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Will evildoers never understand?They consume my people as they consume bread;they do not call on God.

Then they will be filled with dread—dread like no other—because God will scatterthe bones of those who besiege you.You will put them to shame,for God has rejected them.

Oh, that Israel’s deliverance would come from Zion!When God restores the fortunes of his people,let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

God, save me by your name,and vindicate me by your might!

God, hear my prayer;listen to the words from my mouth.

For strangers rise up against me,and violent men intend to kill me.They do not let God guide them.Selah

God is my helper;the Lord is the sustainer of my life.

God, listen to my prayerand do not hide from my plea for help.

We used to have close fellowship;we walked with the crowd into the house of God.

But I call to God,and the Lord will save me.

God, the one enthroned from long ago,will hear and will humiliate themSelahbecause they do not changeand do not fear God.

God, you will bring them downto the Pit of destruction;men of bloodshed and treacherywill not live out half their days.But I will trust in you.

Be gracious to me, God, for a man is trampling me;he fights and oppresses me all day long.

In God, whose word I praise,in God I trust; I will not be afraid.What can mere mortals do to me?

Will they escape in spite of such sin?God, bring down the nations in wrath.

Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call.This I know: God is for me.

In God, whose word I praise,in the Lord, whose word I praise,

in God I trust; I will not be afraid.What can mere humans do to me?

I am obligated by vows to you, God;I will make my thank offerings to you.

For you rescued me from death,even my feet from stumbling,to walk before God in the light of life.