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But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God , that I may declare all thy works.

O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.

For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;

For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.