<p class="poetry">Wealthy people do not understand;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they are like animals<n id="2" /> that perish.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Give us help against the enemy,p> <p class="poetry">for any help men might offer is futile.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They are immune to the trouble common to men;p> <p class="poetry">they do not suffer as other men do.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Certainly<n id="1" /> your angry judgment upon men will bring you praise;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you reveal your anger in full measure.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">How blessed are those who<n id="1" /> find their strength in you,p> <p class="poetry">and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lord who rules over allsc>,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">how blessed are those who trust in you!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You make mankind return<n id="1" /> to the dust,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and say, &#8220;Return, O people!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish?p> <p class="poetry">He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings!p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> knows thatp> <p class="poetry">peoples&#8217; thoughts are morally bankrupt.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He let no one oppress them;p> <p class="poetry">he disciplined kings for their sake,p>

<p class="poetry">Give us help against the enemy,p> <p class="poetry">for any help men might offer is futile.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The heavens belong to the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the earth he has given to mankind.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is on my side,<n id="1" /> I am not afraid!p> <p class="poetry">What can people do to me?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">if the <sc>Lordsc> had not been on our side,p> <p class="poetry">when men attacked us,<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The nations&#8217; idols are made of silver and gold,p> <p class="poetry">they are man-made.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, of what importance is the human race,<n id="1" /> that you should notice them?p> <p class="poetry">Of what importance is mankind,<n id="2" /> that you should be concerned about them?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not trust in princes,p> <p class="poetry">or in human beings, who cannot deliver!<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Blessed<n id="1" /> is the one<n id="2" /> who finds<n id="3" /> wisdom,p> <p class="poetry">and the one who obtains<n id="4" /> understanding.p>

<p class="poetry">A worthless and wicked person<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">walks around saying perverse<n id="2" /> things;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;To you, O people,<n id="1" /> I call out,p> <p class="poetry">and my voice calls<n id="2" /> to all mankind.<n id="3" />p>