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a heritage to Israel his servant, for his steadfast love endures forever.

It is he who remembered us in our low estate, for his steadfast love endures forever;

and rescued us from our foes, for his steadfast love endures forever;

he who gives food to all flesh, for his steadfast love endures forever.

Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever.

For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"

I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.

All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O Lord , for they have heard the words of your mouth,

and they shall sing of the ways of the Lord , for great is the glory of the Lord .

For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.

The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord , endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.

even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net; beside the way they have set snares for me. Selah

I say to the Lord , You are my God; give ear to the voice of my pleas for mercy, O Lord !

As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will execute justice for the needy.