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For the LORD loves justice, And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.

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

The law of his God is in his heart; None of his steps shall slide.

The LORD will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged.

Wait on the LORD, And keep His way, And He shall exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

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

Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor.Selah

When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor.Selah

Blessed is that man who makes the LORD his trust, And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

The LORD will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed.

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

And if he comes to see me, he speaks lies; His heart gathers iniquity to itself; When he goes out, he tells it.

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

Why are you cast down, O my soul?And why are you disquieted within me?Hope in God, for I shall yet praise HimFor the help of His countenance. [fn]

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

The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.

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

Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised In the city of our God, In His holy mountain.

None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him--