<p class="poetry">This oppressed man cried out and the <sc>Lordsc> heard;p> <p class="poetry">he saved him<n id="1" /> from all his troubles.p>

<p class="poetry">But I am like a deaf man &#8211; I hear nothing;p> <p class="poetry">I am like a mute who cannot speak.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I am like a man who cannot hearp> <p class="poetry">and is incapable of arguing his defense.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; By David, a psalm.p> <p class="poetry">I relied completely<n id="2" /> on the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">and he turned toward mep> <p class="poetry">and heard my cry for help.p>

<p class="poetry">Listen, O princess!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Observe and pay attention!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Forget your homeland<n id="3" /> and your family!<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director, a psalm by the Korahites.p> <p class="poetry">Listen to this, all you nations!p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention, all you inhabitants of the world!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He says:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Listen my people! I am speaking!p> <p class="poetry">Listen Israel! I am accusing you!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I am God, your God!p>

<p class="poetry">that does not respond to<n id="1" /> the magicians,p> <p class="poetry">or to a skilled snake-charmer.p>

<p class="poetry">Look, they hurl insults at mep> <p class="poetry">and openly threaten to kill me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for they say,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Who hears?&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; to be played on a stringed instrument; written by David.p> <p class="poetry">O God, hear my cry for help!p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention to my prayer!p>

<p class="poetry">For you, O God, hear my vows;p> <p class="poetry">you grant me the reward that belongs to your loyal followers.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">God has declared one principle;p> <p class="poetry">two principles I have heard:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">God is strong,<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; a psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">Listen to me,<n id="2" /> O God, as I offer my lament!p> <p class="poetry">Protect<n id="3" /> my life from the enemy&#8217;s terrifying attacks.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will declare what he has done for me.p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> listens to the needy;p> <p class="poetry">he does not despise his captive people.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">When<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> heard this, he was furious.p> <p class="poetry">A fire broke out against Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">and his anger flared up<n id="2" /> against Israel,p>

<p class="poetry">He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph,p> <p class="poetry">when he attacked the land of Egypt.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I heard a voice I did not recognize.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But my people did not obey me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Israel did not submit to me.<n id="2" />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">I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me.<n id="2" />p>