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Let the nations rejoice and exult, for thou shalt judge the peoples in equity, and shalt guide the nations on the earth. Pause.

Sing to God, sing praises to his name: make a way for him that rides upon the west (the Lord is his name) and exult before him. They shall be troubled before the face of him,

O God, thou wilt grant to thine inheritance a gracious rain; for it was weary, but thou didst refresh it.

Thy creatures dwell in it: thou hast in thy goodness prepared for the poor.

The king of the forces of the beloved, of the beloved, will even grant them for the beauty of the house to divide the spoils.

Wherefore do ye conceive evil, ye swelling mountains? this is the mountain which God has delighted to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.

Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive, thou hast received gifts for man, yea, for they were rebellious, that thou mightest dwell among them.

Rebuke the wild beasts of the reed: let the crowd of bulls with the heifers of the nations be rebuked, so that they who have been proved with silver may not be shut out: scatter thou the nations that wish for wars.

Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my soul.

For I have suffered reproach for thy sake; shame has covered my face.

For the zeal of thine house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to them.

Hear me, O Lord; for thy mercy is good: according to the multitude of thy compassions look upon me.

And turn not away thy face from thy servant; for I am afflicted: hear me speedily.

For thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; all that afflict me are before thee.

My soul has waited for reproach and misery; and I waited for one to grieve with me, but there was none; and for one to comfort me, but I found none.

They gave me also gall for my food, and made me drink vinegar for my thirst.

Let their table before them be for a snare, and for a recompense, and for a stumbling-block.

For the Lord hears the poor, and does not set at nought his fettered ones.

For God will save Sion, and the cities of Judea shall be built; and men shall dwell there, and inherit it.