<p class="poetry">Your wickedness affects only<n id="1" /> a person like yourself,p> <p class="poetry">and your righteousness only other people.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your justice endures,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and your law is reliable.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will come and tell about<n id="1" /> the mighty acts of the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">I will proclaim your justice &#8211; yours alone.p>

<p class="poetry">I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but they will not help you.p>

<p class="poetry">Your justice is like the highest mountains,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">your fairness like the deepest sea;p> <p class="poetry">you preserve<n id="2" /> mankind and the animal kingdom.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Rescue me from the guilt of murder,<n id="1" /> O God, the God who delivers me!p> <p class="poetry">Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance.<n id="2" />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">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">I have not failed to tell about your justice;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I spoke about your reliability and deliverance;p> <p class="poetry">I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness.<n id="2" />p>

O Lord, according to all your justice,<n id="1" /> please turn your raging anger<n id="2" /> away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. For due to our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people are mocked by all our neighbors.p>