In God the Lord I put my trust,
I will not run away;
When secretly, the evil plot,
The Lord will be my stay.
The wicked shoot their hateful words
Of scorn and treach’rous lies,
To paint the righteous as all bad
And make them be despised.
When lies are taken for the truth
What can the righteous do?
They must appeal to God’s own court
Where justice will be true.
The Lord will test all men on earth
To see where they will stand;
The righteous will withstand the test,
But violence be damned.
– Psalm 11 (paraphrased, Common Meter)
– Frank Zimmerman
