³ Lord my God, if I have done this
    and there is guilt on my hands^(C)—

¹² They are like a lion^(A) hungry for prey,^(B)
    like a fierce lion crouching in cover.

¹⁷ How long,^(A) Lord, will you look on?
    Rescue me from their ravages,
    my precious life^(B) from these lions.^(C)

⁵ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
    let your glory be over all the earth.^(A)

⁷ Let them vanish like water that flows away;^(A)
    when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.^(B)