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For God will save Zion; and He will build the cities of Judah, and they shall live there and possess it.

Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame, those who say, Aha, aha!

Be a rock of strength for me, to which I may always go; You have given a command to save me; for You are my rock and my fortress.

For You are my hope, O Lord Jehovah, my trust from my youth.

For my enemies speak against me; and those who lurk for my soul plot together.

And they say, God has forsaken him; pursue him and take him, for there is no one to deliver.

Let them be ashamed; let those who are enemies of my soul be consumed; let them be covered with reproach, and let those seeking evil for me be dishonored;

My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness and Your salvation all the day; for I do not know the numbers.

My lips shall shout for joy, for I will sing praise to You; also my soul which you have redeemed.

For He shall save the needy who cries, and the poor with no helper.

And He shall live, and the gold of Sheba shall be given to Him; and prayer shall be made for Him continually; He shall bless Him all the day.

And as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps nearly made to slip.

For I was jealous of the proud; I looked upon the peace of the wicked.

For there are no pangs to their death; but their body is fat.

For all the day I was touched; and my chastening is at the mornings.

For my heart was in a ferment, and I was pierced in my reins.

For, lo, those who are far from You shall be lost; You have cut off all who go whoring away from You.

As for me, it is good for me to draw near to God; I have made my refuge in the Lord Jehovah, to declare all Your works.

Those distressing You have roared in the middle of Your congregation; they set up their own signs for signs.

For God is my King of old, who works salvation in the midst of the land.