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May those shout for joy and rejoice, who take delight in my vindication; And may they say continually, "The LORD be exalted, Who delights in the prosperity of His servant."

They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; And You allow them to drink from the river of Your delights.

Those who do injustice have fallen there; They have been thrust down and cannot rise.

For they will wither quickly like the grass, And decay like the green plants.

They will not be ashamed in the time of evil, And in the days of famine they will have plenty.

But the wicked will perish; And the enemies of the LORD will be like the glory of the pastures, They vanish—like smoke they vanish away.

For the LORD loves justice And does not abandon His godly ones; They are protected forever, But the descendants of the wicked will be eliminated.

The LORD helps them and rescues them; He rescues them from the wicked and saves them, Because they take refuge in Him.

Those who seek my life lay snares for me; And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction, And they plot deception all day long.

And those who repay evil for good, They become my enemies, because I follow what is good.

"Certainly every person walks around as a fleeting shadow; They certainly make an uproar for nothing; He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

Many, LORD my God, are the wonders which You have done, And Your thoughts toward us; There is no one to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, They would be too numerous to count.

For evils beyond number have surrounded me; My guilty deeds 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.

My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

Send out Your light and Your truth, they shall lead me; They shall bring me to Your holy hill And to Your dwelling places.

For by their own sword they did not possess the land, And their own arm did not save them, But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence, For You favored them.

They will be brought with joy and rejoicing; They will enter into the King's palace.

Their inner thought is that their houses are forever And their dwelling places to all generations; They have named their lands after their own names.

Like sheep they sink down to Sheol; Death will be their shepherd; And the upright will rule over them in the morning, And their form shall be for Sheol to consume So that they have no lofty home.

The righteous will see and fear, And they will laugh at him, saying,