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For the leader. By David, the servant of Adonai :

For, the way he sees it, crime makes his life easy — that is, until his wrongs are discovered; then, he is hated.

For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.

for soon they will wither like grass and fade like the green in the fields.

For evildoers will be cut off, but those hoping in Adonai will inherit the land.

Soon the wicked will be no more; you will look for his place, and he won't be there.

For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but Adonai upholds the righteous.

For the wicked will perish; Adonai 's enemies will be like sheep fat, ending up as smoke, finished.

For those blessed by [ Adonai ] will inherit the land, but those cursed by him will be cut off.

He may stumble, but he won't fall headlong, for Adonai holds him by the hand.

I have been young; now I am old; yet not once have I seen the righteous abandoned or his descendants begging for bread.

For Adonai loves justice and will not abandon his faithful; they are preserved forever. But the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.

But I passed by again, and he was no longer there; I looked for him, but he could not be found.

Observe the pure person, consider the upright; for the peaceful person will have posterity.

for your arrows penetrate me deeply, and your hand is pressing me down.

for my iniquities loom high over my head as a heavy burden, too heavy for me.

For my insides burn with fever, and my whole body is sick.

Those seeking my life lay snares for me, those seeking to harm me speak of disaster and think up deceptions all day long.

For it is in you, Adonai , that I hope. You will answer, Adonai my God.

For I am about to fall, and my pain is always with me.