<p class="poetry">May the <sc>Lordsc> protect him and save his life!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">May he be blessed<n id="2" /> in the land!p> <p class="poetry">Do not turn him over<n id="3" /> to his enemies!<n id="4" />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>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; by the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s servant David, who sang<n id="2" /> to the <sc>Lordsc> the words of this song when<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc> rescued him from the power<n id="4" /> of all his enemies, including Saul.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">He said:<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I love<n id="7" /> you, <sc>Lordsc>, my source of strength!<n id="8" />p>