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because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.

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Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was none to help.

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Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

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He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds in sunder.

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Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!

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For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut through bars of iron.

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Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.

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Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.

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Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, he saves them out of their distresses.

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He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.

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Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!

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Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing.

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Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters;

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These see Yahweh’s works, and his wonders in the deep.

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For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.

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They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.

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They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.

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Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.

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He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.

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Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.

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Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works for the children of men!

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Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.

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He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,

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and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

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He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.

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There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,

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sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.

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He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.

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Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

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He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

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Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.

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The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

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Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.

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A Song. A Psalm by David.

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My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul.

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Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.

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I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples.

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For your loving kindness is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

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Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth.

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That your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.

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God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.

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Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is my helmet. Judah is my scepter.

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Moab is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout over Philistia.”

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Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who has led me to Edom?

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Haven’t you rejected us, God? You don’t go forth, God, with our armies.

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Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain.

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Through God, we will do valiantly. For it is he who will tread down our enemies. For the Chief Musician.

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A Psalm by David.

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God of my praise, don’t remain silent,

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for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

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They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

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In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.

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They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

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Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.

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When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.

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Let his days be few. Let another take his office.

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Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

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Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

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Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.

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Let there be none to extend kindness to him, neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

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Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

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Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

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Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

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because he didn’t remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.

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Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

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He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.

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Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.

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This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul.

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But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name’s sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;

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for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.

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I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.

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My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.

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I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.

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Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;

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that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it.

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They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.

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Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

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I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.

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For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.

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A Psalm by David.

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Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”

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Yahweh will send forth the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies.

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Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.

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Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

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The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.

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He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.

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He will drink of the brook in the way; therefore he will lift up his head.

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Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.

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Yahweh’s works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them.

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His work is honor and majesty. His righteousness endures forever.

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He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. Yahweh is gracious and merciful.

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He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant.

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He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations.

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The works of his hands are truth and justice. All his precepts are sure.

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They are established forever and ever. They are done in truth and uprightness.

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He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. His name is holy and awesome!

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The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

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Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.

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His seed will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.

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Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever.