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And the offspring of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will abide in it.

saying, "His God has abandoned him. Pursue and seize him, because there is no deliverer."

May what is right blossom in his days and an abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.

Let the desert dwellers bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust.

From oppression and from violence he will redeem their lives, and their blood will be precious in his eyes.

May there be an abundance of grain in the land even on the top of the mountains. May his crop sway like the trees of Lebanon, and may those from the city blossom like the grass of the earth.

May his name endure forever. May his name increase as long as the sun shines, and let them be blessed in him. Let all nations call him blessed.

And blessed be his glorious name forever, and may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.

Therefore his people turn there, and abundant waters are slurped up by them.

For the music director, with stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song. God is known in Judah. His name is great in Israel.

His den has been in Salem, his lair in Zion.

Has his loyal love ceased forever? Is his promise ended throughout generations?

Has God forgotten to have compassion? Or has he closed off his mercies in anger? Selah

We will not hide them from their children, telling the next generation the praises of Yahweh, and his power and his wonders that he has done.

that they might set their confidence in God, and not forget the deeds of God, but keep his commandments,

They did not keep the covenant of God and refused to go in his law.

They also forgot his deeds, and his wonders that he had shown them.

Yes, he struck the rock and water flowed and streams gushed out, but can he also give food or provide meat for his people?"

Therefore Yahweh heard and he was very angry, and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and his anger also rose up against Israel,

because they did not believe God, and they did not trust his salvation.