<p class="poetry">He led them on a level road,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">that they might find a city in which to live.p>

<p class="poetry">I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I am shaken off like a locust.p>

<p class="poetry">I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch mep> <p class="poetry">and dug a pit to trap me.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">But then the Lord awoke from his sleep;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he was like a warrior in a drunken rage.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">We escaped with our lives,<n id="1" /> like a bird from a hunter&#8217;s snare.p> <p class="poetry">The snare broke, and we escaped.p>

<p class="poetry">Deliverance goes<n id="1" /> before him,p> <p class="poetry">and prepares<n id="2" /> a pathway for him.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He granted their request,p> <p class="poetry">then struck them with a disease.<n id="1" />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">Though a thousand may fall beside you,p> <p class="poetry">and a multitude on your right side,p> <p class="poetry">it<n id="1" /> will not reach you.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">Written by the Korahites; a psalm, a song.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s city is in the holy hills.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1489; (<i>Beti>)p> <p class="poetry">How can a young person<n id="1" /> maintain a pure life?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">By guarding it according to your instructions!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He<n id="1" /> is like a lion<n id="2" /> that wants to tear its prey to bits,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">like a young lion crouching<n id="4" /> in hidden places.p>

<p class="poetry">O God, I will sing a new song to you!p> <p class="poetry">Accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, I will sing praises to you,p>

<p class="poetry">God is a just judge;p> <p class="poetry">he is angry throughout the day.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Sing to him a new song!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Play skillfully as you shout out your praises to him!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="1" /> you are<n id="2" /> my shelter,p> <p class="poetry">a strong tower that protects me from the enemy.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The mountain of Bashan<n id="1" /> is a towering mountain;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the mountain of Bashan is a mountain with many peaks.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A slanderer<n id="1" /> will not endure on<n id="2" /> the earth;p> <p class="poetry">calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry"><sc>Lordsc>, who may be a guest in your home?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Who may live on your holy hill?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They have prepared a net to trap me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I am discouraged.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They have dug a pit for me.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They will fall<n id="4" /> into it! (Selah)p>