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before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.

For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.

A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.

For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

because of Your indignation and wrath; for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor-the appointed time has come.

For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.

for the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.

Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.

For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth,

The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.

For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.

As for man, his days are like grass-he blooms like a flower of the field;

the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You appointed for them-

He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the coneys.

The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.