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

A Psalm of Asaph. God takes His stand in His own congregation; He judges in the midst of the rulers.

I will hear what God the Lord will say; For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones; But let them not turn back to folly.

Surely 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.

A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains.

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

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

"I shall also set 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 forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments,

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

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

You have broken down all his walls; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

All who pass along the way plunder him; He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; You have made all his enemies rejoice.

You also turn back the edge of his sword And have not made him stand in battle.

You have made his splendor to cease And cast his throne to the ground.

You have shortened the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah.

What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.