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So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, Will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.

Why have you broken down its walls, So that all those who pass by the way pluck it?

So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, That they might walk in their own counsels.

So pursue them with your tempest, Terrify them with your storm.

So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.

They will bear you up in their hands, So that you won't dash your foot against a stone.

So the nations will fear the name of Yahweh; All the kings of the earth your glory.

Who satisfies your desire with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is his lovingkindness toward those who fear him.

As far as the east is from the west, So far has he removed our transgressions from us.

Like a father has compassion on his children, So Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; So he led them through the depths, as through a desert.

Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn't destroy them.

Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, So the plague was stopped.

They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that Moses was troubled for their sakes;

Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, Whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

He makes the storm a calm, So that its waves are still.