<p class="poetry">Patiently wait for God alone, my soul!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For he is the one who gives me confidence.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">My soul<n id="1" /> pursues you;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">your right hand upholds me.p>

<p class="poetry">Enemies seek to destroy my life,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but they will descend into the depths of the earth.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He preserves our lives<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and does not allow our feet to slip.p>

<p class="poetry">I weep and refrain from eating food,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">which causes others to insult me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Come near me and redeem me!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Because of my enemies, rescue me!p>

<p class="poetry">For my enemies talk about me;p> <p class="poetry">those waiting for a chance to kill me plot my demise.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">My lips will shout for joy! Yes,<n id="1" /> I will sing your praises!p> <p class="poetry">I will praise you when you rescue me!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He will take pity<n id="1" /> on the poor and needy;p> <p class="poetry">the lives of the needy he will save.p>

<p class="poetry">From harm and violence he will defend them;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he will value their lives.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you will extend your great loyal love to me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and will deliver my life<n id="2" /> from the depths of Sheol.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For my life<n id="1" /> is filled with troublesp> <p class="poetry">and I am ready to enter Sheol.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, why do you reject me,p> <p class="poetry">and pay no attention to me?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">If the <sc>Lordsc> had not helped me,p> <p class="poetry">I would have laid down in the silence of death.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They conspire against<n id="1" /> the blameless,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and condemn to death the innocent.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>, O my soul!p> <p class="poetry">Do not forget all his kind deeds!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They lost their appetite for all food,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and they drew near the gates of death.p>

<p class="poetry">They<n id="1" /> reached up to the sky,p> <p class="poetry">then dropped into the depths.p> <p class="poetry">The sailors&#8217; strength<n id="2" /> left them<n id="3" /> because the danger was so great.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">because he stands at the right hand of the needy,p> <p class="poetry">to deliver him from those who threaten<n id="1" /> his life.p>

<p class="poetry">I called on the name of the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Please <sc>Lordsc>, rescue my life!&#8221;p>