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Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it?

Consider and answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.

Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.

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

Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God; for in thee do I take refuge.

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that give gifts for another god: Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, Nor take their names upon my lips.

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

Jehovah 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.

In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.

For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.

For by thee I run upon a troop; And by my God do I leap over a wall.

As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.

For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,

The God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect?

Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation,

Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples under me.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Jehovah answer thee in the day of trouble; The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high;