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Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are destroyed, thou shalt see it.

Yet I passed by, and lo! he was not: and I sought him, but his place was not found.

But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and was as a dumb man not opening his mouth.

And I was as a man that hears not, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.

Thou chastenest man with rebukes for iniquity, and thou makest his life to consume away like a spider’s web; nay, every man is disquieted in vain. Pause.

May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemy.

May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; thou hast made all his bed in his sickness.

Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, saying, When shall he die, and his name perish?

And if he came to see me, his heart spoke vainly; he gathered iniquity to himself; he went forth and spoke in like manner.

For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, lifted up his heel against me.

By day the Lord will command his mercy, and manifest it by night: with me is prayer to the God of my life.

Their waters have roared and been troubled, the mountains have been troubled by his might. Pause.

The flowings of the river gladden the city of God: the Most High has sanctified his tabernacle.

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her with his countenance.

The nations were troubled, the kingdoms tottered: he uttered his voice, the earth shook.

He has chosen out his inheritance for us, the beauty of Jacob which he loved. Pause.

God reigns over the nations: God sits upon the throne of his holiness.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

or the price of the redemption of his soul, though he labour for ever,

Fear not when a man is enriched, and when the glory of his house is increased.