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For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;

That the generation to come might know them, The children who would be born, That they may arise and declare them to their children,

The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.

I said, "You are gods, [fn] And all of you are children of the Most High.

Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot.Selah

Remember how short my time is; For what futility have You created all the children of men?

You turn man to destruction, And say, "Return, O children of men."

Let Your work appear to Your servants, And Your glory to their children.

The children of Your servants will continue, And their descendants will be established before You."

He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel.

As a father pities his children, So the LORD pities those who fear Him.

But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting On those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children's children,

O seed of Abraham His servant, You children of Jacob, His chosen ones!

Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!

Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!

Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!

Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!

Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.

Let his children continually be vagabonds, and beg;Let them seek their bread [fn] also from their desolate places.

Let there be none to extend mercy to him, Nor let there be any to favor his fatherless children.