<p class="poetry">From the most remote place on earth<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I call out to you in my despair.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Lead me<n id="3" /> up to an inaccessible rocky summit!<n id="4" />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">Answer me, O <sc>Lordsc>, for your loyal love is good!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Because of your great compassion, turn toward me!p>

<p class="poetry">For they harass<n id="1" /> the one whom you discipline;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> listens to the needy;p> <p class="poetry">he does not despise his captive people.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Pay back our neighbors in full!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Protect me,<n id="1" /> for I am loyal!p> <p class="poetry">O my God, deliver your servant, who trusts in you!p>

<p class="poetry">Turn toward me and have mercy on me!p> <p class="poetry">Give your servant your strength!p> <p class="poetry">Deliver your slave!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">My eyes grow weak because of oppression.p> <p class="poetry">I call out to you, O <sc>Lordsc>, all day long;p> <p class="poetry">I spread out my hands in prayer to you.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Moses and Aaron were among his priests;p> <p class="poetry">Samuel was one of those who prayed to him.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They<n id="2" /> prayed to the <sc>Lordsc> and he answered them.p>

<p class="poetry">He spoke to them from a pillar of cloud;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they obeyed his regulations and the ordinance he gave them.p>

<p class="poetry">I will walk in<n id="1" /> the way of integrity.p> <p class="poetry">When will you come to me?p> <p class="poetry">I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">when he responds to the prayer of the destitute,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and does not reject<n id="2" /> their request.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For he will look down from his sanctuary above;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">from heaven the <sc>Lordsc> will look toward earth,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">as the mountains rose up,p> <p class="poetry">and the valleys went down &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">to the place you appointed for them.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">When you ignore them, they panic.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">When you take away their life&#8217;s breath, they diep> <p class="poetry">and return to dust.p>

<p class="poetry">May his ancestors&#8217;<n id="1" /> sins be remembered by the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">May his mother&#8217;s sin not be forgotten!<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I look up<n id="3" /> toward the hills.p> <p class="poetry">From where<n id="4" /> does my help come?p>

<p class="poetry">Those who pass by will not say,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;May you experience the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s blessing!p> <p class="poetry">We pronounce a blessing on you in the name of the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">O Israel, hope in the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">for the <sc>Lordsc> exhibits loyal love,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and is more than willing to deliver.<n id="2" />p>