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And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning.

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

I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing forth the name of Jehovah the Most High.

Thou hast made him to rule over the works of thy hands; thou hast put everything under his feet:

But Jehovah sitteth for ever; he hath ordained his throne for judgment.

Sing psalms to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion; tell among the peoples his doings.

Jehovah is known [by] the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.

The wicked [saith], in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!

His ways always succeed; 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; from generation to generation I shall be in no 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 secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.

He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.

He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may 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? He hath said 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.

Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land.