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I have been young and now I am old, Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken Or his descendants begging bread.

All day long he is gracious and lends, And his descendants are a blessing.

For the Lord loves justice And does not forsake His godly ones; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice.

The law of his God is in his heart; His steps do not slip.

The Lord will not leave him in his hand Or let him be condemned when he is judged.

Wait for the Lord and keep His way, And He will exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

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

"Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.

How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust, And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

The Lord will protect him and keep him alive, And he shall be called blessed upon the earth; And do not give him over to the desire of his enemies.

The Lord will sustain him upon his sickbed; In his illness, You restore him to health.

My enemies speak evil against me, "When will he die, and his name perish?"

And when he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood; His heart gathers wickedness to itself; When he goes outside, he tells it.

Even my close friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.

Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him For the help of His presence.

The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime; And His song will be with me in the night, A prayer to the God of my life.

The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered; He raised His voice, the earth melted.

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.