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O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love.

To the choirmaster: according to Shushan Eduth. A Miktam of David; for instruction; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; oh, restore us.

God has spoken in his holiness: "With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth.

Have you not rejected us, O God? You do not go forth, O God, with our armies.

With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. Of David. Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer;

For you, O God, have heard my vows; you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.

May he be enthroned forever before God; appoint steadfast love and faithfulness to watch over him!

To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.

For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.

On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.

Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah

Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God,

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall exult, for the mouths of liars will be stopped.

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

But God shoots his arrow at them; they are wounded suddenly.

Then all mankind fears; they tell what God has brought about and ponder what he has done.

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song. Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion, and to you shall vows be performed.

By awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas;