<p class="poetry">Do I eat the flesh of bulls?p> <p class="poetry">Do I drink the blood of goats?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Because of the anxiety that makes me groan,p> <p class="poetry">my bones protrude from my skin.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I am so starved my knees shake;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I have turned into skin and bones.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">My body<n id="1" /> trembles<n id="2" /> because I fear you;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I am afraid of your judgments.p>

<p class="poetry">For I am overcome with shame<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and my whole body is sick.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You hear prayers;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">all people approach you.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He remembered<n id="1" /> that they were made of flesh,p> <p class="poetry">and were like a wind that blows past and does not return.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">to the one who gives food to all living things,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for his loyal love endures.p>

<p class="poetry">So my heart rejoicesp> <p class="poetry">and I am happy;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">My life is safe.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">When evil men attack me<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">to devour my flesh,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">when my adversaries and enemies attack me,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">they stumble and fall.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">My whole body is sick because of your judgment;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I am deprived of health because of my sin.<n id="2" />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">They have given the corpses of your servantsp> <p class="poetry">to the birds of the sky;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the flesh of your loyal followersp> <p class="poetry">to the beasts of the earth.p>

<p class="poetry">My mouth will praise the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let all who live<n id="2" /> praise his holy name forever!p>

<p class="poetry">I desperately want to be<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in the courts of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">My heart and my entire being<n id="3" /> shout for joyp> <p class="poetry">to the living God.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, you are my God! I long for you!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">My soul thirsts<n id="4" /> for you,p> <p class="poetry">my flesh yearns for you,p> <p class="poetry">in a dry and parched<n id="5" /> land where there is no water.p>