<p class="poetry">Sons of senseless and nameless people,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they were driven out of the land with whips.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Everyone rejects God;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they are all morally corrupt.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">None of them does what is right,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">not even one!p>

<p class="poetry">I was once young, now I am old.p> <p class="poetry">I have never seen a godly man abandoned,p> <p class="poetry">or his children<n id="1" /> forced to search for food.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">My heart beats quickly;p> <p class="poetry">my strength leaves me;p> <p class="poetry">I can hardly see.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even my close friend<n id="1" /> whom I trusted,p> <p class="poetry">he who shared meals with me, has turned against me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yet<n id="1" /> God will make you a permanent heap of ruins.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He will scoop you up<n id="3" /> and remove you from your home;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Everyone rejects God;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they are all morally corrupt.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">None of them does what is right,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">not even one!p>

<p class="poetry">I will express my thanks to you with a stringed instrument,p> <p class="poetry">praising<n id="1" /> your faithfulness, O my God!p> <p class="poetry">I will sing praises to you accompanied by a harp,p> <p class="poetry">O Holy One of Israel!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">All day long my tongue will also tell about your justice,p> <p class="poetry">for those who want to harm me<n id="1" /> will be embarrassed and ashamed.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">When<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> heard this, he was furious.p> <p class="poetry">A fire broke out against Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">and his anger flared up<n id="2" /> against Israel,p>

<p class="poetry">Even Assyria has allied with them,p> <p class="poetry">lending its strength to the descendants of Lot.<n id="1" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">As they pass through the Baca Valley,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he provides a spring for them.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The rain<n id="3" /> even covers it with pools of water.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents,<n id="2" /> by David.p> <p class="poetry">Look! How good and how pleasant it isp> <p class="poetry">when brothers live together!<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">By the rivers of Babylonp> <p class="poetry">we sit down and weep<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">when we remember Zion.p>

<p class="poetry">even the darkness is not too dark for you to see,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the night is as bright as<n id="2" /> day;p> <p class="poetry">darkness and light are the same to you.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is terrible<n id="1" /> to punish<n id="2" /> a righteous person,p> <p class="poetry">and to flog<n id="3" /> honorable men is wrong.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is dangerous<n id="1" /> to have zeal<n id="2" /> without knowledge,p> <p class="poetry">and the one who acts hastily<n id="3" /> makes poor choices.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The sluggard plunges<n id="1" /> his hand in the dish,p> <p class="poetry">and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even a young man<n id="1" /> is known<n id="2" /> by his actions,p> <p class="poetry">whether his activity is pure and whether it is right.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who shuts his ears<n id="1" /> to the cry<n id="2" /> of the poor,p> <p class="poetry">he too will cry out and will not be answered.<n id="3" />p>