<p class="poetry">Come and witness<n id="1" /> God&#8217;s exploits!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">His acts on behalf of people are awesome!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">revive me once again!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Bring me up once again<n id="3" /> from the depths of the earth!p>

<p class="poetry">We do not see any signs of God&#8217;s presence;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">there are no longer any prophets<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and we have no one to tell us how long this will last.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">O God, invincible warrior,<n id="1" /> come back!p> <p class="poetry">Look down from heaven and take notice!p> <p class="poetry">Take care of this vine,p>

<p class="poetry">They are sustained as they travel along;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">each one appears<n id="2" /> before God in Zion.p>

<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">No man can live on without experiencing death,p> <p class="poetry">or deliver his life from the power of Sheol.<n id="1" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">He remains loyal and faithful to the family of Israel.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">All the ends of the earth see our God deliver us.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">so I may see the prosperity<n id="1" /> of your chosen ones,p> <p class="poetry">rejoice along with your nation,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and boast along with the people who belong to you.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">When the wicked<n id="1" /> see this, they will worry;p> <p class="poetry">they will grind their teeth in frustration<n id="2" /> and melt away;p> <p class="poetry">the desire of the wicked will perish.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">May the <sc>Lordsc> bless you<n id="1" /> from Zion,p> <p class="poetry">that you might see<n id="2" /> Jerusalem<n id="3" /> prosperp> <p class="poetry">all the days of your life,p>

<p class="poetry">Your eyes saw me when I was inside the womb.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">All the days ordained for mep> <p class="poetry">were recorded in your scrollp> <p class="poetry">before one of them came into existence.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You have taken notice,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for<n id="2" /> you always see<n id="3" /> one who inflicts pain and suffering.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you;<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">you deliver<n id="6" /> the fatherless.<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">Because of all my enemies, people disdain me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my neighbors are appalled by my suffering<n id="2" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">those who know me are horrified by my condition;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">those who see me in the street run away from me.p>

<p class="poetry">For innumerable dangers<n id="1" /> surround me.p> <p class="poetry">My sins overtake mep> <p class="poetry">so I am unable to see;p> <p class="poetry">they outnumber the hairs of my headp> <p class="poetry">so my strength fails me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">When someone comes to visit,<n id="1" /> he pretends to be friendly;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he thinks of ways to defame me,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and when he leaves he slanders me.<n id="4" />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">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">Look to the right and see!p> <p class="poetry">No one cares about me.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I have nowhere to run;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">no one is concerned about my life.<n id="3" />p>