<p class="poetry">O Lord, you understand my heart&#8217;s desire;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my groaning is not hidden from you.p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, you do not withhold<n id="1" /> your compassion from me.p> <p class="poetry">May your loyal love and faithfulness continually protect me!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">We have not been unfaithful,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">nor have we disobeyed your commands.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">All your garments are perfumed with<n id="1" /> myrrh, aloes, and cassia.p> <p class="poetry">From the luxurious palaces<n id="2" /> comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not reject me!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not take your Holy Spirit<n id="2" /> away from me!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="1" /> it is not an enemy who insults me,p> <p class="poetry">or else I could bear it;p> <p class="poetry">it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">or else I could hide from him.p>

<p class="poetry">From the most remote place on earth<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I call out to you in my despair.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Lead me<n id="3" /> up to an inaccessible rocky summit!<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">For God alone I patiently wait;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he is the one who delivers me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">so that your feet may stomp<n id="1" /> in their blood,p> <p class="poetry">and your dogs may eat their portion of the enemies&#8217; corpses.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They come with red cloth<n id="1" /> from Egypt,p> <p class="poetry">Ethiopia<n id="2" /> voluntarily offers tribute<n id="3" /> to God.p>

<p class="poetry">O God, you are aware of my foolish sins;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my guilt is not hidden from you.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Rise up, O God! Defend your honor!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Remember how fools insult you all day long!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They did not remember what he had done,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">how he delivered them from the enemy,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You cause those who know me to keep their distance;p> <p class="poetry">you make me an appalling sight to them.p> <p class="poetry">I am trapped and cannot get free.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">My eyes grow weak because of oppression.p> <p class="poetry">I call out to you, O <sc>Lordsc>, all day long;p> <p class="poetry">I spread out my hands in prayer to you.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He provides grass<n id="1" /> for the cattle,p> <p class="poetry">and crops for people to cultivate,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">so they can produce food from the ground,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Deliver us, O <sc>Lordsc>, our God!p> <p class="poetry">Gather us from among the nations!p> <p class="poetry">Then we will give thanks<n id="1" /> to your holy name,p> <p class="poetry">and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yes,<n id="1" /> <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="2" /> you rescued my life from death,p> <p class="poetry">and kept my feet from stumbling.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> made a reliable promise to David;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he will not go back on his word.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He said,<n id="3" /> &#8220;I will place one of your descendants<n id="4" /> on your throne.p>

<p class="poetry">even the darkness is not too dark for you to see,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the night is as bright as<n id="2" /> day;p> <p class="poetry">darkness and light are the same to you.<n id="3" />p>