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When iniquities prevail against me, you atone for our transgressions.

so that those who dwell at the ends of the earth are in awe at your signs. You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy.

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

the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy.

To the choirmaster. A Song. A Psalm. Shout for joy to God, all the earth;

For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.

Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul.

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah

your flock found a dwelling in it; in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.

Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount that God desired for his abode, yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?

Summon your power, O God, the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.

To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. Of David. Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.

I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.

For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face.

For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord . At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.

Answer me, O Lord , for your steadfast love is good; according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.

Hide not your face from your servant, for I am in distress; make haste to answer me.

Reproaches have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.

They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.