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For Jehovah is good; his lovingkindness endureth for ever, And his faithfulness unto all generations.

For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.

My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.

For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,

Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.

But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever; And thy memorial name unto all generations.

Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yea, the set time is come.

For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, And have pity upon her dust.

For Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory.

This shall be written for the generation to come; And a people which shall be created shall praise Jehovah.

For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; From heaven did Jehovah behold the earth;

Jehovah executeth righteous acts, And judgments for all that are oppressed.

He will not always chide; Neither will he keep his anger for ever.

For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is his lovingkindness toward them that fear him.

For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.

As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more.

Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.

(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,