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Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, Therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

ז Zayin. Remember the word unto thy servant, Because thou hast made me to hope.

Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts.

At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee Because of thy righteous ordinances.

They that fear thee shall see me and be glad, Because I have hoped in thy word.

I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.

Streams of water run down mine eyes, Because they observe not thy law.

My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.

I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.

Seven times a day do I praise thee, Because of thy righteous ordinances.

Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;

The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:

And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.

So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.