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Take hold of shield and buckler, and arise for my help.

For without cause they have hid for me their destructive snare: without a cause they have reproached my soul.

They rewarded me evil for good, and bereavement to my soul.

Let not them that are mine enemies without a cause rejoice against me; who hate me for nothing, and wink with their eyes.

For to me they spoke peaceably, but imagined deceits in their anger.

For he has dealt craftily before him, to discover his iniquity and hate it.

For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light we shall see light.

For they shall soon be withered as the grass, and shall soon fall away as the green herbs.

For evil-doers shall be destroyed: but they that wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the land.

And yet a little while, and the sinner shall not be, and thou shalt seek for his place, and shalt not find it.

The sinner will watch for the righteous, and gnash his teeth upon him.

But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foresees that his day will come.

For the arms of sinners shall be broken; but the Lord supports the righteous.

The Lord knows the ways of the perfect; and their inheritance shall be for ever.

For the sinners shall perish; and the enemies of the Lord at the moment of their being honoured and exalted have utterly vanished like smoke.

For they that bless him shall inherit the earth; and they that curse him shall be utterly destroyed.

When he falls, he shall not be ruined: for the Lord supports his hand.

Turn aside from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever.

For the Lord loves judgment, and will not forsake his saints; they shall be preserved for ever: the blameless shall be avenged, but the seed of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed.

But the righteous shall inherit the earth, and dwell upon it for ever.