<p class="poetry">I will praise<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> who<n id="2" /> guides<n id="3" /> me;p> <p class="poetry">yes, during the night I reflect and learn.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Deliver your people!p> <p class="poetry">Empower<n id="1" /> the nation that belongs to you!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Care for them like a shepherd and carry them in your arms<n id="3" /> at all times!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> gives<n id="1" /> his people strength;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> grants his people security.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> deserves praise<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel deserves praise<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in the future and forevermore!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">We agree! We agree!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You are the most handsome of all men!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You speak in an impressive and fitting manner!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For this reason<n id="3" /> God grants you continual blessings.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;May men praise you, for you have done well!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">They<n id="1" /> spend all their time planning how to bring him<n id="2" /> down.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They love to use deceit;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">they pronounce blessings with their mouths,p> <p class="poetry">but inwardly they utter curses.<n id="5" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">You saturate<n id="1" /> its furrows,p> <p class="poetry">and soak<n id="2" /> its plowed ground.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">With rain showers you soften its soil,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and make its crops grow.<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm, a song.p> <p class="poetry">May God show us his favor<n id="2" /> and bless us!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">May he smile on us!<n id="4" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">The Lord deserves praise!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Day after day<n id="2" /> he carries our burden,p> <p class="poetry">the God who delivers us. (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">May he live!<n id="1" /> May they offer him gold from Sheba!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">May they continually pray for him!p> <p class="poetry">May they pronounce blessings on him all day long!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">May his fame endure!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">May his dynasty last as long as the sun remains in the sky!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">May they use his name when they formulate their blessings!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">May all nations consider him to be favored by God!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">His glorious name deserves praise<n id="1" /> forevermore!p> <p class="poetry">May his majestic splendor<n id="2" /> fill the whole earth!p> <p class="poetry">We agree! We agree!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Enter his gates with thanksgiving,p> <p class="poetry">and his courts with praise!p> <p class="poetry">Give him thanks!p> <p class="poetry">Praise his name!p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">By David.p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>, O my soul!p> <p class="poetry">With all that is within me, praise<n id="2" /> his holy name!p>

<p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>, you angels of his,p> <p class="poetry">you powerful warriors who carry out his decreesp> <p class="poetry">and obey his orders!<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>, O my soul!p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc> my God, you are magnificent.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">You are robed in splendor and majesty.p>

<p class="poetry">May the <sc>Lordsc> bless you<n id="1" /> from Zion,p> <p class="poetry">that you might see<n id="2" /> Jerusalem<n id="3" /> prosperp> <p class="poetry">all the days of your life,p>

<p class="poetry">Those who pass by will not say,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;May you experience the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s blessing!p> <p class="poetry">We pronounce a blessing on you in the name of the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>