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Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.

Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules.

I hope for your salvation, O Lord , and I do your commandments.

I keep your precepts and testimonies, for all my ways are before you.

My lips will pour forth praise, for you teach me your statutes.

My tongue will sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.

Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.

I long for your salvation, O Lord , and your law is my delight.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.

I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war!

to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord , as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord .

There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! "May they be secure who love you!

For my brothers and companions' sake I will say, "Peace be within you!"

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.

Have mercy upon us, O Lord , have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt.

For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wrong.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, "The Lord has done great things for them."

The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad.

He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.