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Restore us, Lord, God of Armies;make your face shine on us, so that we may be saved.

Sing for joy to God our strength;shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.

For this is a statute for Israel,an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

There must not be a strange god among you;you must not bow down to a foreign god.

I am the Lord your God,who brought you up from the land of Egypt.Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

God stands in the divine assembly;he pronounces judgment among the gods:

Rise up, God, judge the earth,for all the nations belong to you.

God, do not keep silent.Do not be deaf, God; do not be quiet.

Make them like tumbleweed, my God,like straw before the wind.

I long and yearnfor the courts of the Lord;my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.

Even a sparrow finds a home,and a swallow, a nest for herselfwhere she places her young—near your altars, Lord of Armies,my King and my God.

They go from strength to strength;each appears before God in Zion.

Lord God of Armies, hear my prayer;listen, God of Jacob.Selah

Consider our shield, God;look on the face of your anointed one.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield.The Lord grants favor and honor;he does not withhold the goodfrom those who live with integrity.

Return to us, God of our salvation,and abandon your displeasure with us.

I will listen to what God will say;surely the Lord will declare peaceto his people, his faithful ones,and not let them go back to foolish ways.

Protect my life, for I am faithful.You are my God; save your servant who trusts in you.

For you are great and perform wonders;you alone are God.

I will praise you with all my heart, Lord my God,and will honor your name forever.