<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; according to the <i>alumoth-labbeni> style;<n id="2" /> a psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">I will thank the <sc>Lordsc> with all my heart!p> <p class="poetry">I will tell about all your amazing deeds!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He is secure at all times.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He has no regard for your commands;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he disdains all his enemies.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yet its voice<n id="1" /> echoes<n id="2" /> throughout the earth;p> <p class="poetry">its<n id="3" /> words carry<n id="4" /> to the distant horizon.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">In the sky<n id="6" /> he has pitched a tent for the sun.<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your<n id="1" /> sons will carry<n id="2" /> on the dynasty of your ancestors;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you will make them princes throughout the land.p>

<p class="poetry">I will proclaim your greatness through the coming years,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">then the nations will praise you<n id="2" /> forever.p>

<p class="poetry">Rise up, O God, and execute judgment on the earth!p> <p class="poetry">For you own<n id="1" /> all the nations.p>

<p class="poetry">My eyes grow weak because of oppression.p> <p class="poetry">I call out to you, O <sc>Lordsc>, all day long;p> <p class="poetry">I spread out my hands in prayer to you.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>, all that he has made,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in all the regions<n id="2" /> of his kingdom!p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>, O my soul!p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">I will give thanks to the <sc>Lordsc> with my whole heart,p> <p class="poetry">in the assembly of the godly and the congregation.p>

<p class="poetry">Arrogant people smear my reputation with lies,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but I observe your precepts with all my heart.p>

<p class="poetry">I recall the old days;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I meditate on all you have done;p> <p class="poetry">I reflect on your accomplishments.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Trust<n id="1" /> in the <sc>Lordsc> with all your heart,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and do not rely<n id="3" /> on your own understanding.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">a loving doe,<n id="1" /> a graceful deer;p> <p class="poetry">may her breasts satisfy you at all times,p> <p class="poetry">may you be captivated<n id="2" /> by her love always.p>

<p class="poetry">then I was<n id="1" /> beside him as a master craftsman,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and I was his delight<n id="3" /> day by day,p> <p class="poetry">rejoicing before him at all times,p>

<t /><p class="poetry">What does a man acquire from all his laborp> <p class="poetry">and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil,p> <p class="poetry">for these things<n id="1" /> are a gift from God.p>

<p class="poetry">The produce of the land is seized<n id="1" /> by all of them,p> <p class="poetry">even the king is served<n id="2" /> by the fields.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let your clothes always be white,p> <p class="poetry">and do not spare precious ointment on your head.p>

<p class="poetry">Sing to the <sc>Lord,sc> for he has done magnificent things,p> <p class="poetry">let this be known<n id="1" /> throughout the earth!p>

<p class="poetry">and on the mountains and in the fields.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will give your wealth and all your treasures away as plunder.p> <p class="poetry">I will give it away as the price<n id="2" /> for the sins you have committed throughout your land.p>