<p class="poetry">Then<n id="1" /> observers<n id="2" /> will say,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Yes indeed, there is a God who judges<n id="4" /> in the earth!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Surely<n id="1" /> you put them in slippery places;p> <p class="poetry">you bring them down<n id="2" /> to ruin.p>

<p class="poetry">Surely people go through life as mere ghosts.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Surely they accumulate worthless wealthp> <p class="poetry">without knowing who will eventually haul it away.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not be angry and frustrated!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!p>

<p class="poetry">Patiently wait for God alone, my soul!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For he is the one who gives me confidence.<n id="2" />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>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm by Asaph.p> <p class="poetry">Certainly God is good to Israel,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and to those whose motives are pure!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I concluded,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Surely in vain I have kept my motives<n id="2" /> purep> <p class="poetry">and maintained a pure lifestyle.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">then his splendor will again appear in our land.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">If I were to say, &#8220;Certainly the darkness will cover me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the light will turn to night all around me,&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Surely your goodness and faithfulness<n id="1" /> will pursue<n id="2" /> me all my days,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and I will live in<n id="4" /> the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s house<n id="5" /> for the rest of my life.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">But<n id="1" /> God will rescue<n id="2" /> my life<n id="3" /> from the power<n id="4" /> of Sheol;p> <p class="poetry">certainly<n id="5" /> he will pull me to safety.<n id="6" /> (Selah)p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">For God alone I patiently wait;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he is the one who delivers me.<n id="3" />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">They<n id="1" /> spend all their time planning how to bring him<n id="2" /> down.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They love to use deceit;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">they pronounce blessings with their mouths,p> <p class="poetry">but inwardly they utter curses.<n id="5" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">But sinful rebels live in the desert.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies,p> <p class="poetry">the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Certainly the godly will give thanks to your name;p> <p class="poetry">the morally upright will live in your presence.p>

<p class="poetry">Look, you make my days short-lived,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and my life span is nothing from your perspective.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You severely discipline people for their sins;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">like a moth you slowly devour their strength.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)p>