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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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The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor ;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised .
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For the wicked boasts of his heart '
s desire ;
He blesses the greedy and renounces the LORD .
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The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God ;
God is in none of his thoughts .
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His ways are always prospering ;
Your judgments are far above ,
out of his sight ;
As for all his enemies ,
he sneers at them .
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He has said in his heart , "
I shall not be moved ;
I shall never be in adversity ."
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His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression ;
Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity .
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He sits in the lurking places of the villages ;
In the secret places he murders the innocent ;
His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless .
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He lies in wait secretly ,
as a lion in his den ;
He lies in wait to catch the poor ;
He catches the poor when he draws him into his net .
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So he crouches ,
he lies low ,
That the helpless may fall by his strength .
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He has said in his heart , "
God has forgotten ;
He hides His face ;
He will never see ."
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Arise ,
O LORD !
O God ,
lift up Your hand !
Do not forget the humble .
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Why do the wicked renounce God ?
He has said in his heart , "
You will not require an account ."
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But You have seen ,
for You observe trouble and grief ,
To repay it by Your hand .
The helpless commits himself to You ;
You are the helper of the fatherless .
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Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man ;
Seek out his wickedness until You find none .
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The LORD is King forever and ever ;
The nations have perished out of His land .
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LORD ,
You have heard the desire of the humble ;
You will prepare their heart ;
You will cause Your ear to hear ,
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To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed ,
That the man of the earth may oppress no more .
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In the LORD I put my trust ;
How can you say to my soul , "
Flee as a bird to your mountain "?
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For look !
The wicked bend their bow ,
They make ready their arrow on the string ,
That they may shoot secretly at the upright in heart .
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If the foundations are destroyed ,
What can the righteous do ?
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The LORD is in His holy temple ,
The LORD '
s throne is in heaven ;
His eyes behold ,
His eyelids test the sons of men .
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The LORD tests the righteous ,
But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates .
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Upon the wicked He will rain coals ;
Fire and brimstone and a burning wind Shall be the portion of their cup .
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For the LORD is righteous ,
He loves righteousness ;
His countenance beholds the upright .
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Help ,
LORD ,
for the godly man ceases !
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men .
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They speak idly everyone with his neighbor ;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak .
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May the LORD cut off all flattering lips ,
And the tongue that speaks proud things ,
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Who have said , "
With our tongue we will prevail ;
Our lips are our own ;
Who is lord over us ?"
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For the oppression of the poor ,
for the sighing of the needy ,
Now I will arise ,"
says the LORD ; "
I will set him in the safety for which he yearns ."
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The words of the LORD are pure words ,
Like silver tried in a furnace of earth ,
Purified seven times .
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You shall keep them ,
O LORD ,
You shall preserve them from this generation forever .
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The wicked prowl on every side ,
When vileness is exalted among the sons of men .
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How long ,
O LORD ?
Will You forget me forever ?
How long will You hide Your face from me ?
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How long shall I take counsel in my soul ,
Having sorrow in my heart daily ?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me ?
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Consider and hear me ,
O LORD my God ;
Enlighten my eyes ,
Lest I sleep the sleep of death ;
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Lest my enemy say , "
I have prevailed against him ";
Lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved .
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But I have trusted in Your mercy ;
My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation .
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I will sing to the LORD ,
Because He has dealt bountifully with me .
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The fool has said in his heart , "
There is no God ."
They are corrupt ,
They have done abominable works ,
There is none who does good .
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The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men ,
To see if there are any who understand ,
who seek God .
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They have all turned aside ,
They have together become corrupt ;
There is none who does good ,
No ,
not one .
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Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge ,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread ,
And do not call on the LORD ?
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There they are in great fear ,
For God is with the generation of the righteous .
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You shame the counsel of the poor ,
But the LORD is his refuge .
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Oh ,
that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion !
When the LORD brings back the captivity of His people ,
Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad .
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LORD ,
who may abide in Your tabernacle ?
Who may dwell in Your holy hill ?
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He who walks uprightly ,
And works righteousness ,
And speaks the truth in his heart ;
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He who does not backbite with his tongue ,
Nor does evil to his neighbor ,
Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend ;
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In whose eyes a vile person is despised ,
But he honors those who fear the LORD ;
He who swears to his own hurt and does not change ;
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He who does not put out his money at usury ,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent .
He who does these things shall never be moved .
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Preserve me ,
O God ,
for in You I put my trust .
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O my soul ,
you have said to the LORD , "
You are my Lord ,
My goodness is nothing apart from You ."
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As for the saints who are on the earth , "
They are the excellent ones ,
in whom is all my delight ."
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Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god ;
Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer ,
Nor take up their names on my lips .
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O LORD ,
You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup ;
You maintain my lot .
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The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places ;
Yes ,
I have a good inheritance .
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I will bless the LORD who has given me counsel ;
My heart also instructs me in the night seasons .
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I have set the LORD always before me ;
Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved .
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Therefore my heart is glad ,
and my glory rejoices ;
My flesh also will rest in hope .
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For You will not leave my soul in Sheol ,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption .
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You will show me the path of life ;
In Your presence is fullness of joy ;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore .
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Hear a just cause ,
O LORD ,
Attend to my cry ;
Give ear to my prayer which is not from deceitful lips .