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But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

Your foes have roared in the midst of your meeting place; they set up their own signs for signs.

You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.

Have regard for the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near. We recount your wondrous deeds.

For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,

For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed, and he pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.

Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time?

He struck the rock so that water gushed out and streams overflowed. Can he also give bread or provide meat for his people?"

And they ate and were well filled, for he gave them what they craved.

Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath.

He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague.

He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

For they provoked him to anger with their high places; they moved him to jealousy with their idols.

They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the heavens for food, the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.

For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his habitation.

Do not remember against us our former iniquities; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low.

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name's sake!

You make us an object of contention for our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.

You cleared the ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land.