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For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land.

The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh.

For the arms of the wicked are shivered, And Jehovah is sustaining the righteous.

For His blessed ones do possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off.

When he falleth, he is not cast down, For Jehovah is sustaining his hand.

All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed [is] for a blessing.

For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.

The righteous possess the land, And they dwell for ever on it.

The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

Observe the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each [is] peace.

For Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand.

For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden -- too heavy for me.

For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh.

Because for Thee, O Jehovah, I have waited, Thou dost answer, O Lord my God.

For I am ready to halt, And my pain [is] before me continually.

For mine iniquity I declare, I am sorry for my sin.

And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.

To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, `I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked [is] before me.'

Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And [to] my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I [am] with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.

Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked.