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His priests fell by the sword, And His widows could not weep.

He drove His adversaries backward; He put on them an everlasting disgrace.

And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He has established forever.

He also chose His servant David And took him from the sheepfolds;

From the care of the ewes with nursing lambs He brought him To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance.

So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them with his skillful hands.

For they have devoured Jacob And laid waste his settlement.

"I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket.

God takes His position in His assembly; He judges in the midst of the gods.

I will hear what God the LORD will say; For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones; And may they not turn back to foolishness.

Certainly His salvation is near to those who fear Him, That glory may dwell in our land.

Righteousness will go before Him And will make His footsteps into a way.

His foundation is in the holy mountains.

"But I will crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him.

"My faithfulness and My favor will be with him, And in My name his horn will be exalted.

"I will also place his hand on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.

"So I will establish his descendants forever, And his throne as the days of heaven.

"If his sons abandon My Law And do not walk in My judgments,

"His descendants shall endure forever, And his throne as the sun before Me.

You have repudiated the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown in the dust.