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Yet God is my King from long ago, Who performs acts of salvation in the midst of the earth.

So that the generation to come would know, the children yet to be born, That they would arise and tell them to their children,

The sons of Ephraim were archers equipped with bows, Yet they turned back on the day of battle.

Yet they still continued to sin against Him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

Yet He commanded the clouds above And opened the doors of heaven;

Yet before they had abandoned their longing, While their food was in their mouths,

Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies,

As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is only trouble and tragedy; For it quickly passes, and we disappear.

LORD our God, You answered them; You were a forgiving God to them, And yet an avenger of their evil deeds.

This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the LORD:

The arrogant utterly deride me, Yet I do not turn aside from Your Law.

My life is continually in my hand, Yet I do not forget Your Law.

The wicked have set a trap for me, Yet I have not wandered from Your precepts.

I am small and despised, Yet I do not forget Your precepts.

Trouble and anguish have come upon me, Yet Your commandments are my delight.

Many are my persecutors and my enemies, Yet I do not turn aside from Your testimonies.

"Many times they have attacked me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me.

For the LORD is exalted, Yet He looks after the lowly, But He knows the haughty from afar.

Your eyes have seen my formless substance; And in Your book were written All the days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them.

Though He scoffs at the scoffers, Yet He gives grace to the needy.