<p class="poetry">But it is you,<n id="1" /> a man like me,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">my close friend in whom I confided.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They return in the evening;p> <p class="poetry">they growl<n id="1" /> like a dogp> <p class="poetry">and prowl around outside<n id="2" /> the city.p>

<p class="poetry">Yes,<n id="1" /> they devise a unified strategy;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they form an alliance<n id="3" /> against you.p>

<p class="poetry">He called down a famine upon the earth;p> <p class="poetry">he cut off all the food supply.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He picked out for us a special land<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">to be a source of pride for<n id="2" /> Jacob,<n id="3" /> whom he loves.<n id="4" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Phinehas took a stand and intervened,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the plague subsided.p>

<p class="poetry">and make them a little less than the heavenly beings?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You grant mankind<n id="2" /> honor and majesty;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He mounted<n id="1" /> a winged angel<n id="2" /> and flew;p> <p class="poetry">he glided<n id="3" /> on the wings of the wind.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you bring him<n id="1" /> rich<n id="2" /> blessings;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you place a golden crown on his head.p>

<p class="poetry">You uprooted a vine<n id="1" /> from Egypt;p> <p class="poetry">you drove out nations and transplanted it.p>

<p class="poetry">They treat me like<n id="1" /> those who descend into the grave.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I am like a helpless man,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He always remembers his covenantal decree,p> <p class="poetry">the promise he made<n id="1" /> to a thousand generations &#8211;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; a psalm of David, a song.p> <p class="poetry">Praise awaits you,<n id="2" /> O God, in Zion.p> <p class="poetry">Vows made to you are fulfilled.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; by David, a psalm, a song.p> <p class="poetry">God springs into action!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">His enemies scatter;p> <p class="poetry">his adversaries<n id="3" /> run from him.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">He will shelter you<n id="1" /> with his wings;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you will find safety under his wings.p> <p class="poetry">His faithfulness is like a shield or a protective wall.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre,p> <p class="poetry">to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp.p>

<p class="poetry">By day the <sc>Lordsc> decrees his loyal love,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and by night he gives me a song,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">a prayer<n id="3" /> to the living God.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song, a psalm by the Korahites.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is great and certainly worthy of praisep> <p class="poetry">in the city of our God,<n id="2" /> his holy hill.p>

<p class="poetry">They cultivated<n id="1" /> fields,p> <p class="poetry">and planted vineyards,p> <p class="poetry">which yielded a harvest of fruit.<n id="2" />p>