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Why are you in despair, O my soul? Why have you become restless and disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.

Judge and vindicate me, O God; plead my case against an ungodly nation. O rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man!

For You are the God of my strength [my stronghold—in whom I take refuge]; why have You rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Then I will go to the altar of God, To God, my exceeding joy; With the lyre I will praise You, O God, my God!

Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you restless and disturbed within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him, The help of my [sad] countenance and my God.

We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us The work You did in their days, In the days of old.

You are my King, O God; Command victories and deliverance for Jacob (Israel).

In God we have boasted all the day long, And we will praise and give thanks to Your name forever. Selah.

If we had forgotten the name of our God Or stretched out our hands to a strange god,

Would not God discover this? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

You are fairer than the sons of men; Graciousness is poured upon Your lips; Therefore God has blessed You forever.

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

You have loved righteousness (virtue, morality, justice) and hated wickedness; Therefore God, your God, has anointed You Above Your companions with the oil of jubilation.

God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable], A very present and well-proved help in trouble.

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

God is in the midst of her [His city], she will not be moved; God will help her when the morning dawns.

The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.

"Be still and know (recognize, understand) that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth."

The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.

O clap your hands, all you people; Shout to God with the voice of triumph and songs of joy.