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For all the day long have I been afflicted, and chastened every morning.

When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;

My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go astray from thee.

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.

Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why] doth thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

Thy 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 turtle dove to the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

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

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph. To thee, O God, do we give thanks, [to 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 of it 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 favorable no more?

Is his mercy wholly 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 food for their desire.

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?