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And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge. Pause.

I will not reprove thee on account of thy sacrifices; for thy whole-burnt-offerings are before me continually.

For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, the cattle on the mountains, and oxen.

If I should be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fullness of it.

For I am conscious of mine iniquity; and my sin is continually before me.

For, behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother conceive me.

For, behold, thou lovest truth: thou hast manifested to me the secret and hidden things of thy wisdom.

For if thou desiredst sacrifice, I would have given it: thou wilt not take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings.

Therefore may God destroy thee for ever, may he pluck thee up and utterly remove thee from thy dwelling, and thy root from the land of the living. Pause.

But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever, even for evermore.

I will give thanks to thee for ever, for thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before the saints.

or God has scattered the bones of the men-pleasers; they were ashamed, for God despised them.

For strangers have risen up against me, and mighty men have sought my life: they have not set God before them. Pause.

For lo! God assists me; and the Lord is the helper of my soul.

I will willingly sacrifice to thee: I will give thanks to thy name, O Lord; for it is good.

For thou hast delivered me out of all affliction, and mine eye has seen my desire upon mine enemies.

because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the sinner: for they brought iniquity against me, and were wrathfully angry with me.

I waited for him that should deliver me from distress of spirit and tempest.

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen iniquity and gain saying in the city.

For if an enemy had reproached me, I would have endured it; and if one who hated me had spoken vauntingly against me, I would have hid myself from him.