<p class="poetry">May he send help from heaven and deliver me<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">from my enemies who hurl insults!<n id="2" /> (Selah)p> <p class="poetry">May God send his loyal love and faithfulness!p>

<p class="poetry">They have prepared a net to trap me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I am discouraged.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They have dug a pit for me.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They will fall<n id="4" /> into it! (Selah)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">All the earth worships<n id="1" /> youp> <p class="poetry">and sings praises to you!p> <p class="poetry">They sing praises to your name!&#8221; (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">He rules<n id="1" /> by his power forever;p> <p class="poetry">he watches<n id="2" /> the nations.p> <p class="poetry">Stubborn rebels should not exalt<n id="3" /> themselves. (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">I will offer up to you fattened animals as burnt sacrifices,p> <p class="poetry">along with the smell of sacrificial rams.p> <p class="poetry">I will offer cattle and goats. (Selah)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">Let foreigners<n id="1" /> rejoice and celebrate!p> <p class="poetry">For you execute justice among the nations,p> <p class="poetry">and govern the people living on earth.<n id="2" /> (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">When the earth and all its inhabitants dissolve in fear,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I make its pillars secure.&#8221;<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">There he shattered the arrows,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the shield, the sword, and the rest of the weapons of war.<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">when God arose to execute judgment,p> <p class="poetry">and to deliver all the oppressed of the earth. (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Has God forgotten to be merciful?p> <p class="poetry">Has his anger stifled his compassion?&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">In your distress you called out and I rescued you.p> <p class="poetry">I answered you from a dark thundercloud.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I tested you at the waters of Meribah.<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Even Assyria has allied with them,p> <p class="poetry">lending its strength to the descendants of Lot.<n id="1" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, sovereign God,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">hear my prayer!p> <p class="poetry">Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead?p> <p class="poetry">Do the departed spirits<n id="1" /> rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">&#8216;I will give you an eternal dynasty<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and establish your throne throughout future generations.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">No man can live on without experiencing death,p> <p class="poetry">or deliver his life from the power of Sheol.<n id="1" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Their tongues wound like a serpent;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a viper&#8217;s<n id="2" /> venom is behind<n id="3" /> their lips. (Selah)p>