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They roam about for food, and growl if they do not get their fill.

But I will sing of your might; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been a fortress for me and a refuge in the day of my distress.

O my strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love.

To the leader: according to the Lily of the Covenant. A Miktam of David; for instruction; when he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; now restore us!

You have caused the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair the cracks in it, for it is tottering.

You have set up a banner for those who fear you, to rally to it out of bowshot. Selah

O grant us help against the foe, for human help is worthless.

for you are my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy.

For you, O God, have heard my vows; you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.

To the leader: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.

For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him.

Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah

and steadfast love belongs to you, O Lord. For you repay to all according to their work.

A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.

they shall be given over to the power of the sword, they shall be prey for jackals.

But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall exult, for the mouths of liars will be stopped.

Who can search out our crimes? We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot." For the human heart and mind are deep.

Those who live at earth's farthest bounds are awed by your signs; you make the gateways of the morning and the evening shout for joy.

You visit the earth and water it, you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide the people with grain, for so you have prepared it.