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Thou visitest the earth and waterest it, thou greatly enrichest it; the river of God is full of water; thou providest their grain, for so thou hast prepared it.

Say to God, "How terrible are thy deeds! So great is thy power that thy enemies cringe before thee.

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before fire, let the wicked perish before God!

Insults have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; and make their loins tremble continually.

So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, till I proclaim thy might to all the generations to come. Thy power

Thou dost hold my eyelids from closing; I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

so that they should set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments;

He smote the rock so that water gushed out and streams overflowed. Can he also give bread, or provide meat for his people?"

So he made their days vanish like a breath, and their years in terror.

He turned their rivers to blood, so that they could not drink of their streams.

He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

Why then hast thou broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.

so do thou pursue them with thy tempest and terrify them with thy hurricane!

Thou hast caused my companions to shun me; thou hast made me a thing of horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;

so that my hand shall ever abide with him, my arm also shall strengthen him.

So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet unborn may praise the LORD:

who satisfies you with good as long as you live so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.