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Offer to God thanksgiving, And pay your vows to the Most High.

But to the wicked God says: "What right have you to declare My statutes, Or take My covenant in your mouth,

"Now consider this, you who forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, And there be none to deliver:

Whoever offers praise glorifies Me; And to him who orders his conduct aright I will show the salvation of God."

Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions.

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

Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, The God of my salvation, And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.

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

To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation [fn] of David when Doeg the Edomite went and told Saul, and said to him, 'David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.' Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?The goodness of God endures continually.

God shall likewise destroy you forever; He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, And uproot you from the land of the living.Selah

"Here is the man who did not make God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness."

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.

To the Chief Musician. Set to 'Mahalath.' A Contemplation [fn] of David. The fool has said in his heart,"There is no God."They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity;There is none who does good.

God looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call upon God?

There they are in great fear Where no fear was, For God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you; You have put them to shame, Because God has despised them.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back the captivity of His people, Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.

To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. [fn] A Contemplation [fn] of David when the Ziphites went and said to Saul, 'Is David not hiding with us?' Save me, O God, by Your name,And vindicate me by Your strength.

Hear my prayer, O God; Give ear to the words of my mouth.

For strangers have risen up against me, And oppressors have sought after my life; They have not set God before them.Selah