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The desire of his heart Thou gavest to him, And the request of his lips Thou hast not withheld. Selah.

For Thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, Thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold.

Great [is] his honour in Thy salvation, Honour and majesty Thou placest on him.

Thou makest them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Thy presence. Jehovah in His anger doth swallow them, And fire doth devour them.

For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth.

Of Thee my praise [is] in the great assembly. My vows I complete before His fearers.

And the fat ones of earth have eaten, And they bow themselves, Before Him bow do all going down to dust, And he [who] hath not revived his soul.

They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is borne, that He hath made!

My soul He refresheth, He leadeth me in paths of righteousness, For His name's sake,

Who goeth up into the hill of Jehovah? And who riseth up in His holy place?

The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit.

He beareth away a blessing from Jehovah, Righteousness from the God of his salvation.

He causeth the humble to tread in judgment, And teacheth the humble His way.

All the paths of Jehovah [are] kindness and truth, To those keeping His covenant, And His testimonies.

His soul in good doth remain, And his seed doth possess the land.

The secret of Jehovah [is] for those fearing Him, And His covenant -- to cause them to know.

Redeem Israel, O God, from all his distresses!

One [thing] I asked of Jehovah -- it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, And to inquire in His temple.

For He hideth me in a tabernacle in the day of evil, He hideth me in a secret place of His tent, On a rock he raiseth me up.

And now, lifted up is my head, Above my enemies -- my surrounders, And I sacrifice in His tent sacrifices of shouting, I sing, yea, I sing praise to Jehovah.