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Revere Yahweh, ye his holy ones, For there is no want to them who revere him.

The eyes of Yahweh, are towards the righteous, And, his ears, towards their cry for help:

For, without cause, have they hid for me, in a ditch, their net, - Without cause, have they digged a pit for my life.

They repay me evil for good, Bereaving my soul.

But, as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth, I humbled, with fasting, my soul, though, my prayer, unto mine own bosom, might return:

Like as for a friend, like as for a brother of mine own, I walked to and fro, As though mourning for a mother, I gloomily bowed myself down.

Let not them who are falsely my foes rejoice over me, As for them who hate me without cause, let them not wink the eye!

For, no salvation, will they utter, - But, against the quiet of the land, deceitful things, do they devise;

For he flattereth himself too much in his own eyes, to find his iniquity - to hate it .

For, with thee, is the fountain of life, In thy light, we see light.

For, like grass, soon shall they wither, and, like green herbage, shall they fade.

Be resigned to Yahweh, yea wait with longing for him; Burn not with vexation at him who prospereth in his way, - at the man who doeth wickedness.

For, evil doers, shall be cut off, but, as for them who wait for Yahweh, they, shall inherit the earth.

My Lord, shall laugh at him, for he seeth, that his day, will come.

For, the arms of the lawless, shall be broken, But Yahweh is upholding the righteous.

For, the lawless, shall perish, and, the foes of Yahweh, be like the glory of the meadows, They have vanished! In smoke, have they vanished!

For, such as are blessed of him, shall inherit the earth, But, the cursed of him, shall be cut off.

Though he fall, he shall not be hurled headlong, For, Yahweh, is holding his hand.

For, Yahweh, loveth justice, and will not forsake his men of lovingkindness, Unto times age-abiding, have the perverse been destroyed, - and the seed of the lawless, been cut off.

The lawless man, lieth in wait, for the just, and seeketh to put him to death: