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Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.

For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving-kindness' sake.

Thou art fairer than the sons of men; grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom:

And the king will desire thy beauty; for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him.

I will make thy name to be remembered throughout all generations; therefore shall the peoples praise thee for ever and ever.

For Jehovah, the Most High, is terrible, a great king over all the earth.

He hath chosen our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

For God is the King of all the earth; sing psalms with understanding.

The willing-hearted of the peoples have gathered together, [with] the people of the God of Abraham. For unto God [belong] the shields of the earth: he is greatly exalted.

For behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together;

As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God doth establish it for ever. Selah.

For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide until death.

None can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him,

(For the redemption of their soul is costly, and must be given up for ever,)

For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others.

Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever, their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.

Like sheep are they laid in Sheol: Death feedeth on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their comeliness shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for them.

But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol: for he will receive me. Selah.