<p class="poetry">He will call out to me,p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;You are my father,<n id="1" /> my God, and the protector who delivers me.&#8217;<n id="2" />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">O sovereign <sc>Lordsc>, my strong deliverer,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you shield<n id="2" /> my head in the day of battle.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the <i>machalath-leannothi> style;<n id="2" /> a well-written song<n id="3" /> by Heman the Ezrachite.p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc> God who delivers me!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">By day I cry outp> <p class="poetry">and at night I pray before you.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, God is my deliverer!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will trust in him<n id="2" /> and not fear.p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> gives me strength and protects me;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he has become my deliverer.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Promote<n id="1" /> justice! Do what is right!p> <p class="poetry">For I am ready to deliver you;p> <p class="poetry">I am ready to vindicate you openly.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">he says, &#8220;Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant,p> <p class="poetry">to reestablish the tribes of Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">and restore the remnant<n id="1" /> of Israel?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will make you a light to the nations,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">so you can bring<n id="4" /> my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.&#8221;p>