<p class="poetry">For no one remembers you in the realm of death,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">In Sheol who gives you thanks?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They say,<n id="1" /> &#8220;We speak persuasively;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">we know how to flatter and boast.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Who is our master?&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="1" /> who is God besides the <sc>Lordsc>?p> <p class="poetry">Who is a protector<n id="2" /> besides our God?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Who is this majestic king?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> who is strong and mighty!p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> who is mighty in battle!p>

<p class="poetry">Who is this majestic king?p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He is the majestic king! (Selah)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">I say,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I wish I had wings like a dove!p> <p class="poetry">I would fly away and settle in a safe place!p>

<p class="poetry">Look, they hurl insults at mep> <p class="poetry">and openly threaten to kill me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for they say,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Who hears?&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">They encourage one another to carry out their evil deed.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They plan how to hide<n id="2" /> snares,p> <p class="poetry">and boast,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Who will see them?&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you have done great things.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, who can compare to you?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">In your distress you called out and I rescued you.p> <p class="poetry">I answered you from a dark thundercloud.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I tested you at the waters of Meribah.<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">For who in the skies can compare to the <sc>Lordsc>?p> <p class="poetry">Who is like the <sc>Lordsc> among the heavenly beings,<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, sovereign God!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Who is strong like you, O <sc>Lordsc>?p> <p class="poetry">Your faithfulness surrounds you.p>

<p class="poetry">No man can live on without experiencing death,p> <p class="poetry">or deliver his life from the power of Sheol.<n id="1" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Many people profess their loyalty,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but a faithful person<n id="2" /> &#8211; who can find?<n id="3" />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>

<t /><p class="poetry">Consider the work of God:p> <p class="poetry">For who can make straight what he has bent?p>

<p class="poetry">Surely no one knows the future,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and no one can tell another person what will happen.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Who<n id="1" /> is this who appears<n id="2" /> like the dawn?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Beautiful as the moon,<n id="4" /> bright<n id="5" /> as the sun,p> <p class="poetry">awe-inspiring<n id="6" /> as the stars in procession?&#8221;<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">When you enter my presence,p> <p class="poetry">do you actually think I want this &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">animals trampling on my courtyards?<n id="1" />p>