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The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted!

A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain,

Within her citadels God has made himself known as a fortress.

As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God, which God will establish forever. Selah

We have thought on your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of your temple.

As your name, O God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness.

that this is God, our God forever and ever. He will guide us forever.

Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life,

But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah

A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the Lord , speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

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

Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest.

The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah

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

Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High,

But to the wicked God says: "What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips?

"Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!

The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!"

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.