<p class="poetry">When evil men attack me<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">to devour my flesh,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">when my adversaries and enemies attack me,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">they stumble and fall.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">My heart beats quickly;p> <p class="poetry">my strength leaves me;p> <p class="poetry">I can hardly see.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Reveal<n id="1" /> your light<n id="2" /> and your faithfulness!p> <p class="poetry">They will lead me,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">they will escort<n id="4" /> me back to your holy hill,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and to the place where you live.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">His words are as smooth as butter,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but he harbors animosity in his heart.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">His words seem softer than oil,p> <p class="poetry">but they are really like sharp swords.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They stalk<n id="1" /> and lurk;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they watch my every step,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">as<n id="4" /> they prepare to take my life.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">They wander around looking for something to eat;p> <p class="poetry">they refuse to sleep until they are full.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc> our God, you answered them.p> <p class="poetry">They found you to be a forgiving God,p> <p class="poetry">but also one who punished their sinful deeds.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They will perish,p> <p class="poetry">but you will endure.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They will wear out like a garment;p> <p class="poetry">like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">as the mountains rose up,p> <p class="poetry">and the valleys went down &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">to the place you appointed for them.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">and ears, but cannot hear.p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, they cannot breathe.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Everything looks to you in anticipation,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and you provide them with food on a regular basis.<n id="2" />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>

<p class="poetry">Men are nothing but a mere breath;p> <p class="poetry">human beings are unreliable.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">When they are weighed in the scales,p> <p class="poetry">all of them together are lighter than air.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">adrift<n id="1" /> among the dead,p> <p class="poetry">like corpses lying in the grave,p> <p class="poetry">whom you remember no more,p> <p class="poetry">and who are cut off from your power.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them!p> <p class="poetry">They will not be put to shame<n id="1" /> when they confront<n id="2" /> enemies at the city gate.p>