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Yahweh is king forever and ever; the nations have perished from his land.

Yahweh is in his holy temple; Yahweh is in the heavens on his throne. His eyelids see; they test the children of humankind.

Yahweh tests the righteous, but the wicked and the lover of violence his soul hates.

For Yahweh is righteous; he loves righteous deeds. The upright shall see his face.

For the music director. Of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds. There is none who does good.

You would put to shame the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his refuge.

Oh that from Zion would come salvation for Israel! When Yahweh returns the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be happy.

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right. He who speaks honestly in his heart.

He does not slander with his tongue. He does not harm his friend, nor bring up a disgrace against his neighbor.

In his eyes a rejected one is contemptible, but he honors those who respect Yahweh. He takes an oath to his own injury and does not retract it.

He does not lend his money at interest, and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

For the music director. Of David, the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song when Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. And he said: "I love you, O Yahweh, my strength."

In my trouble I called on Yahweh, and to my God I cried for help. He heard my voice from his temple, and my cry for help came up before his presence into his ears.

Smoke went forth from his nose, and fire from his mouth consumed. Burning coals blazed from him.

So he bowed the heavens and came down with a thick cloud under his feet.

He made darkness his hiding place; all about him his covering was a darkness of waters, thick clouds.

From the brightness before him his clouds passed over with hail and coals of fire.

And Yahweh thundered from the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice with hail and coals of fire.

And he shot his arrows and scattered them, and many lightning bolts and routed them.

because all his ordinances are before me, and his statutes I have not removed from me,