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They speak vanity, each man with his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

To the chief musician. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God! They acted corruptly; they did hatefully in deeds; there is none doing good.

You have shamed the counsel of the afflicted, for Jehovah is his refuge.

Who will bring the salvation of Israel out of Zion? When Jehovah brings back the captivity of His people, Jacob shall rejoice; Israel shall be glad.

He who walks uprightly and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart.

He does not backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor lifts up a reproach against his neighbor.

In his eyes, the reprobate has been despised, but he honors those who fear Jehovah: He has sworn to his hurt, and will not change it.

He has not given his silver at interest; nor has he taken a bribe against the innocent; he who does these things shall not be shaken forever.

Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face and bow him down! Deliver my soul from the wicked, by Your sword,

To the chief musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke the words of this song to Jehovah in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his foes, and from the hand of Saul. And he said: I love You, O Jehovah, my strength.

In my distress I called on Jehovah and I cried to my God; He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry went before Him, into His ears.

A smoke went up out of His nostrils, and fire devoured out of His mouth; coals were kindled from it.

He bowed the heavens also and came down, and darkness was under His feet;

He made darkness His covering, His pavilion all around Him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Out of the brightness before Him, His dark clouds passed through, hailstones and coals of fire.

Jehovah also thundered in the heavens; and the Highest gave forth His voice, hailstones and coals of fire.

Yea, He sent out His arrows and scattered them; and He shot out lightnings and confounded them.

For all His judgments were before me, and I did not turn away His statutes from me.

And Jehovah has returned to me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands before His eyes.

As for God, His way is perfect; the Word of Jehovah is purified; He is a shield to all who seek refuge in Him.