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Be to me a protecting God, and a strong hold to save me: for thou art my fortress and my refuge.

For thou art my support, O Lord; O Lord, thou art my hope from my youth.

For mine enemies have spoken against me; and they that lay wait for my soul have taken counsel together,

saying, God has forsaken him: persecute ye and take him; for there is none to deliver him.

My mouth shall declare thy righteousness openly, and thy salvation all the day; for I am not acquainted with the affairs of men.

And he shall continue as long as the sun, and before the moon for ever.

For he has delivered the poor from the oppressor; and the needy who had no helper.

And he shall live, and there shall be given him of the gold of Arabia: and men shall pray for him continually; and all the day shall they praise him.

Let his name be blessed for ever: his name shall endure longer than the sun: and all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

And blessed is his glorious name for ever, even for ever and ever: and all the earth shall be filled with his glory. So be it, so be it.

For I was jealous of the transgressors, beholding the tranquility of sinners.

For there is no sign of reluctance in their death: and they have firmness under their affliction.

For I was plagued all the day, and my reproof was every morning.

And I undertook to understand this, but it is too hard for me,

For my heart has rejoiced, and my reins have been gladdened.

For what have I in heaven but thee? and what have I desired upon the earth beside thee?

My heart and my flesh have failed: but God is the strength of my heart, and God is my portion for ever.

For, behold, they that remove themselves far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed every one that goes a whoring from thee.

But it is good for me to cleave close to God, to put my trust in the Lord; that I may proclaim all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.

Wherefore hast thou rejected us, O God, for ever? wherefore is thy wrath kindled against the sheep of thy pasture?