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To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph: a Song. In Judah is God known, his name is great in Israel;

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

When God rose up to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

Vow and pay unto Jehovah your God: let all that are round about him bring presents unto him that is to be feared.

To the chief Musician. On Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm. My voice is unto God, and I will cry; my voice is unto God, and he will give ear unto me.

I remembered God, and I moaned; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

Hath God forgotten to be gracious? or hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

O God, thy way is in the sanctuary: who is so great a god as God?

Thou art the God that doest wonders; thou hast declared thy strength among the peoples.

The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they trembled, yea, the depths were troubled:

And that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but observe his commandments;

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that prepared not their heart, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

And they tempted God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;

And they spoke against God: they said, Is God able to prepare a table in the wilderness?

Because they believed not in God, and confided not in his salvation;

When the anger of God went up against them; and he slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after God;

And they remembered that God was their rock, and God, the Most High, their redeemer.

And they turned again and tempted God, and grieved the Holy One of Israel.