<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, do not let the wicked have their way!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not allow their<n id="2" /> plan to succeed when they attack!<n id="3" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Your bow is ready for action;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you commission your arrows.<n id="2" /> <i>Selahi>.p> <p class="poetry">You cause flash floods on the earth&#8217;s surface.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Then I confessed my sin;p> <p class="poetry">I no longer covered up my wrongdoing.p> <p class="poetry">I said, &#8220;I will confess<n id="1" /> my rebellious acts to the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">And then you forgave my sins.<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Look, you make my days short-lived,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and my life span is nothing from your perspective.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You severely discipline people for their sins;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">like a moth you slowly devour their strength.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">We heard about God&#8217;s mighty deeds, now we have seen them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in the city of the <sc>Lordsc>, the invincible Warrior,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">in the city of our God.p> <p class="poetry">God makes it permanently secure.<n id="3" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">For foreigners<n id="1" /> attack me;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life.<n id="3" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">God, the one who has reigned as king from long ago,p> <p class="poetry">will hear and humiliate them.<n id="1" /> (Selah)p> <p class="poetry">They refuse to change,p> <p class="poetry">and do not fear God.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You, O <sc>Lordsc> God, the invincible warrior,<n id="1" /> the God of Israel,p> <p class="poetry">rouse yourself and punish<n id="2" /> all the nations!p> <p class="poetry">Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish!p> <p class="poetry">Let them know that God rulesp> <p class="poetry">in Jacob and to the ends of the earth! (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Trust in him at all times, you people!p> <p class="poetry">Pour out your hearts before him!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">God is our shelter! (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Proud men hide a snare for me;p> <p class="poetry">evil men<n id="1" /> spread a net by the path;p> <p class="poetry">they set traps for me. (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">God comes<n id="1" /> from Teman,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the sovereign<n id="3" /> one from Mount Paran.<n id="4" /> <i>Selahi>.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">His splendor covers the skies,<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">his glory<n id="7" /> fills the earth.p>

<p class="poetry">You march out to deliver your people,p> <p class="poetry">to deliver your special servant.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You strike the leader of the wicked nation,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">laying him open from the lower body to the neck.<n id="3" /> <i>Selahi>.p>