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Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul: Save me for thy lovingkindness' sake.

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?

Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; For Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping.

Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery shafts.

For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!

For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.

For the Chief Musician; set to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.

Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished.

But Jehovah sitteth as king for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment;

Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah.

His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.