<p class="poetry">When the wicked<n id="1" /> see this, they will worry;p> <p class="poetry">they will grind their teeth in frustration<n id="2" /> and melt away;p> <p class="poetry">the desire of the wicked will perish.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, shelter me from the power<n id="1" /> of the wicked!p> <p class="poetry">Protect me from violent men,p> <p class="poetry">who plan to knock me over.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, do not let the wicked have their way!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not allow their<n id="2" /> plan to succeed when they attack!<n id="3" /> (Selah)p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">I decided,<n id="2" /> &#8220;I will watch what I sayp> <p class="poetry">and make sure I do not sin with my tongue.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I will put a muzzle over my mouthp> <p class="poetry">while in the presence of an evil man.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">You love<n id="1" /> justice and hate evil.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For this reason God, your God<n id="3" /> has anointed you<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">with the oil of joy,<n id="5" /> elevating you above your companions.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Certainly<n id="1" /> spending just one day in your temple courts is betterp> <p class="poetry">than spending a thousand elsewhere.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I would rather stand at the entrance<n id="3" /> to the temple of my Godp> <p class="poetry">than live<n id="4" /> in the tents of the wicked.p>