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Let the oppressed see it and be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.

For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; and his servants shall dwell there and possess it;

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. Be pleased, O God, to deliver me! O LORD, make haste to help me!

May all who seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee! May those who love thy salvation say evermore, "God is great!"

But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! Thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not tarry!

Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.

and say, "God has forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver him."

O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me!

With the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD I will come, I will praise thy righteousness, thine alone.

O God, from my youth thou hast taught me, and I still proclaim thy wondrous deeds.

So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, till I proclaim thy might to all the generations to come. Thy power

and thy righteousness, O God, reach the high heavens. Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like thee?

I will also praise thee with the harp for thy faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praises to thee with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

A Psalm of Solomon. Give the king thy justice, O God, and thy righteousness to the royal son!

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.

A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to the upright, to those who are pure in heart.

And they say, "How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"

until I went 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 for ever.

But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works.