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I will always preserve my faithful love for him,and my covenant with him will endure.

Once and for allI have sworn an oath by my holiness;I will not lie to David.

Remember how short my life is.Have you created everyone for nothing?

For in your sight a thousand yearsare like yesterday that passes by,like a few hours of the night.

For we are consumed by your anger;we are terrified by your wrath.

For all our days ebb away under your wrath;we end our years like a sigh.

Make us rejoice for as many days as you have humbled us,for as many years as we have seen adversity.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;establish for us the work of our hands—establish the work of our hands!

For he will give his angels orders concerning you,to protect you in all your ways.

For you have made me rejoice, Lord,by what you have done;I will shout for joybecause of the works of your hands.

For indeed, Lord, your enemies—indeed, your enemies will perish;all evildoers will be scattered.

to give him relief from troubled timesuntil a pit is dug for the wicked.

for the administration of justice will again be righteous,and all the upright in heart will follow it.

Who stands up for me against the wicked?Who takes a stand for me against evildoers?

He will pay them back for their sinsand destroy them for their evil.The Lord our God will destroy them.

For the Lord is a great God,a great King above all gods.

For he is our God,and we are the people of his pasture,the sheep under his care.Today, if you hear his voice:

For forty years I was disgusted with that generation;I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray;they do not know my ways.”

For the Lord is great and is highly praised;he is feared above all gods.

For all the gods of the peoples are idols,but the Lord made the heavens.