<p class="poetry">The enemies who chase me are numerous.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Yet I do not turn aside from your rules.p>

<p class="poetry">The sun will not harm you by day,p> <p class="poetry">or the moon by night.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed;p> <p class="poetry">he is committed to a sinful lifestyle;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he does not reject what is evil.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I have not failed to tell about your justice;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I spoke about your reliability and deliverance;p> <p class="poetry">I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For they did not conquer<n id="1" /> the land by their swords,p> <p class="poetry">and they did not prevail by their strength,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but rather by your power,<n id="3" /> strength<n id="4" /> and good favor,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">for you were partial to<n id="6" /> them.p>

<p class="poetry">Pour out your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">on the kingdoms that do not pray to you!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Our ancestors in Egypt failed to appreciate your miraculous deeds,p> <p class="poetry">they failed to remember your many acts of loyal love,p> <p class="poetry">and they rebelled at the sea, by the Red Sea.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Not to us, O <sc>Lordsc>, not to us!p> <p class="poetry">But to your name bring honor,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for the sake of your loyal love and faithfulness.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="1" /> the scepter of a wicked king<n id="2" /> will not settle<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">upon the allotted land of the godly.p> <p class="poetry">Otherwise the godly mightp> <p class="poetry">do what is wrong.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,p> <p class="poetry">if I do not remember you,p> <p class="poetry">and do not give Jerusalem priorityp> <p class="poetry">over whatever gives me the most joy.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated.p> <p class="poetry">Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted<n id="1" /> and humiliated.p>

<p class="poetry">I hate the mob<n id="1" /> of evil men,p> <p class="poetry">and do not associate<n id="2" /> with the wicked.p>

<p class="poetry">A horse disappoints those who trust in it for victory;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">despite its great strength, it cannot deliver.p>

<p class="poetry">He protects<n id="1" /> all his bones;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">not one of them is broken.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Violent men perjure themselves,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and falsely accuse me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They will not be ashamed when hard times come;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when famine comes they will have enough to eat.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even if<n id="1" /> he trips, he will not fall headlong,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for the <sc>Lordsc> holds<n id="3" /> his hand.p>

<p class="poetry">But the <sc>Lordsc> does not surrender the godly,p> <p class="poetry">or allow them to be condemned in a court of law.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I am silent and cannot open my mouthp> <p class="poetry">because of what you have done.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">so that he might continue to live<n id="1" /> foreverp> <p class="poetry">and not experience death.<n id="2" />p>