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There were they in great fear, For God is in the generation of the righteous.

He who doesn't lend out his money for usury, Nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

<> Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.

As for the saints who are in the earth, They are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, Neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.

As for the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

I have called on you, for you will answer me, God: Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

For all his ordinances were before me. I didn't put away his statutes from me.

For you will save the afflicted people, But the haughty eyes you will bring down.

For you will light my lamp. Yahweh, my God, will light up my darkness.

For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.

As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,

For you have girded me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

Even the God who executes vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me.

Their voice has gone out through all the earth, Their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,

For you meet him with the blessings of goodness; You set a crown of fine gold on his head.