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Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

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

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O Lord ; for it is good.

For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.

Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: