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Because of my brothers and friends, I will say, "Peace be with you."

Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.

Because of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one.

"This is My resting place forever; I will make My home here because I have desired it.

I will praise You because I have been remarkably and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, and I know this very well.

Free me from prison so that I can praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because You deal generously with me.

Let me experience Your faithful love in the morning, for I trust in You. Reveal to me the way I should go because I long for You.

Because of Your name, Yahweh, let me live. In Your righteousness deliver me from trouble,

because their feet run toward trouble and they hurry to commit murder.

Because they hated knowledge, didn't choose to fear the Lord ,

He will die because there is no discipline, and be lost because of his great stupidity.

The righteousness of the blameless clears his path, but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.

A worker's appetite works for him because his hunger urges him on.

Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler, and whoever staggers because of them is not wise.

The violence of the wicked sweeps them away because they refuse to act justly.

A slacker's craving will kill him because his hands refuse to work.

Don't rob a poor man because he is poor, and don't crush the oppressed at the gate,

Don't gaze at wine because it is red, when it gleams in the cup and goes down smoothly.

Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

I hated all my work that I labored at under the sun because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.