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How long, O God, will the adversary taunt? Will the enemy treat your name with contempt forever?

But God has been my king from long ago, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Rise up, O God, plead your cause; remember the reproaching of you by the foolish all day long.

For the music director, according to Do Not Destroy. A psalm of Asaph. A song. We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, and your name is near. Your wonderful deeds are told.

rather God is the judge; one he brings low, and another he lifts up.

But as for me, I will proclaim forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.

For the music director, with stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song. God is known in Judah. His name is great in Israel.

At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both rider and horse slumber.

when God rose for justice, to save all the afflicted of the land. Selah

Make vows and fulfill them to Yahweh, your God; let all surrounding him bring tribute to the one to be feared.

For the music director, on Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm. I cry out with my voice to God; with my voice to God, that he may hear me.

I remember God and I groan loudly; I meditate and my spirit grows faint.

Has God forgotten to have compassion? Or has he closed off his mercies in anger? Selah

O God, your way is distinctive. Who is a great god like our God?

You are the God who works wonders; you have made known your might among the peoples.

Waters saw you, O God; waters saw you and they trembled. Surely the deeps shook.

that they might set their confidence in God, and not forget the deeds of God, but keep his commandments,

and not be like their ancestors, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not make ready its heart, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

They did not keep the covenant of God and refused to go in his law.

And they tested God in their heart by asking food for their craving.