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I cry unto the LORD with my voice, and he answereth me out of his holy hill. Selah

If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he maketh his arrows fiery shafts.

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

I will give thanks unto the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

But the LORD sitteth as king for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

The LORD hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth the LORD.

The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

His ways are firm at all times; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved: to all generations I shall not be in adversity.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the covert places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the helpless.

He lurketh in the covert as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall by his strong ones.

He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it?

Break thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.