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People of low standing are only breath, and people of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up. Together they are lighter than breath.

And faithfulness is Yours, Lord, For You reward a person according to his work.

God, You are my God; I shall be watching for You; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and exhausted land where there is no water.

They will be turned over to the power of the sword; They will be a prey for foxes.

Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrows,

They devise injustices, saying, "We are ready with a well-conceived plot"; For the inward thought and the heart of a person are deep.

You made men ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water. Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance.

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; As wax melts before a fire, So the wicked will perish before God.

A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows, Is God in His holy dwelling.

God makes a home for the lonely; He leads out the prisoners into prosperity, Only the rebellious live in parched lands.

The Lord gives the command; The women who proclaim good news are a great army:

When you lie down among the sheepfolds, You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver, And its pinions with glistening gold.

The mountain of Bashan is a mountain of God; The mountain of Bashan is a mountain of many peaks.

God is to us a God of salvation; And to GOD the Lord belong ways of escape from death.

To Him who rides upon the highest heavens, which are from ancient times; Behold, He speaks with His voice, a mighty voice.

I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, those who oppose me with lies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

I have become estranged from my brothers, And a stranger to my mother's sons.

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a proverb to them.

They also gave me a bitter herb in my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.