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For You are my hope; O Lord God , You are my confidence from my youth.

Saying, "God has forsaken him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to deliver."

O God, do not be far from me; O my God, hasten to my help!

I will come with the mighty deeds of the Lord God ; I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.

O God, You have taught me from my youth, And I still declare Your wondrous deeds.

And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to all who are to come.

For Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heavens, You who have done great things; O God, who is like You?

I will also praise You with a harp, Even Your truth, O my God; To You I will sing praises with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

A Psalm of Solomon. Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king's son.

Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who alone works wonders.

A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart!

They say, "How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?"

Until I came into the sanctuary of God; Then I perceived their end.

My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord God my refuge, That I may tell of all Your works.

A Maskil of Asaph. O God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?

They said in their heart, "Let us completely subdue them." They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

How long, O God, will the adversary revile, And the enemy spurn Your name forever?

Yet God is my king from of old, Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth.

Arise, O God, and plead Your own cause; Remember how the foolish man reproaches You all day long.