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

Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.

I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

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

Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?

Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.

The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.

That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, 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.

Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

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

Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: