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I will say to God, Thou art my helper; why hast thou forgotten me? wherefore do I go sad of countenance, while the enemy oppresses me?

While my bones were breaking, they that afflicted me reproached me; while they said to me daily, Where is thy God?

Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me? hope in God; for I will give thanks to him; he is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Judge me, o God, and plead my cause, against an ungodly nation: deliver me from the unjust and crafty man.

For thou, O God, art my strength: wherefore hast thou cast me off? and why do I go sad of countenance, while the enemy oppresses me?

And I will go in to the altar of God, to God who gladdens my youth: I will give thanks to thee on the harp, O God, my God.

Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me? Hope in God; for I will give thanks to him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, the work which thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old.

Thou art indeed my King and my God, who commandest deliverances for Jacob.

In God will we make our boast all the day, and to thy name will we give thanks for ever. Pause.

If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread out our hands to a strange god; shall not God search these things out?

Thou art more beautiful than the sons of men: grace has been shed forth on thy lips: therefore God has blessed thee for ever.

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness.

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy fellows.

God is our refuge and strength, a help in the afflictions that have come heavily upon us.

The flowings of the river gladden the city of God: the Most High has sanctified his tabernacle.

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her with his countenance.

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our helper. Pause.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our helper.