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Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish from his way while his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

I have cried to the LORD with my voice, and he has answered me from his holy mountain.

There are many that say, Who can show us a good man so that he may shine upon us the light of his countenance?

If he turn not from his anger, he will whet his sword and bend his bow and make it ready.

He has also prepared for himself the instruments of wrath; he pointed his arrows against the persecutor.

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his iniquity upon his own pate.

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

But the LORD shall endure for ever; he has prepared his throne for judgment.

Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; declare among the people his skillful doings;

The LORD makes known the judgment which he executes; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.

For the ungodly boasts of his own desire, and the LORD is angry when the wicked is blessed.

The wicked in the pride of his countenance will not seek after God; and there is no God in all his thoughts.

His ways are always weak; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his enemies, he despises them.

He says in his heart, I shall not be moved from generation to generation; for he conceives evil.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and deceit.

He sits in the lurking place of a den; and in a secret place does he murder the innocent; his eyes spy on the destitute.

He lies in wait to snare the poor by drawing him into his net.

He shall be humbled and overthrown, and in his bones there shall be sickness and pain.

He says in his heart, God has forgotten; he has turned away his face; he will never see it.

Why does the wicked provoke God? He says in his heart, God does not seek vengeance.