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The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord's throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.

The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, And the one who loves violence His soul hates.

For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness; The upright will behold His face.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds; There is no one who does good.

You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted, But the Lord is his refuge.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord restores His captive people, Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.

He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness, And speaks truth in his heart.

He does not slander with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

In whose eyes a reprobate is despised, But who honors those who fear the Lord ; He swears to his own hurt and does not change;

He does not put out his money at interest, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord , who spoke to the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said, "I love You, O Lord , my strength."

In my distress I called upon the Lord , And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice out of His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

Smoke went up out of His nostrils, And fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.

He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds, Hailstones and coals of fire.

The Lord also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.

For all His ordinances were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me.

Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.