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(36-27) Decline from evil and do good, and dwell for ever and ever.

(36-28) For the Lord loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints: they shall be preserved for ever. The unjust shall be punished, and the seed of the wicked shall perish.

(36-29) But the just shall inherit the land, and shall dwell therein for evermore.

(36-37) Keep innocence, and behold justice: for there are remnants for the peaceable man.

(37-1) for David, for a remembrance of the sabbath.> (37-2) Rebuke me not, O Lord, in thy indignation; nor chastise me in thy wrath.

(37-3) For thy arrows are fastened in me: and thy hand hath been strong upon me.

(37-4) There is no health in my flesh, because of thy wrath: there is no peace for my bones, because of my sins.

(37-5) For my iniquities are gone over my head: and as a heavy burden are become heavy upon me.

(37-8) For my loins are filled with illusions; and there is no health in my flesh.

(37-16) For in thee, O Lord, have I hoped: thou wilt hear me, O Lord my God.

(37-17) For I said: Lest at any time my enemies rejoice over me: and whilst my feet are moved, they speak great things against me.

(37-18) For I am ready for scourges: and my sorrow is continually before me.

(37-19) For I will declare my iniquity: and I will think of my sin.

(37-21) They that render evil for good, have detracted me, because I followed goodness.

(37-22) For sake me not, O Lord my God: do not thou depart from me.

(38-1) for Idithun himself, a canticle of David.> (38-2) I said: I will take heed to my ways: that I sin not with my tongue. I have set a guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me.

(38-7) Surely man passeth as an image: yea, and he is disquieted in vain. He storeth up: and he knoweth not for whom he shall gather these things.

(38-12) Thou hast corrected man for iniquity. And thou hast made his soul to waste away like a spider: surely in vain is any man disquieted.

(38-13) Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication: give ear to my tears. Be no silent: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were.

(39-1) for David himself.> (39-2) With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.