<p class="poetry">Where are your earlier faithful deeds,<n id="1" /> O Lord,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">So they proclaim that the <sc>Lordsc>, my protector,p> <p class="poetry">is just and never unfair.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The waves<n id="1" /> roar, O <sc>Lord,sc>p> <p class="poetry">the waves roar,p> <p class="poetry">the waves roar and crash.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For justice will prevail,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and all the morally upright<n id="2" /> will be vindicated.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Who will rise up to defend me<n id="1" /> against the wicked?p> <p class="poetry">Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Enter his gates with thanksgiving,p> <p class="poetry">and his courts with praise!p> <p class="poetry">Give him thanks!p> <p class="poetry">Praise his name!p>

<p class="poetry">The children of your servants will settle down here,p> <p class="poetry">and their descendants<n id="1" /> will live securely in your presence.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The birds of the sky live beside them;p> <p class="poetry">they chirp among the bushes.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">How many living things you have made, O <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You have exhibited great skill in making all of them;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the earth is full of the living things you have made.p>

<p class="poetry">The ships travel there,p> <p class="poetry">and over here swims the whale<n id="1" /> you made to play in it.p>

<p class="poetry">He handed the territory of nations over to them,p> <p class="poetry">and they took possession of what other peoples had produced,<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The sailors<n id="1" /> rejoiced because the waves<n id="2" /> grew quiet,p> <p class="poetry">and he led them to the harbor<n id="3" /> they desired.p>

<p class="poetry">God has spoken in his sanctuary:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem,p> <p class="poetry">the valley of Succoth I will measure off.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Moab is my wash basin.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will make Edom serve me.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will shout in triumph over Philistia.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">When he is judged, he will be found<n id="1" /> guilty!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful.p>

<p class="poetry">May the creditor seize<n id="1" /> all he owns!p> <p class="poetry">May strangers loot his property!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">May no one show him kindness!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">May no one have compassion<n id="2" /> on his fatherless children!p>

<p class="poetry">For he never bothered to show kindness;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he harassed the oppressed and needy,p> <p class="poetry">and killed the disheartened.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He loved to curse<n id="1" /> others, so those curses have come upon him.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">From the stream along the road he drinks;p> <p class="poetry">then he lifts up his head.<n id="1" />p>