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He lies in wait in a hiding place as a lion in his lair;He lies in wait to catch the afflicted;He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

He crouches, he bows down,And the unfortunate fall by his mighty ones.

He says in his heart, "God has forgotten;He has hidden His face; He will never see it."

Why has the wicked spurned God?He has said in his heart, "You will not require it."

Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

Yahweh is King forever and ever;Nations have perished from His land.

Yahweh is in His holy temple; Yahweh's throne is in heaven;His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.

Yahweh tests the righteous,But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.

For Yahweh is righteous, He loves righteousness;The upright will behold His face.

The wicked fool says in his heart, "There is no God."They act corruptly, they commit abominable deeds;There is no one who does good.

You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted,But Yahweh is his refuge.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!When Yahweh restores His captive people,May Jacob rejoice, may Israel be glad.

He who walks blamelessly, and works righteousness,And speaks truth in his heart.

He does not slander with his tongue,Nor does evil to his neighbor,Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

In whose eyes a reprobate is despised,But who honors those who fear Yahweh;He swears to his own hurt and does not change;

He does not put out his money at interest,Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.He who does these things will never be shaken.

In my distress I called upon Yahweh,And cried to my God for help;He heard my voice out of His temple,And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

Smoke went up out of His nostrils,And fire from His mouth devoured;Coals were kindled by it.

He bowed the heavens and came downWith thick darkness under His feet.

He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him,Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.