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For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart [is] mischiefs, An open grave [is] their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

For Thou blessest the righteous, O Jehovah, As a buckler with favour dost compass him!

Favour me, O Jehovah, for I [am] weak, Heal me, O Jehovah, For troubled have been my bones,

Turn back, O Jehovah, draw out my soul, Save me for Thy kindness' sake.

For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?

Turn from me all ye workers of iniquity, For Jehovah heard the voice of my weeping,

Rise, O Jehovah, in Thine anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of mine adversaries, And awake Thou for me: Judgment Thou hast commanded:

Yea, for him He hath prepared Instruments of death, His arrows for burning pursuers He maketh.

For I see Thy heavens, a work of Thy fingers, Moon and stars that Thou didst establish.

For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.

Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.

O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.

And Jehovah to the age abideth, He is preparing for judgment His throne.

And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.

For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,

Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave [it], Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

Jehovah [is] king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!