<p class="bodytext">&#8220;But if they blow with one trumpet, then the leaders, the heads of the thousands of Israel, must come to you.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you.<n id="1" />

You must stand outside and the person to whom you are making the loan will bring out to you what he is offering as security.<n id="1" />

What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition,<n id="1" /> O <sc>Lordsc> God!

<p class="bodytext">The king said, &#8220;Bring to me whoever speaks to you, and he won&#8217;t bother you again!&#8221;

What more can David say<n id="1" /> to you? You have honored your servant; you have given your servant special recognition.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">Pay attention to my cry for help,p> <p class="poetry">my king and my God,p> <p class="poetry">for I am praying to you!p>

<p class="poetry">Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help,p> <p class="poetry">when I lift my hands<n id="1" /> toward your holy temple!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You are my source of strength! I will sing praises to you!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For God is my refuge,<n id="2" /> the God who loves me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">From the most remote place on earth<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I call out to you in my despair.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Lead me<n id="3" /> up to an inaccessible rocky summit!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Protect me,<n id="1" /> for I am loyal!p> <p class="poetry">O my God, deliver your servant, who trusts in you!p>

<p class="poetry">My eyes grow weak because of oppression.p> <p class="poetry">I call out to you, O <sc>Lordsc>, all day long;p> <p class="poetry">I spread out my hands in prayer to you.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Surely I am looking to you,<n id="1" /> O sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">In you I take shelter.p> <p class="poetry">Do not expose me to danger!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I cry out to you, O <sc>Lordsc>;p> <p class="poetry">I say, &#8220;You are my shelter,p> <p class="poetry">my security<n id="1" /> in the land of the living.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Everything looks to you in anticipation,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and you provide them with food on a regular basis.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">All of them respond to you, saying:p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;You too have become weak like us!p> <p class="poetry">You have become just like us!p>

<p class="poetry">You will be reestablished when I vindicate you.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You will not experience oppression;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">indeed, you will not be afraid.p> <p class="poetry">You will not be terrified,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for nothing frightening<n id="4" /> will come near you.p>

They will attack you but they will not be able to overcome you, for I will be with you to rescue you,&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

&#8220;We will not listen to what you claim the <sc>Lordsc> has spoken to us!<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Listen! I am opposed to you, you proud city,&#8221;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">says the Lord <sc>Godsc> who rules over all.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Indeed,<n id="3" /> your day of reckoning<n id="4" /> has come,p> <p class="poetry">the time when I will punish you.<n id="5" />p>