<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, do not let the wicked have their way!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not allow their<n id="2" /> plan to succeed when they attack!<n id="3" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">I know<n id="1" /> that the <sc>Lordsc> defends the cause of the oppressedp> <p class="poetry">and vindicates the poor.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me!p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!p>

<p class="poetry">Surely I am looking to you,<n id="1" /> O sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">In you I take shelter.p> <p class="poetry">Do not expose me to danger!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I cry out to you, O <sc>Lordsc>;p> <p class="poetry">I say, &#8220;You are my shelter,p> <p class="poetry">my security<n id="1" /> in the land of the living.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, hear my prayer!p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention to my plea for help!p> <p class="poetry">Because of your faithfulness and justice, answer me!p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">By David.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc>, my protector,<n id="2" /> deserves praise<n id="3" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the one who trains my hands for battle,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and my fingers for war,p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> protects those who love him,p> <p class="poetry">but he destroys all the wicked.p>

<p class="poetry">My mouth will praise the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let all who live<n id="2" /> praise his holy name forever!p>

<p class="poetry">vindicates the oppressed,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and gives food to the hungry.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> releases the imprisoned.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> protects those residing outside their native land;p> <p class="poetry">he lifts up the fatherless and the widow,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but he opposes the wicked.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> rules forever,p> <p class="poetry">your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc> from the sky!p> <p class="poetry">Praise him in the heavens!p>

<p class="poetry">Let them praise the name of the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">for his name alone is exalted;p> <p class="poetry">his majesty extends over the earth and sky.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">Sing to the <sc>Lordsc> a new song!p> <p class="poetry">Praise him in the assembly of the godly!<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents,<n id="2" /> by Solomon.p> <p class="poetry">If the <sc>Lordsc> does not build a house,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">then those who build it work in vain.p> <p class="poetry">If the <sc>Lordsc> does not guard a city,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">then the watchman stands guard in vain.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm of David, written when he fled from his son Absalom.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry"><sc>Lordsc>, how<n id="3" /> numerous are my enemies!p> <p class="poetry">Many attack me.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Rise up,<n id="1" /> <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">Deliver me, my God!p> <p class="poetry">Yes,<n id="2" /> you will strike<n id="3" /> all my enemies on the jaw;p> <p class="poetry">you will break the teeth<n id="4" /> of the wicked.<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments, according to the <i>sheminithi> style;<n id="2" /> a psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry"><sc>Lordsc>, do not rebuke me in your anger!p> <p class="poetry">Do not discipline me in your raging fury!<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director, according to the <i>gittithi> style;<n id="2" /> a psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, our Lord,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">how magnificent<n id="4" /> is your reputation<n id="5" /> throughout the earth!p> <p class="poetry">You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!<n id="6" />p>