<p class="poetry">Although I am innocent,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my mouth<n id="2" /> would condemn me;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">although I am blameless,p> <p class="poetry">it would declare me perverse.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">I am blameless.<n id="1" /> I do not know myself.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I despise my life.p>

<p class="poetry">What you know,<n id="1" /> I<n id="2" /> know also;p> <p class="poetry">I am not inferior<n id="3" /> to you!p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Refrain from talking<n id="1" /> with me so that<n id="2" /> I may speak;p> <p class="poetry">then let come to me<n id="3" /> what may.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">See now,<n id="1" /> I have prepared<n id="2" /> my<n id="3" /> case;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">I know that I am right.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your own mouth condemns<n id="1" /> you, not I;p> <p class="poetry">your own lips testify against<n id="2" /> you.p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore I say, &#8216;Listen<n id="1" /> to me.p> <p class="poetry">I, even I, will explain what I know.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">Then I myself will acknowledge<n id="1" /> to youp> <p class="poetry">that your own right hand can save you.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I rested and slept;p> <p class="poetry">I awoke,<n id="1" /> for the <sc>Lordsc> protects<n id="2" /> me.p>

<p class="poetry">As for the actions of people<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">just as you have commanded,p> <p class="poetry">I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">As for me, because I am innocent I will see your face;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when I awake you will reveal yourself to me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Turn toward me and have mercy on me,p> <p class="poetry">for I am alone<n id="1" /> and oppressed!p>

<p class="poetry">For I am about to stumble,p> <p class="poetry">and I am in constant pain.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Please stop wounding me!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You have almost beaten me to death!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For I am aware of<n id="1" /> my rebellious acts;p> <p class="poetry">I am forever conscious of my sin.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">As for me, I will call out to God,p> <p class="poetry">and the <sc>Lordsc> will deliver me.p>

<p class="poetry">God says,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;At the appointed times,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I judge<n id="3" /> fairly.p>

<p class="poetry">I thought,<n id="1" /> &#8216;You are gods;p> <p class="poetry">all of you are sons of the Most High.&#8217;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will appoint him to be my firstborn son,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the most exalted of the earth&#8217;s kings.p>