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Evil people make slaves of fatherless infants and take the children of the poor in payment for debts.

They may have many sons, but all will be killed in war; their children never have enough to eat.

Almighty God was with me then, and I was surrounded by all my children.

it is sung by children and babies. You are safe and secure from all your enemies; you stop anyone who opposes you.

save me from those who in this life have all they want. Punish them with the sufferings you have stored up for them; may there be enough for their children and some left over for their children's children!

They will always be prosperous, and their children will possess the land.

I am old now; I have lived a long time, but I have never seen good people abandoned by the Lord or their children begging for food.

At all times they give freely and lend to others, and their children are a blessing.

We will not keep them from our children; we will tell the next generation about the Lord 's power and his great deeds and the wonderful things he has done.

He gave laws to the people of Israel and commandments to the descendants of Jacob. He instructed our ancestors to teach his laws to their children,

so that the next generation might learn them and in turn should tell their children.

‘You are gods,' I said; ‘all of you are children of the Most High.'

Our children will live in safety, and under your protection their descendants will be secure.

As a father is kind to his children, so the Lord is kind to those who honor him.

The Lord gave many children to his people and made them stronger than their enemies.

They killed those innocent children, and the land was defiled by those murders.

He blessed his people, and they had many children; he kept their herds of cattle from decreasing.

May his children become orphans, and his wife a widow!

May his children be homeless beggars; may they be driven from the ruins they live in!

The good man's children will be powerful in the land; his descendants will be blessed.