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“Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me!

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There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.

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I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

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But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.

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So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

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Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

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I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

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The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

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But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”

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A Psalm by Asaph.

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God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.

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“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah.

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“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

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Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”

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They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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I said, “You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High.

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Nevertheless you shall die like men, and fall like one of the rulers.”

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Arise, God, judge the earth, for you inherit all of the nations.

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A song. A Psalm by Asaph.

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God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.

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For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.

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They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.

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“Come,” they say, “and let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

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For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.

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The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;

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Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

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Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.

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Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

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who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.

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Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;

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who said, “Let us take possession of God’s pasturelands.”

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My God, make them like tumbleweed; like chaff before the wind.

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As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,

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so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.

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Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Yahweh.

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Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;

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that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth. For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath.

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A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

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How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies!

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My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

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Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God.

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Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.

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Blessed are those whose strength is in you; who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.

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Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.

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They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.

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Yahweh, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.

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Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.

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For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

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Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

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Yahweh, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob.

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You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin. Selah.

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You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger.

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Turn us, God of our salvation, and cause your indignation toward us to cease.

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Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to all generations?

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Won’t you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?

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Show us your loving kindness, Yahweh. Grant us your salvation.

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I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.

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Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

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Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

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Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.

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Yes, Yahweh will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase.

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Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps.

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A Prayer by David.

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Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

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Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.

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Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.

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Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

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For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

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Hear, Yahweh, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions.

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In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me.

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There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.

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All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.

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For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.

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Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.

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I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forevermore.

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For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

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God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don’t hold regard for you before them.

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But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

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Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid.

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Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and comforted me.

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A Psalm by the sons of Korah; a Song.

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His foundation is in the holy mountains.

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Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

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Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah.

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I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: “This one was born there.”

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Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her;” the Most High himself will establish her.

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Yahweh will count, when he writes up the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah.

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Those who sing as well as those who dance say, “All my springs are in you.”

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A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Suffering of Affliction.” A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite.

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Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

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Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.

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For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.

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I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

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set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.

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You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.

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Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.

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You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape.

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My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.