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May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! When the fate of his people is changed by God, Jacob will have joy, and Israel will be glad.

Let your name be my salvation, O God; let my cause be judged by your strength.

Let my prayer come before you, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.

For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)

See, God is my helper: the Lord is the great supporter of my soul.

Give hearing to my prayer, O God; and let not your ear be shut against my request.

We had loving talk together, and went to the house of God in company.

As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour.

God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.

But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.

Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel attacks against me.

In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.

By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.

When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me.

In God will I give praise to his word; in the Lord will I give praise to his word.

In God have I put my hope, I will have no fear of what man may do to me.

I keep the memory of my debt to you, O God; I will give you the offerings of praise.

Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

I will send up my cry to the Most High God; to God who does all things for me.