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An inheritance to His servant Israel, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

Who remembered us in our lowliness, For His faithfulness is everlasting,

And has rescued us from our enemies, For His faithfulness is everlasting;

Who gives food to all flesh, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

Give thanks to the God of heaven, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors, jubilation, saying, "Sing for us one of the songs of Zion!"

I will bow down toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your mercy and Your truth; For You have made Your word great according to all Your name.

And they will sing of the ways of the LORD, For great is the glory of the LORD.

For the LORD is exalted, Yet He looks after the lowly, But He knows the haughty from afar.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot comprehend it.

For You created my innermost parts; You wove me in my mother's womb.

Your eyes have seen my formless substance; And in Your book were written All the days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them.

How precious also are Your thoughts for me, God! How vast is the sum of them!

For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain.

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and snares; They have spread a net at the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah

"As for the head of those who surround me, May the harm of their lips cover them.

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the poor.

May the righteous strike me with mercy and discipline me; It is oil for the head; My head shall not refuse it, For my prayer is still against their evil deeds.

Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock, And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.

For my eyes are toward You, GOD, the Lord; In You I take refuge; do not leave me defenseless.