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For the fierceness of man praiseth Thee, The remnant of fierceness Thou girdest on.

To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of Asaph. My voice [is] to God, and I cry, my voice [is] to God, And He hath given ear unto me.

Hath His kindness ceased for ever? The saying failed to all generations?

I mention the doings of Jah, For I remember of old Thy wonders,

And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.

Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. `Also -- bread [is] He able to give? Doth He prepare flesh for His people?'

For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.

He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up.

They gave the dead bodies of Thy servants Food for the fowls of the heavens, The flesh of Thy saints For the wild beast of the earth.

Till when, O Jehovah? art Thou angry for ever? Thy jealousy doth burn as fire.

For [one] hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate.

Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak.

Help us, O God of our salvation, Because of the honour of Thy name, And deliver us, and cover over our sins, For Thy name's sake.

Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Thy might, and come for our salvation.

And the root that Thy right hand planted, And the branch Thou madest strong for Thee,

Let Thy hand be on the man of Thy right hand, On the son of man Thou hast strengthened for Thyself.

For a statute to Israel it [is], An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Rise, O God, judge the earth, For Thou hast inheritance among all the nations!

For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head,

For they consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make,