<p class="poetry">Let them be<n id="1" /> like a snail that melts away as it moves along!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Let them be like<n id="3" /> stillborn babies<n id="4" /> that never see the sun!p>

<p class="poetry">Come and witness<n id="1" /> God&#8217;s exploits!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">His acts on behalf of people are awesome!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will declare what he has done for me.p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies,p> <p class="poetry">the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The clouds poured down rain;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the skies thundered.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Yes, your arrows<n id="3" /> flashed about.p>

<p class="poetry">In the sight of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh reveal<n id="1" /> your power!p> <p class="poetry">Come and deliver us!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They<n id="1" /> neither know nor understand.p> <p class="poetry">They stumble<n id="2" /> around in the dark,p> <p class="poetry">while all the foundations of the earth crumble.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They say, &#8220;Come on, let&#8217;s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">They are sustained as they travel along;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">each one appears<n id="2" /> before God in Zion.p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, teach me how you want me to live!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Then I will obey your commands.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">How blessed are the people who worship you!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, they experience your favor.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will walk in<n id="1" /> the way of integrity.p> <p class="poetry">When will you come to me?p> <p class="poetry">I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will favor the honest people of the land,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and allow them to live with me.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He makes the clouds his chariot,p> <p class="poetry">and travels along on the wings of the wind.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">hands, but cannot touch,p> <p class="poetry">feet, but cannot walk.p> <p class="poetry">They cannot even clear their throats.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents,<n id="2" /> by David.p> <p class="poetry">I was glad because<n id="3" /> they said to me,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;We will go to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">may the <sc>Lordsc> remove them,<n id="2" /> along with those who behave wickedly!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">May Israel experience peace!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even when I must walk in the midst of danger,<n id="1" /> you revive me.p> <p class="poetry">You oppose my angry enemies,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and your right hand delivers me.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">How blessed<n id="2" /> is the one<n id="3" /> who does not follow<n id="4" /> the advice<n id="5" /> of the wicked,<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">or stand in the pathway<n id="7" /> with sinners,p> <p class="poetry">or sit in the assembly<n id="8" /> of scoffers!<n id="9" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even when I must walk through the darkest valley,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I fear<n id="2" /> no danger,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for you are with me;p> <p class="poetry">your rod and your staff reassure me.<n id="4" />p>