<p class="poetry">I take note of the treacherous and despise them,p> <p class="poetry">because they do not keep your instructions.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Those who make them will end up<n id="1" /> like them,p> <p class="poetry">as will everyone who trusts in them.p>

<p class="poetry">who speak lies,p> <p class="poetry">and make false promises.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is near all who cry out to him,p> <p class="poetry">all who cry out to him sincerely.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He gives food to the animals,p> <p class="poetry">and to the young ravens when they chirp.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Praise him, O highest heaven,p> <p class="poetry">and you waters above the sky!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Not so with the wicked!p> <p class="poetry">Instead<n id="1" /> they are like wind-driven chaff.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I am not afraid<n id="1" /> of the multitude of people<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">who attack me from all directions.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made,p> <p class="poetry">and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He says to himself,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will never<n id="2" /> be upended,p> <p class="poetry">because I experience no calamity.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They say,<n id="1" /> &#8220;We speak persuasively;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">we know how to flatter and boast.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Who is our master?&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will praise<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> who<n id="2" /> guides<n id="3" /> me;p> <p class="poetry">yes, during the night I reflect and learn.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one whose deeds are blamelessp> <p class="poetry">and whose motives are pure,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">who does not lie,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">or make promises with no intention of keeping them.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will be happy and rejoice in your faithfulness,p> <p class="poetry">because you notice my painp> <p class="poetry">and you are aware of how distressed I am.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">How blessed<n id="1" /> is the nation whose God is the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let destruction take them by surprise!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let the net they hid catch them!p> <p class="poetry">Let them fall into destruction!<n id="2" />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>

<p class="poetry">They say,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;An awful disease<n id="2" /> overwhelms him,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and now that he is bed-ridden he will never recover.&#8217;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even my close friend<n id="1" /> whom I trusted,p> <p class="poetry">he who shared meals with me, has turned against me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Come! Witness the exploits<n id="1" /> of the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">who brings devastation to the earth!<n id="2" />p>