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Why do the nations rage ,
And the people plot a vain thing ?
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The kings of the earth set themselves ,
And the rulers take counsel together ,
Against the LORD and against His Anointed ,
saying ,
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Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us ."
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He who sits in the heavens shall laugh ;
The LORD shall hold them in derision .
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Then He shall speak to them in His wrath ,
And distress them in His deep displeasure :
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Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion ."
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I will declare the decree :
The LORD has said to Me , "
You are My Son ,
Today I have begotten You .
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Ask of Me ,
and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance ,
And the ends of the earth for Your possession .
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You shall break them with a rod of iron ;
You shall dash them to pieces like a potter '
s vessel ."'
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Now therefore ,
be wise ,
O kings ;
Be instructed ,
you judges of the earth .
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Serve the LORD with fear ,
And rejoice with trembling .
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Kiss the Son ,
lest He be angry ,
And you perish in the way ,
When His wrath is kindled but a little .
Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him .
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LORD ,
how they have increased who trouble me !
Many are they who rise up against me .
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Many are they who say of me , "
There is no help for him in God ."
Selah
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But You ,
O LORD ,
are a shield for me ,
My glory and the One who lifts up my head .
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I cried to the LORD with my voice ,
And He heard me from His holy hill .
Selah
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I lay down and slept ;
I awoke ,
for the LORD sustained me .
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I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people Who have set themselves against me all around .
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Arise ,
O LORD ;
Save me ,
O my God !
For You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone ;
You have broken the teeth of the ungodly .
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Salvation belongs to the LORD .
Your blessing is upon Your people .
Selah
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Hear me when I call ,
O God of my righteousness !
You have relieved me in my distress ;
Have mercy on me ,
and hear my prayer .
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How long ,
O you sons of men ,
Will you turn my glory to shame ?
How long will you love worthlessness And seek falsehood ?
Selah
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But know that the LORD has set apart for Himself him who is godly ;
The LORD will hear when I call to Him .
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Be angry ,
and do not sin .
Meditate within your heart on your bed ,
and be still .
Selah
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Offer the sacrifices of righteousness ,
And put your trust in the LORD .
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There are many who say , "
Who will show us any good ?"
LORD ,
lift up the light of Your countenance upon us .
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You have put gladness in my heart ,
More than in the season that their grain and wine increased .
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I will both lie down in peace ,
and sleep ;
For You alone ,
O LORD ,
make me dwell in safety .
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Give ear to my words ,
O LORD ,
Consider my meditation .
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Give heed to the voice of my cry ,
My King and my God ,
For to You I will pray .
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My voice You shall hear in the morning ,
O LORD ;
In the morning I will direct it to You ,
And I will look up .
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For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness ,
Nor shall evil dwell with You .
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The boastful shall not stand in Your sight ;
You hate all workers of iniquity .
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You shall destroy those who speak falsehood ;
The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man .
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But as for me ,
I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy ;
In fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple .
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Lead me ,
O LORD ,
in Your righteousness because of my enemies ;
Make Your way straight before my face .
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For there is no faithfulness in their mouth ;
Their inward part is destruction ;
Their throat is an open tomb ;
They flatter with their tongue .
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Pronounce them guilty ,
O God !
Let them fall by their own counsels ;
Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions ,
For they have rebelled against You .
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But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You ;
Let them ever shout for joy ,
because You defend them ;
Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You .
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For You ,
O LORD ,
will bless the righteous ;
With favor You will surround him as with a shield .
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O LORD ,
do not rebuke me in Your anger ,
Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure .
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Have mercy on me ,
O LORD ,
for I am weak ;
O LORD ,
heal me ,
for my bones are troubled .
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My soul also is greatly troubled ;
But You ,
O LORD--how long ?
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Return ,
O LORD ,
deliver me !
Oh ,
save me for Your mercies '
sake !
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For in death there is no remembrance of You ;
In the grave who will give You thanks ?
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I am weary with my groaning ;
All night I make my bed swim ;
I drench my couch with my tears .
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My eye wastes away because of grief ;
It grows old because of all my enemies .
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Depart from me ,
all you workers of iniquity ;
For the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping .
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The LORD has heard my supplication ;
The LORD will receive my prayer .
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Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled ;
Let them turn back and be ashamed suddenly .
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O LORD my God ,
in You I put my trust ;
Save me from all those who persecute me ;
And deliver me ,
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Lest they tear me like a lion ,
Rending me in pieces ,
while there is none to deliver .
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O LORD my God ,
if I have done this :
If there is iniquity in my hands ,
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If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me ,
Or have plundered my enemy without cause ,
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Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me ;
Yes ,
let him trample my life to the earth ,
And lay my honor in the dust .
Selah
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Arise ,
O LORD ,
in Your anger ;
Lift Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies ;
Rise up for me to the judgment You have commanded !
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So the congregation of the peoples shall surround You ;
For their sakes ,
therefore ,
return on high .
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The LORD shall judge the peoples ;
Judge me ,
O LORD ,
according to my righteousness ,
And according to my integrity within me .
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Oh ,
let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end ,
But establish the just ;
For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds .
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My defense is of God ,
Who saves the upright in heart .
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God is a just judge ,
And God is angry with the wicked every day .
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If he does not turn back ,
He will sharpen His sword ;
He bends His bow and makes it ready .
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He also prepares for Himself instruments of death ;
He makes His arrows into fiery shafts .
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Behold ,
the wicked brings forth iniquity ;
Yes ,
he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood .
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He made a pit and dug it out ,
And has fallen into the ditch which he made .
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His trouble shall return upon his own head ,
And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown .
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I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness ,
And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High .
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O LORD ,
our Lord ,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth ,
Who have set Your glory above the heavens !
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Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength ,
Because of Your enemies ,
That You may silence the enemy and the avenger .
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When I consider Your heavens ,
the work of Your fingers ,
The moon and the stars ,
which You have ordained ,
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What is man that You are mindful of him ,
And the son of man that You visit him ?
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For You have made him a little lower than the angels ,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor .
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You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands ;
You have put all things under his feet ,
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All sheep and oxen --
Even the beasts of the field ,
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The birds of the air ,
And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas .
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O LORD ,
our Lord ,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth !
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I will praise You ,
O LORD ,
with my whole heart ;
I will tell of all Your marvelous works .
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I will be glad and rejoice in You ;
I will sing praise to Your name ,
O Most High .
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When my enemies turn back ,
They shall fall and perish at Your presence .
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For You have maintained my right and my cause ;
You sat on the throne judging in righteousness .
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You have rebuked the nations ,
You have destroyed the wicked ;
You have blotted out their name forever and ever .
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O enemy ,
destructions are finished forever !
And you have destroyed cities ;
Even their memory has perished .
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But the LORD shall endure forever ;
He has prepared His throne for judgment .
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He shall judge the world in righteousness ,
And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness .
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The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed ,
A refuge in times of trouble .
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And those who know Your name will put their trust in You ;
For You ,
LORD ,
have not forsaken those who seek You .
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Sing praises to the LORD ,
who dwells in Zion !
Declare His deeds among the people .
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When He avenges blood ,
He remembers them ;
He does not forget the cry of the humble .
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Have mercy on me ,
O LORD !
Consider my trouble from those who hate me ,
You who lift me up from the gates of death ,
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That I may tell of all Your praise In the gates of the daughter of Zion .
I will rejoice in Your salvation .
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The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made ;
In the net which they hid ,
their own foot is caught .
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The LORD is known by the judgment He executes ;
The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands .
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The wicked shall be turned into hell ,
And all the nations that forget God .
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For the needy shall not always be forgotten ;
The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever .
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Arise ,
O LORD ,
Do not let man prevail ;
Let the nations be judged in Your sight .
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Put them in fear ,
O LORD ,
That the nations may know themselves to be but men .
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Why do You stand afar off ,
O LORD ?
Why do You hide in times of trouble ?
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