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Because of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will set them in safety; I will speak to them thereof openly.

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his hope.

because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

because of the enemies of thine hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with thy hidden treasures: they have been satisfied with uncleanness, and have left the remnant of their possessions to their babes.

Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and were shaken, because God was angry with them.

And he brought me out into a wide place: he will deliver me, because he has pleasure in me.

He hoped in the Lord: let him deliver him, let him save him, because he takes pleasure in him.

Teach me, O Lord, in thy way, and guide me in a right path, because of mine enemies.

Because they have not attended to the works of the Lord, even to the works of his hands, thou shalt pull them down, and shalt not build them up.

Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day.

Let all the earth fear the Lord; and let all that dwell in the world be moved because of him.

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, neither be envious of them that do iniquity.

Submit thyself to the Lord, and supplicate him: fret not thyself because of him that prospers in his way, at the man that does unlawful deeds.

And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: and he shall rescue them from sinners, and save them, because they have hoped in him.

For there is no health in my flesh because of thine anger; there is no peace to my bones because of my sins.

My bruises have become noisome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.

They that reward evil for good slandered me; because I followed righteousness.

By this I know that thou hast delighted in me, because mine enemy shall not rejoice over me.

But thou didst help me because of mine innocence, and hast established me before thee for ever.

For they inherited not the land by their own sword, and their own arm did not deliver them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou wert well pleased in them.