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So that He may turn a person away from bad conduct, And keep a man from pride;

So that his life loathes bread, And his soul, food that he should crave.

Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him, So that he may see His face with joy, And He will restore His righteousness to that person.

To bring back his soul from the pit, So that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him, And that He would hear the cry of the afflicted—

"So that godless people would not rule, Nor be snares for the people.

"He seals the hand of every person, So that all people may know His work.

So that it would take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked would be shaken off from it?

"Can you raise your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you?

"Can you send flashes of lightning, so that they may go And say to you, 'Here we are'?

"Will you really nullify My judgment? Will you condemn Me so that you may be justified?

So that I may tell of all Your praises, That in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.

To vindicate the orphan and the oppressed, So that mankind, which is of the earth, will no longer cause terror.

He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise; They fell under my feet.

Turn from evil and do good, So that you will dwell forever.

I said, "I will keep watch over my ways So that I do not sin with my tongue; I will keep watch over my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence."

For evils beyond number have surrounded me; My guilty deeds have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart has failed me.

"A wicked thing is poured out upon him, So that when he lies down, he will not get up again."

Consider her ramparts; Go through her palaces, So that you may tell of her to the next generation.