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I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning.

For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they devise words of deceit.

Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication, for my cause, my God and my Lord!

Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, "Great is the Lord , who delights in the welfare of his servant!"

For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.

For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.

For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!

For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.

but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming.

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.

for those blessed by the Lord shall inherit the land, but those cursed by him shall be cut off.

though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.

For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to put him to death.

Wait for the Lord and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land; you will look on when the wicked are cut off.

Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. O Lord , rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath!

For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me.