<p class="poetry">But you remain;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">your years do not come to an end.p>

<p class="poetry">They quickly forgot what he had done;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they did not wait for his instructions.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They rejected the fruitful land;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they did not believe his promise.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They grumbled in their tents;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they did not obey<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">He blessed<n id="1" /> them so that they became very numerous.p> <p class="poetry">He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> severely<n id="1" /> punished me,p> <p class="poetry">but he did not hand me over to death.p>

<p class="poetry">who, moreover, do no wrong,p> <p class="poetry">but follow in his footsteps.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I find delight<n id="1" /> in your statutes;p> <p class="poetry">I do not forget your instructions.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will speak<n id="1" /> about your regulations before kingsp> <p class="poetry">and not be ashamed.p>

<p class="poetry">I keep your commandsp> <p class="poetry">eagerly and without delay.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The ropes of the wicked tighten around<n id="1" /> me,p> <p class="poetry">but I do not forget your law.p>

<p class="poetry">I do not turn aside from your regulations,p> <p class="poetry">for you teach me.p>

<p class="poetry">My life is in continual danger,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but I do not forget your law.p>

<p class="poetry">I am insignificant and despised,p> <p class="poetry">yet I do not forget your precepts.p>

<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">The <sc>Lordsc> deserves praise,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for<n id="2" /> he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.p>

<p class="poetry">which cannot fill the reaper&#8217;s hand,p> <p class="poetry">or the lap of the one who gathers the grain!p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, do I not hate those who hate you,p> <p class="poetry">and despise those who oppose you?<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>