<p class="poetry">Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry,p> <p class="poetry">but those who seek the <sc>Lordsc> lack no good thing.p>

<p class="poetry">Do you want to really live?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Would you love to live a long, happy life?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They repay me evil for the good I have done;p> <p class="poetry">though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will continually<n id="1" /> thank you when<n id="2" /> you execute judgment;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I will rely<n id="4" /> on you,<n id="5" /> for your loyal followers know you are good.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Everyone rejects God;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they are all morally corrupt.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">None of them does what is right,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">not even one!p>

<p class="poetry">With a freewill offering I will sacrifice<n id="1" /> to you!p> <p class="poetry">I will give thanks to your name, O <sc>Lordsc>, for it is good!p>

<p class="poetry">Answer me, O <sc>Lordsc>, for your loyal love is good!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Because of your great compassion, turn toward me!p>

<p class="poetry">But as for me, God&#8217;s presence is all I need.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I have made the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> my shelter,p> <p class="poetry">as<n id="2" /> I declare all the things you have done.p>

<p class="poetry">Certainly<n id="1" /> O Lord, you are kind<n id="2" /> and forgiving,p> <p class="poetry">and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm; a song for the Sabbath day.p> <p class="poetry">It is fitting<n id="2" /> to thank the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">and to sing praises to your name, O sovereign One!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> is good.p> <p class="poetry">His loyal love endures,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and he is faithful through all generations.<n id="2" />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>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents,<n id="2" /> by David.p> <p class="poetry">Look! How good and how pleasant it isp> <p class="poetry">when brothers live together!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>, for the <sc>Lordsc> is good!p> <p class="poetry">Sing praises to his name, for it is pleasant!<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">for it is good to sing praises to our God!p> <p class="poetry">Yes,<n id="2" /> praise is pleasant and appropriate!p>

<p class="poetry">A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the work of his hands<n id="2" /> will be rendered to<n id="3" /> him.p>

<p class="poetry">Better a meal of vegetables where there is love<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">than a fattened ox where there is hatred.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">How much better it is to acquire<n id="1" /> wisdom than gold;p> <p class="poetry">to acquire understanding is more desirable<n id="2" /> than silver.p>

<p class="poetry">It is better to be lowly in spirit<n id="1" /> with the afflictedp> <p class="poetry">than to share the spoils<n id="2" /> with the proud.p>