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Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found; Certainly in a flood of great waters, they will not reach him.

Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.

Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; He puts the depths in storehouses.

The king is not saved by a mighty army; A warrior is not rescued by great strength.

A horse is a false hope for victory; Nor does it rescue anyone by its great strength.

For they hid their net for me without cause; Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.

I went about as though it were my friend or brother; I bowed down in mourning, like one who mourns for a mother.

Like godless jesters at a feast, They gnashed at me with their teeth.

I will give You thanks in the great congregation; I will praise You among a mighty people.

He plans wickedness on his bed; He sets himself on a path that is not good; He does not reject evil.

Yet a little while and the wicked person will be no more; And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there.

The steps of a man are established by the LORD, And He delights in his way.

All day long he is gracious and lends, And his descendants are a blessing.

I have seen a wicked, violent person Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

Observe the blameless person, and look at the upright; For the person of peace will have a future.

For my guilty deeds have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

But I, like a person who is deaf, do not hear; And I am like a person who cannot speak, who does not open his mouth.

Yes, I am like a person who does not hear, And in whose mouth are no arguments.

I said, "I will keep watch over my ways So that I do not sin with my tongue; I will keep watch over my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence."