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For God doth save Zion, And doth build the cities of Judah, And they have dwelt there, and possess it.

To the Overseer, by David. -- `To cause to remember.' O God, to deliver me, O Jehovah, for my help, haste.

Be to me for a rock -- a habitation, To go in continually, Thou hast given command to save me, For my rock and my bulwark [art] Thou.

For Thou [art] my hope, O Lord Jehovah, My trust from my youth.

For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,

Saying, `God hath forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.'

O God, be not far from me, O my God, for my help make haste.

My mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I have not known the numbers.

For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper,

And he liveth, and giveth to him of the gold of Sheba, And prayeth for him continually, All the day he doth bless him.

As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,

For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves,

For, lo, those far from Thee do perish, Thou hast cut off every one, Who is going a whoring from Thee.

An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.

Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise thy name for ever?

Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.

Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever.

Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.

For not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness -- [is] elevation.

For a cup [is] in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth,