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Wait for the LORD, and keep to his way, and he will exalt you to possess the land; you will look on the destruction of the wicked.

But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear, like a dumb man who does not open his mouth.

Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after false gods!

the LORD protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; thou dost not give him up to the will of his enemies.

The LORD sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness thou healest all his infirmities.

My enemies say of me in malice: "When will he die, and his name perish?"

And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers mischief; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.

Even my bosom friend in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

By day the LORD commands his steadfast love; and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts.

God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne.

A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain,

Truly no man can ransom himself, or give to God the price of his life,

for the ransom of his life is costly, and can never suffice,

Man cannot abide in his pomp, he is like the beasts that perish.

Be not afraid when one becomes rich, when the glory of his house increases.

For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.

he will go to the generation of his fathers, who will never more see the light.

Man cannot abide in his pomp, he is like the beasts that perish.

He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people: