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For You have been my help,And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.

They will be delivered over to the power of the sword;They will be a portion for foxes.

But the king will be glad in God;Everyone who swears by Him will boast,For the mouths of those who speak lies will be closed.

They searched out unrighteousness, saying,"We have completed a diligent search";For the inward thought of a man and his heart are deep.

Words of iniquity prevail against me;As for our transgressions, You atone for them.

They who inhabit the ends of the earth are in fear on account of Your signs;You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.

You visit the earth and cause it to overflow;You greatly enrich it;The stream of God is full of water;You establish their grain, for thus You establish the earth.

Sing praise for the glory of His name;Establish His praise as glorious.

For You have tested us, O God;You have refined us as silver is refined.

Come and hear, all who fear God,And I will recount what He has done for my soul.

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy;For You will judge the peoples with uprightnessAnd lead the nations on the earth. Selah.

Sing to God, sing praises to His name;Lift up a song for Him who rides through the deserts,Whose name is Yah, and exult before Him.

A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows,Is God in His holy habitation.

Your creatures inhabited it;You established it in Your goodness for the poor, O God.

Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks,At the mountain which God has prized for His habitation?Surely Yahweh will dwell there forever.

Save me, O God,For the waters have threatened my life.

I am weary with my calling out; my throat is parched;My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

May those who hope for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord Yahweh of hosts;May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,

Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;Dishonor has covered my face.

For zeal for Your house has consumed me,And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.