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Surely a man cannot redeem a brother. He cannot give to God his ransom

Surely God will ransom my life from the power of Sheol, because he will receive me. Selah

A psalm of Asaph. The Supreme God, God, Yahweh, has spoken and summoned the earth, from the rising of the sun to its setting.

From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.

Our God comes and he is not silent. Before him fire devours, and around him it is very tempestuous.

And the heavens declare his righteousness, because God himself is judge. Selah

"Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you. I am God, your God.

Offer to God a thank offering and pay your vows to the Most High.

But to the wicked God says, "What right have you to recite my statutes and mention my covenant with your mouth,

Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there will be none to deliver.

He who sacrifices a thank offering honors me, and he who orders his way; I will show him the salvation of God."

For the music director. A psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Be gracious to me, O God, according to your loyal love. According to your abundant mercies, blot out my transgressions.

Create a clean heart for me, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation; then my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

For the music director. A maskil of David. When Doeg the Edomite came and informed Saul. And he said to him, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech." Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The loyal love of God endures continually.

but God will pull you down forever. He will snatch you and tear you away from your tent, and he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

"Look, the man who would not make God his refuge, but he trusted in the greatness of his wealth; he took refuge in his destructiveness."

But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God. I trust the loyal love of God forever and ever.

For the music director, according to Mahalath. A maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt and they have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.