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A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the music director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Yahweh, God of my salvation, I cry out by day and through the night before you.

For my soul is full with troubles, and my life approaches Sheol.

Do you work wonders for the dead? Or do the departed spirits rise up to praise you? Selah

But as for me, I cry for help to you, O Yahweh, and in the morning my prayer comes before you.

For I say, "Forever your loyal love is built up. The heavens you have established with your faithfulness in them."

For who in the sky is equal to Yahweh? Who is like Yahweh among the sons of God,

For you are the glory of their strength, and by your favor our horn rises up,

Forever I will keep my loyal love for him, and my covenant will be reliable for him.

Remember what my lifespan is. Remember for what vanity you have created all the children of humankind.

For a thousand years in your eyes are like yesterday when it passes, or like a watch in the night.

For we are brought to an end by your anger, and we hasten off by your wrath.

For all of our days dwindle away in your rage; we complete our years like a sigh.

As for the days of our years, within them are seventy years or if by strength eighty years, and their pride is trouble and disaster, for it passes quickly and we fly away.

Satisfy us in the morning with your loyal love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen calamity.

And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish for us the work of our hands, yes, the work of our hands, establish it.

For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, from the plague of destruction.

For you, O Yahweh, are my refuge. You have made the Most High your dwelling place.

For he will command his angels concerning you, to watch over you in all your ways.

A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day. It is good to give thanks to Yahweh, and to sing praise concerning your name, O Most High;