<p class="poetry">The one whose deeds are blamelessp> <p class="poetry">and whose motives are pure,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">who does not lie,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">or make promises with no intention of keeping them.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">By David.p> <p class="poetry">Vindicate me, O <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">for I have integrity,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and I trust in the <sc>Lordsc> without wavering.p>

<p class="poetry">For they do not understand the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s actions,p> <p class="poetry">or the way he carries out justice.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc><n id="2" /> will permanently demolish them.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">How blessed is the one<n id="1" /> whose wrongdoing the <sc>Lordsc> does not punish,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">in whose spirit there is no deceit.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">No king is delivered by his vast army;p> <p class="poetry">a warrior is not saved by his great might.p>

<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">Let destruction take them by surprise!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let the net they hid catch them!p> <p class="poetry">Let them fall into destruction!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For they do not try to make peace with others,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but plan ways to deceive those who are unsuspecting.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">O Lord, you understand my heart&#8217;s desire;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my groaning is not hidden from you.p>

<p class="poetry">I am like a man who cannot hearp> <p class="poetry">and is incapable of arguing his defense.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I have told the great assembly<n id="1" /> about your justice.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Look! I spare no words!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, you know this is true.p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, you do not withhold<n id="1" /> your compassion from me.p> <p class="poetry">May your loyal love and faithfulness continually protect me!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They say,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;An awful disease<n id="2" /> overwhelms him,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and now that he is bed-ridden he will never recover.&#8217;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">By this<n id="1" /> I know that you are pleased with me,p> <p class="poetry">for my enemy does<n id="2" /> not triumph<n id="3" /> over me.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Vindicate me, O God!p> <p class="poetry">Fight for me<n id="2" /> against an ungodly nation!p> <p class="poetry">Deliver me<n id="3" /> from deceitful and evil men!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">We have not been unfaithful,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">nor have we disobeyed your commands.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason we do not fear<n id="1" /> when the earth shakes,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But he will join his ancestors;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they will never again see the light of day.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you,p> <p class="poetry">for the world and all it contains belong to me.p>

<p class="poetry">The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">O God, a humble and repentant heart<n id="2" /> you will not reject.<n id="3" />p>