<p class="poetry">&#8220;Look, here is the man who would not make<n id="1" /> God his protector!p> <p class="poetry">He trusted in his great wealthp> <p class="poetry">and was confident about his plans to destroy others.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">All those who behave wickedly<n id="1" /> do not understand<n id="2" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">those who devour my people as if they were eating bread,p> <p class="poetry">and do not call out to God.p>

<p class="poetry">Throw your burden<n id="1" /> upon the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">and he will sustain you.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He will never allow the godly to be upended.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">In God &#8211; I boast in his promise<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">in God I trust, I am not afraid.p> <p class="poetry">What can mere men<n id="2" /> do to me?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">in God I trust, I am not afraid.p> <p class="poetry">What can mere men<n id="1" /> do to me?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">that does not respond to<n id="1" /> the magicians,p> <p class="poetry">or to a skilled snake-charmer.p>

<p class="poetry">They wander around looking for something to eat;p> <p class="poetry">they refuse to sleep until they are full.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He alone is my protector<n id="1" /> and deliverer.p> <p class="poetry">He is my refuge;<n id="2" /> I will not be upended.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">O God, you are aware of my foolish sins;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my guilt is not hidden from you.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> listens to the needy;p> <p class="poetry">he does not despise his captive people.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will tell about your justice,p> <p class="poetry">and all day long proclaim your salvation,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">though I cannot fathom its full extent.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">We do not see any signs of God&#8217;s presence;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">there are no longer any prophets<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and we have no one to tell us how long this will last.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You walked through the sea;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you passed through the surging waters,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but left no footprints.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">we will not hide from their<n id="1" /> descendants.p> <p class="poetry">We will tell the next generationp> <p class="poetry">about the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s praiseworthy acts,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">about his strength and the amazing things he has done.p>

<p class="poetry">They did not remember what he had done,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">how he delivered them from the enemy,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He sent his anger in full force;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he did not spare them from death;p> <p class="poetry">he handed their lives over to destruction.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph,p> <p class="poetry">when he attacked the land of Egypt.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I heard a voice I did not recognize.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">There must be<n id="1" /> no other<n id="2" /> god among you.p> <p class="poetry">You must not worship a foreign god.p>

<p class="poetry">But my people did not obey me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Israel did not submit to me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They<n id="1" /> neither know nor understand.p> <p class="poetry">They stumble<n id="2" /> around in the dark,p> <p class="poetry">while all the foundations of the earth crumble.<n id="3" />p>