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My enemies ^(C1)have taunted me all day long; Those who ^(F1)(C2)deride me ^(F2)have used my name as a ^(C3)curse.

For I have eaten ashes like bread, And ^(C1)mixed my drink with weeping

^(C1)Because of Your indignation and Your wrath; For You have ^(C2)lifted me up and thrown me away.

My days are like a ^(F1)(C1)lengthened shadow, And ^(F2)I ^(C2)wither away like ^(F3)grass.

But You, LORD, ^(F1)(C1)remain forever, And Your ^(F2)(C2)name remains to all generations.

You will ^(C1)arise and have ^(C2)compassion on Zion; For ^(C3)it is time to be gracious to her, For the ^(C4)appointed time has come.

Surely Your servants ^(F1)take pleasure in her stones, And feel pity for her dust.

^(F1)So the ^(F2)(C1)nations will fear the name of the LORD, And ^(C2)all the kings of the earth, Your glory.

For the LORD has ^(C1)built up Zion; He has ^(C2)appeared in His glory.

He has ^(C1)turned His attention to the prayer of the ^(F1)destitute And has not despised their prayer.

^(F1)This will be ^(C1)written for the ^(C2)generation to come, ^(F2)That ^(C3)a people yet to be created ^(F3)may praise ^(F4)the LORD:

For He ^(C1)looked down from His holy height; ^(C2)From heaven the LORD looked ^(F1)upon the earth,

To hear the ^(C1)groaning of the prisoner, To ^(C2)set free ^(F1)those who were doomed to death,

So that people may ^(C1)tell of the name of the LORD in Zion, And His praise in Jerusalem,

When ^(C1)the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

He has broken my strength in the way; He has ^(C1)shortened my days.

I say, "My God, ^(C1)do not take me away in the middle of my days, Your ^(C2)years are ^(F1)throughout all generations.

-"In time of old You ^(C1)founded the earth, And the ^(C2)heavens are the work of Your hands.

-"^(F1)Even they will ^(C1)perish, but You endure; All of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will pass away.

-"But You are ^(F1)(C1)the same, And Your years will not come to an end.

-"The ^(C1)children of Your servants will continue, And their ^(F1)(C2)descendants will be established before You."

^(C1)Bless the LORD, my soul, And all that is within me, bless His ^(C2)holy name.

Bless the LORD, my soul, And ^(C1)do not forget any of His benefits;

Who ^(C1)pardons all your guilt, Who ^(C2)heals all your diseases;

Who ^(C1)redeems your life from the pit, Who ^(C2)crowns you with favor and compassion;

Who ^(C1)satisfies your ^(F1)years with good things, So that your youth is ^(C2)renewed like the eagle.

The LORD ^(C1)performs ^(F1)righteous deeds And judgments for all who are ^(C2)oppressed.

He ^(C1)made known His ways to Moses, His ^(C2)deeds to the sons of Israel.

The LORD is ^(C1)compassionate and gracious, ^(C2)Slow to anger and abounding in mercy.

He ^(C1)will not always contend with us, Nor will He ^(C2)keep His anger forever.

He has ^(C1)not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor rewarded us according to our guilty deeds.

For as high ^(C1)as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who ^(F1)fear Him.

As far as the east is from the west, So far has He ^(C1)removed our wrongdoings from us.

Just ^(C1)as a father has compassion on his children, So the LORD has compassion on those who ^(F1)fear Him.

For ^(C1)He Himself knows ^(F1)our form; He ^(C2)is mindful that we are nothing but ^(C3)dust.

As for man, his days are ^(C1)like grass; Like a ^(C2)flower of the field, so he flourishes.

When the ^(C1)wind has passed over it, it is no more, And its ^(C2)place no longer knows about it.

But the ^(F1)(C1)mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting for those who ^(F2)fear Him, And His justice ^(C2)to the children's children,

To ^(C1)those who keep His covenant And remember His precepts, so as to do them.

The LORD has established His ^(C1)throne in the heavens, And His ^(F1)(C2)sovereignty rules over ^(F2)all.

Bless the LORD, you ^(C1)His angels, ^(C2)Mighty in strength, who ^(C3)perform His word, ^(C4)Obeying the voice of His word!

Bless the LORD, all you ^(C1)His ^(F1)angels, You ^(C2)who serve Him, doing His will.

Bless the LORD, ^(C1)all you works of His, In all places of His dominion; Bless the LORD, my soul!

^(C1)Bless the LORD, my soul! LORD my God, You are very great; You are ^(C2)clothed with splendor and majesty,

Covering Yourself with ^(C1)light as with a cloak, ^(C2)Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.

^(F1)He ^(C1)lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; ^(F1)He makes the ^(C2)clouds His chariot; ^(F1)He walks on the ^(C3)wings of the wind;

^(F1)He makes ^(F2)(C1)the winds His messengers, ^(F3)Flaming ^(C2)fire His ministers.