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"So I say, 'Listen to me, I too will tell what I think.'

So that his life loathes bread, And his soul favorite food.

"If He should determine to do so, If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath,

So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him, And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted—

So that godless men would not rule Nor be snares of the people.

So Job opens his mouth emptily; He multiplies words without knowledge."

"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you?

"No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him; Who then is he that can stand before Me?

"One is so near to another That no air can come between them.

The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.

To vindicate the orphan and the oppressed, So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror.

He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise; They fell under my feet.

Depart from evil and do good, So you will abide forever.

For evils beyond number have surrounded me; My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart has failed me.

For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, O God.

As we have heard, so have we seen In the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God; God will establish her forever. Selah.

As is Your name, O God, So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.

As sheep they are appointed for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall rule over them in the morning, And their form shall be for Sheol to consume So that they have no habitation.

Against You, You only, I have sinned And done what is evil in Your sight, So that You are justified when You speak And blameless when You judge.