<p class="poetry">Show me evidence of your favor!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Then those who hate me will see it and be ashamed,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for you, O <sc>Lordsc>, will help me and comfort me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead?p> <p class="poetry">Do the departed spirits<n id="1" /> rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">The king is strong;p> <p class="poetry">he loves justice.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You ensure that legal decisions will be made fairly;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you promote justice and equity in Jacob.p>

<p class="poetry">Acknowledge that the <sc>Lordsc> is God!p> <p class="poetry">He made us and we belong to him;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.p>

<p class="poetry">I will not even consider doing what is dishonest.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I hate doing evil;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will have no part of it.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Deceitful people will not live in my palace.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Liars will not be welcome in my presence.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>, you angels of his,p> <p class="poetry">you powerful warriors who carry out his decreesp> <p class="poetry">and obey his orders!<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">O sovereign <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">intervene on my behalf for the sake of your reputation!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Because your loyal love is good, deliver me!p>

<p class="poetry">To obey the <sc>Lordsc> is the fundamental principle for wise living;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He will receive praise forever.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They celebrate deliverance in the tents of the godly.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s right hand conquers,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He does whatever he pleasesp> <p class="poetry">in heaven and on earth,p> <p class="poetry">in the seas and all the ocean depths.p>

<p class="poetry">He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth,p> <p class="poetry">makes lightning bolts accompany the rain,p> <p class="poetry">and brings the wind out of his storehouses.p>

<p class="poetry">my bones were not hidden from you,p> <p class="poetry">when<n id="1" /> I was made in secretp> <p class="poetry">and sewed together in the depths of the earth.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I know<n id="1" /> that the <sc>Lordsc> defends the cause of the oppressedp> <p class="poetry">and vindicates the poor.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Teach me to do what pleases you,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for you are my God.p> <p class="poetry">May your kind presence<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">lead me<n id="3" /> into a level land.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">the one who made heaven and earth,p> <p class="poetry">the sea, and all that is in them,p> <p class="poetry">who remains forever faithful,<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">vindicates the oppressed,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and gives food to the hungry.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> releases the imprisoned.p>

<p class="poetry">He has not done so with any other nation;p> <p class="poetry">they are not aware of his regulations.p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<p class="poetry">and execute the judgment to which their enemies<n id="1" /> have been sentenced.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">All his loyal followers will be vindicated.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>