<p class="poetry">Then<n id="1" /> our sons will be like plants,p> <p class="poetry">that quickly grow to full size.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Our daughters will be like corner pillars,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">carved like those in a palace.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">He has made his people victorious,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and given all his loyal followers reason to praise &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the Israelites, the people who are close to him.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm of David, written when he fled from his son Absalom.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry"><sc>Lordsc>, how<n id="3" /> numerous are my enemies!p> <p class="poetry">Many attack me.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; according to the <i>sheminithi> style;<n id="2" /> a psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">Deliver, <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">For the godly<n id="3" /> have disappeared;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">people of integrity<n id="5" /> have vanished.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry"><sc>Lordsc>, use your power to deliver me from these murderers,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">from the murderers of this world!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They enjoy prosperity;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you overwhelm them with the riches they desire.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">They have many children,p> <p class="poetry">and leave their wealth to their offspring.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">How great is your favor,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">which you store up for your loyal followers!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter<n id="3" /> in you.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; a well-written song<n id="2" /> by the Korahites.p> <p class="poetry">As a deer<n id="3" /> longs<n id="4" /> for streams of water,p> <p class="poetry">so I long<n id="5" /> for you, O God!p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; by the Korahites, a well-written song.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, we have clearly heard;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">our ancestors<n id="4" /> have told usp> <p class="poetry">what you did<n id="5" /> in their days,p> <p class="poetry">in ancient times.<n id="6" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; by the Korahites; according to the <i>alamothi> style;<n id="2" /> a song.p> <p class="poetry">God is our strong refuge;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he is truly our helper in times of trouble.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">God looks down from heaven<n id="1" /> at the human race,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">to see if there is anyone who is wise<n id="3" /> and seeks God.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">I am surrounded by lions;p> <p class="poetry">I lie down<n id="1" /> among those who want to devour me;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">men whose teeth are spears and arrows,p> <p class="poetry">whose tongues are a sharp sword.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; according to the <i>al-tashchethi> style;<n id="2" /> a prayer<n id="3" /> of David.p> <p class="poetry">Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions?<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Do you judge people<n id="5" /> fairly?p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the <i>machalath-leannothi> style;<n id="2" /> a well-written song<n id="3" /> by Heman the Ezrachite.p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc> God who delivers me!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">By day I cry outp> <p class="poetry">and at night I pray before you.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">They shed innocent blood &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the blood of their sons and daughters,p> <p class="poetry">whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.p> <p class="poetry">The land was polluted by bloodshed.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Remember, O <sc>Lordsc>, what the Edomites didp> <p class="poetry">on the day Jerusalem fell.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They said, &#8220;Tear it down, tear it down,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">right to its very foundation!&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; according to the tune of &#8220;Lilies;&#8221;<n id="2" /> by the Korahites, a well-written poem,<n id="3" /> a love song.p> <p class="poetry">My heart is stirred by a beautiful song.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">I say, &#8220;I have composed this special song<n id="5" /> for the king;p> <p class="poetry">my tongue is as skilled as the stylus of an experienced scribe.&#8221;<n id="6" />p>