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I will hear what God the LORD will say; For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones; And may they not turn back to foolishness.

All nations whom You have made will come and worship before You, Lord, And they will glorify Your name.

God, arrogant men have risen up against me, And a gang of violent men have sought my life, And they have not set You before them.

Abandoned among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom You no longer remember, And they are cut off from Your hand.

In Your name they rejoice all the day, And by Your righteousness they are exalted.

If they violate My statutes And do not keep My commandments,

As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is only trouble and tragedy; For it quickly passes, and we disappear.

When the wicked sprouted up like grass And all who did injustice flourished, It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.

They will still yield fruit in advanced age; They will be full of sap and very green,

They crush Your people, LORD, And afflict Your inheritance.

They kill the widow and the stranger And murder the orphans.

They band themselves together against the life of the righteous And condemn the innocent to death.

"For forty years I was disgusted with that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways.

May they praise Your great and awesome name; Holy is He.

Moses and Aaron were among His priests, And Samuel was among those who called on His name; They called upon the LORD and He answered them.

He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; They kept His testimonies And the statute that He gave them.

"Even they will perish, but You endure; All of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will pass away.

He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the labor of mankind, So that they may produce food from the earth,

When the sun rises they withdraw, And they lie down in their dens.

You hide Your face, they are terrified; You take away their breath, they perish And return to their dust.