<p class="poetry">Violent men perjure themselves,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and falsely accuse me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They will not be ashamed when hard times come;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when famine comes they will have enough to eat.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt,p> <p class="poetry">but the godly show compassion and are generous.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even if<n id="1" /> he trips, he will not fall headlong,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for the <sc>Lordsc> holds<n id="3" /> his hand.p>

<p class="poetry">I am silent and cannot open my mouthp> <p class="poetry">because of what you have done.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">But<n id="1" /> you rejected and embarrassed us!p> <p class="poetry">You did not go into battle with our armies.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">so that he might continue to live<n id="1" /> foreverp> <p class="poetry">and not experience death.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Wealthy people do not understand;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they are like animals<n id="2" /> that perish.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I am not condemning<n id="1" /> you because of your sacrifices,p> <p class="poetry">or because of your burnt sacrifices that you continually offer me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Disaster is within it;p> <p class="poetry">violence<n id="1" /> and deceit do not depart from its public square.p>

<p class="poetry">He alone is my protector<n id="1" /> and deliverer.p> <p class="poetry">He is my refuge;<n id="2" /> I will not be upended.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">in order to shoot down the innocent<n id="1" /> in secluded places.p> <p class="poetry">They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He preserves our lives<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and does not allow our feet to slip.p>

<p class="poetry">If I had harbored sin in my heart,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the Lord would not have listened.p>

<p class="poetry">God deserves praise,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for<n id="2" /> he did not reject my prayerp> <p class="poetry">or abandon his love for me!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They are immune to the trouble common to men;p> <p class="poetry">they do not suffer as other men do.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I was ignorant<n id="1" /> and lacked insight;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I was as senseless as an animal before you.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Whom do I have in heaven but you?p> <p class="poetry">I desire no one but you on earth.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You held my eyelids open;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I was troubled and could not speak.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I asked,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Will the Lord reject me forever?p> <p class="poetry">Will he never again show me his favor?p>