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Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, For they have rebelled against you.

<> Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, But establish the righteous; Their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

My shield is with God, Who saves the upright in heart.

God is a righteous judge, Yes, a God who has indignation every day.

For you have made him a little lower than God, And crowned him with glory and honor.

The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.

The wicked, in the pride of his face, Has no room in his thoughts for God.

He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it."

Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don't forget the helpless.

Why does the wicked condemn God, And say in his heart, "God won't call me into account?"

Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;

< > The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have done abominable works. There is none who does good.

Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, To see if there were any who did understand, Who did seek after God.

There were they in great fear, For God is in the generation of the righteous.

<> Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.

Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god. Their drink-offerings of blood I will not offer, Nor take their names on my lips.

I have called on you, for you will answer me, God: Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.

Yahweh is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.