<p class="poetry">How blessed are the people who worship you!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, they experience your favor.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">before the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">For he comes to judge the earth!p> <p class="poetry">He judges the world fairly,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the nations in a just manner.p>

<p class="poetry">as well as wine that makes people feel so good,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and so they can have oil to make their faces shine,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">as well as food that sustains people&#8217;s lives.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">When you ignore them, they panic.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">When you take away their life&#8217;s breath, they diep> <p class="poetry">and return to dust.p>

<p class="poetry">He threatened<n id="1" /> to destroy them,p> <p class="poetry">but<n id="2" /> Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and turned back his destructive anger.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Certainly the godly will give thanks to your name;p> <p class="poetry">the morally upright will live in your presence.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not sit in judgment on<n id="1" /> your servant,p> <p class="poetry">for no one alive is innocent before you.<n id="2" />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; a psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">How long, <sc>Lordsc>, will you continue to ignore me?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">How long will you pay no attention to me?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">In my distress I called to the <sc>Lordsc>;p> <p class="poetry">I cried out to my God.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">From his heavenly temple<n id="2" /> he heard my voice;p> <p class="poetry">he listened to my cry for help.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For he did not despise or detest the suffering<n id="1" /> of the oppressed;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he did not ignore him;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">when he cried out to him, he responded.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let all the people of the earth acknowledge the <sc>Lordsc> and turn to him!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let all the nations<n id="2" /> worship you!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">All of the thriving people<n id="1" /> of the earth will join the celebration and worship;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">all those who are descending into the grave<n id="3" /> will bow before him,p> <p class="poetry">including those who cannot preserve their lives.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not reject me!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not push your servant away in anger!p> <p class="poetry">You are my deliverer!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not forsake or abandon me,p> <p class="poetry">O God who vindicates me!p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">Written by David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, causing the king to send him away.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will praise<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc> at all times;p> <p class="poetry">my mouth will continually praise him.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why are you depressed,<n id="1" /> O my soul?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Why are you upset?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Wait for God!p> <p class="poetry">For I will again give thanksp> <p class="poetry">to my God for his saving intervention.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why are you depressed,<n id="1" /> O my soul?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Why are you upset?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Wait for God!p> <p class="poetry">For I will again give thanksp> <p class="poetry">to my God for his saving intervention.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why are you depressed,<n id="1" /> O my soul?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Why are you upset?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Wait for God!p> <p class="poetry">For I will again give thanksp> <p class="poetry">to my God for his saving intervention.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For they did not conquer<n id="1" /> the land by their swords,p> <p class="poetry">and they did not prevail by their strength,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but rather by your power,<n id="3" /> strength<n id="4" /> and good favor,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">for you were partial to<n id="6" /> them.p>

<p class="poetry">when you deliver<n id="1" /> my life from death.p> <p class="poetry">You keep my feet from stumbling,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">so that I might serve<n id="3" /> God as I enjoy life.<n id="4" />p>