<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">But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God.p> <p class="poetry">You are patient<n id="1" /> and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Equity and justice are the foundation of your throne.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Loyal love and faithfulness characterize your rule.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He will shelter you<n id="1" /> with his wings;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you will find safety under his wings.p> <p class="poetry">His faithfulness is like a shield or a protective wall.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For your loyal love extends beyond the sky,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.p>

<p class="poetry">For his loyal love towers<n id="1" /> over us,p> <p class="poetry">and the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s faithfulness endures.p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<p class="poetry">Do not completely deprive me of a truthful testimony,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for I await your justice.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">the one who made heaven and earth,p> <p class="poetry">the sea, and all that is in them,p> <p class="poetry">who remains forever faithful,<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not let truth and mercy<n id="1" /> leave you;p> <p class="poetry">bind them around your neck,p> <p class="poetry">write them on the tablet of your heart.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The Teacher sought to find delightful<n id="1" /> words,p> <p class="poetry">and to write<n id="2" /> accurately truthful sayings.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed<n id="1" /> Sheol does not give you thanks;p> <p class="poetry">death does not<n id="2" /> praise you.p> <p class="poetry">Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.p>

<p class="poetry">The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks,p> <p class="poetry">as I do today.p> <p class="poetry">A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.p>

<p class="poetry">A crushed reed he will not break,p> <p class="poetry">a dim wick he will not extinguish;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he will faithfully make just decrees.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I planted you in the landp> <p class="poetry">like a special vine of the very best stock.p> <p class="poetry">Why in the world have you turned into something like a wild vinep> <p class="poetry">that produces rotten, foul-smelling grapes?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You must be truthful, honest and uprightp> <p class="poetry">when you take an oath saying, &#8216;As surely as the <sc>Lordsc> lives!&#8217;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">If you do,<n id="2" /> the nations will pray to be as blessed by him as you arep> <p class="poetry">and will make him the object of their boasting.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

I will take delight in doing good to them. I will faithfully and wholeheartedly plant them<n id="1" /> firmly in the land.&#8217;p>

But I will most surely<n id="1" /> heal the wounds of this city and restore it and its people to health.<n id="2" /> I will show them abundant<n id="3" /> peace and security.

The army was given over,<n id="1" /> along with the daily sacrifice, in the course of his sinful rebellion.<n id="2" /> It hurled<n id="3" /> truth<n id="4" /> to the ground and enjoyed success.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">You will be loyal to Jacobp> <p class="poetry">and extend your loyal love to Abraham,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">which you promised on oath to our ancestors<n id="2" />p> <p class="bodytext">in ancient times.<n id="3" />p>