<p class="poetry">Instead<n id="1" /> he finds pleasure in obeying the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s commands;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he meditates on<n id="3" /> his commands<n id="4" /> day and night.p>

<p class="poetry">The king says,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I will announce the <sc>Lord&#8217;ssc> decree. He said to me:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;You are my son!<n id="3" /> This very day I have become your father!p>

<p class="poetry">To the <sc>Lordsc> I cried out,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and he answered me from his holy hill.<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Rise up, <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t let men be defiant!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">May the nations be judged in your presence!p>

<p class="poetry">Terrify them, <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let the nations know they are mere mortals!<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> deserves praise<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yet<n id="1" /> I wait for you, O <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">You will respond, O Lord, my God!p>

<p class="poetry">The godly will rejoice in the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">and take shelter in him.p> <p class="poetry">All the morally upright<n id="1" /> will boast.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Our God is a God who delivers;p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc>, the sovereign Lord, can rescue from death.<n id="1" />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">O <sc>Lordsc> our God, you answered them.p> <p class="poetry">They found you to be a forgiving God,p> <p class="poetry">but also one who punished their sinful deeds.<n id="1" />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">O sovereign <sc>Lordsc>, my strong deliverer,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you shield<n id="2" /> my head in the day of battle.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not be wise in your own estimation;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">fear the <sc>Lordsc> and turn away from evil.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the ways of a person<n id="1" /> are in front of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s eyes,p> <p class="poetry">and the <sc>Lordsc><n id="2" /> weighs<n id="3" /> all that person&#8217;s<n id="4" /> paths.p>

<p class="poetry">Death and Destruction<n id="1" /> are before the <sc>Lordsc> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">how much more<n id="2" /> the hearts of humans!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">for you will heap coals of fire on his head,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the <sc>Lordsc> will reward you.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Evil people<n id="1" /> do not understand justice,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but those who seek the <sc>Lordsc><n id="3" /> understand it all.p>

<p class="poetry">lest I become satisfied and act deceptively<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and say, &#8220;Who is the <sc>Lordsc>?&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">Or lest I become poor and stealp> <p class="poetry">and demean<n id="2" /> the name of my God.p>

<p class="poetry">Charm is deceitful<n id="1" /> and beauty is fleeting,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but a woman who fears the <sc>Lordsc><n id="3" /> will be praised.p>