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Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.

Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.

O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.

Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.

So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.

Put an end to them in your wrath, put an end to them, so that they may not be seen again; let them see that God is ruling in Jacob and to the ends of the earth. (Selah.)

So that your loved ones may be made safe, let your right hand be my salvation, and give me an answer.

So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.

So that men may see your way on the earth, and your salvation among all nations.

So that your foot may be red with blood, and the tongues of your dogs with the same.

Take me from the grip of the sticky earth, so that I may not go down into it; let me be lifted up from the deep waters.

Let their eyes be blind so that they may not see; let their bodies for ever be shaking.

For God will be the saviour of Zion, and the builder of the towns of Judah; so that it may be their resting-place and heritage.

You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.

But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.

He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children;

So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children;

So that they might put their hope in God, and not let God's works go out of their minds, but keep his laws;

The sea was cut in two so that they might go through; the waters were massed together on this side and on that.