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The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

But I, when they were sick— I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest.

But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against me; wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing;

For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they devise words of deceit.

For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.

But the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace.

but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming.

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.

But the wicked will perish; the enemies of the Lord are like the glory of the pastures; they vanish—like smoke they vanish away.

The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;

for those blessed by the Lord shall inherit the land, but those cursed by him shall be cut off.

For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

But he passed away, and behold, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found.

But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear, like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

But for you, O Lord , do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.

But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.

In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.

But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, "Great is the Lord !"