id="1" /> humiliation for your sake<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and am thoroughly disgraced.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">O God, take notice of our shield!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Show concern for your chosen king!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the sake of David, your servant,p> <p class="poetry">do not reject your chosen king!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">In the light of the king&#8217;s face<n id="1" /> there is life,p> <p class="poetry">and his favor is like the clouds<n id="2" /> of the spring rain.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Wisdom is directly in front of<n id="1" /> the discerning person,p> <p class="poetry">but the eyes of a fool run<n id="2" /> to the ends of the earth.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is terrible<n id="1" /> to show partiality<n id="2" /> to the wicked,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">by depriving<n id="4" /> a righteous man of justice.p>

<p class="poetry">Many people entreat the favor<n id="1" /> of a generous person,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and everyone is the friend<n id="3" /> of the person who gives gifts.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">As<n id="1" /> iron sharpens<n id="2" /> iron,p> <p class="poetry">so a person<n id="3" /> sharpens his friend.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Pay careful attention to<n id="1" /> the condition of your flocks,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">give careful attention<n id="3" /> to your herds,p>

<p class="poetry">Many people seek the face<n id="1" /> of a ruler,p> <p class="poetry">but it is from the <sc>Lordsc> that one receives justice.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Princes were hung by their hands;p> <p class="poetry">elders were mistreated.<n id="1" />p>

According to their uncleanness and rebellion I have dealt with them, and I hid my face from them.p>

and also the width of the front of the temple and the courtyard on the east as 175 feet.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">While he was saying this to me,<n id="1" /> I was flat on<n id="2" /> the ground and unable to speak.