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

"Offer God a sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High;

But to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to tell of My statutes And to take My covenant in your mouth?

"Now consider this, you who forget God, Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to save you.

"He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who sets his way properly I will show the salvation of God."

Be gracious to me, God, according to Your faithfulness; According to the greatness of Your compassion, wipe out my wrongdoings.

Create in me a clean heart, God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.

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

Why do you boast in evil, you mighty man? The faithfulness of God endures all day long.

But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

"Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge, But trusted in the abundance of his riches And was strong in his evil desire."

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the faithfulness of God forever and ever.

The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice; There is no one who does good.

God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of mankind To see if there is anyone who understands, Who seeks after God.

Have the workers of injustice no knowledge, Who eat up My people like they ate bread, And have not called upon God?

They were in great fear there, where no fear had been; For God scattered the bones of him who encamped against you; You put them to shame, because God had rejected them.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When God restores the fortunes of His people, Jacob shall rejoice, Israel shall be glad.

Save me, God, by Your name, And vindicate me by Your power.

Hear my prayer, God; Listen to the words of my mouth.