<p class="poetry">We<n id="1" /> wait for the <sc>Lordsc>;p> <p class="poetry">he is our deliverer<n id="2" /> and shield.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Grab your small shield and large shield,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and rise up to help me!p>

<p class="poetry">O Israel, trust in the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">He is their deliverer<n id="1" /> and protector.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You are my hiding place and my shield.p> <p class="poetry">I find hope in your word.p>

<p class="poetry">But you, <sc>Lordsc>, are a shield that protects me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you are my glory<n id="2" /> and the one who restores me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The Exalted God is my shield,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the one who delivers the morally upright.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">O God, take notice of our shield!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Show concern for your chosen king!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For our shield<n id="1" /> belongs to the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">our king to the Holy One of Israel.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">O family<n id="1" /> of Aaron, trust in the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">He is their deliverer<n id="2" /> and protector.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You loyal followers of the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" /> trust in the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">He is their deliverer<n id="2" /> and protector.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one true God acts in a faithful manner;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s promise<n id="2" /> is reliable;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he is a shield to all who take shelter<n id="4" /> in him.p>

<p class="poetry">You give me your protective shield;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">your right hand supports me;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">your willingness to help<n id="3" /> enables me to prevail.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> strengthens and protects me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I trust in him with all my heart.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I am rescued<n id="3" /> and my heart is full of joy;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">I will sing to him in gratitude.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not strike them dead suddenly,p> <p class="poetry">because then my people might forget the lesson.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down,p> <p class="poetry">O Lord who shields us!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">There he shattered the arrows,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the shield, the sword, and the rest of the weapons of war.<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">who loves me<n id="1" /> and is my stronghold,p> <p class="poetry">my refuge<n id="2" /> and my deliverer,p> <p class="poetry">my shield and the one in whom I take shelter,p> <p class="poetry">who makes nations submit to me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is my high ridge,<n id="1" /> my stronghold,<n id="2" /> my deliverer.p> <p class="poetry">My God is my rocky summit where<n id="3" /> I take shelter,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">my shield, the horn that saves me,<n id="5" /> and my refuge.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">The nobles of the nations assemble,p> <p class="poetry">along with the people of the God of Abraham,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for God has authority over the rulers<n id="2" /> of the earth.p> <p class="poetry">He is highly exalted!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> God is our sovereign protector.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> bestows favor<n id="2" /> and honor;p> <p class="poetry">he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.<n id="3" />p>