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 \v 3 "Let us tear off the shackles they put on us
 \q2 and throw off their chains."
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 \v 4 He who sits in the heavens will sneer at them;
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 \v 6 "I myself have set my king in place
 \q2 on Zion, my holy mountain."
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 \v 7 I will announce a decree of Yahweh.
 \q2 He said to me, "You are my son!
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 \v 9 You will break them with an iron rod;
 \q2 like a jar of a potter, you will smash them to pieces."
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 \v 2 Many say about me,
 \q2 "There is no deliverance for him from God."
 \qs Selah\qs*
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 \v 4 I lift up my voice to Yahweh,
 \q2 and he answers me from his holy hill.
 \qs Selah\qs*
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 \v 6 I will not be afraid of the multitudes of people
 \q2 who have set themselves against me on every side.
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 \v 7 Rise up, Yahweh! Save me, my God!
 \q2 For you will hit all my enemies on the jaw;
 \q2 you will break the teeth of the wicked.
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 \v 8 Salvation comes from Yahweh.
 \q2 May your blessings be on your people.
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 \v 3 But know that Yahweh has set apart the faithful ones for himself.
 \q2 Yahweh will hear when I call to him.
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 \v 5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness
 \q2 and put your trust in Yahweh.
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 \v 7 You have given my heart more gladness
 \q2 than others have when their grain and new wine abound.
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 \v 8 It is in peace that I will lie down and sleep,
 \q2 for you alone, Yahweh, make me safe and secure.
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 \v 3 Yahweh, in the morning you hear my cry;
 \q2 in the morning I will bring my petition to you and wait expectantly.
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 \v 6 You will destroy liars;
 \q2 Yahweh abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
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 \v 8 Oh Lord, lead me in your righteousness because of my enemies;
 \q2 make your path straight before me.
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 \q2 may their schemes be their downfall!
 \q Drive them out for their many transgressions,
 \q2 for they have rebelled against you.
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 \v 3 My soul also is very troubled.
 \q2 But you, Yahweh—how long will this continue?
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 \v 4 Return, Yahweh! rescue me.
 \q2 Save me because of your covenant faithfulness!
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 \v 5 For in death there is no remembrance of you.
 \q2 In Sheol who will give you thanks?
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 \v 7 My eyes grow dim from grief;
 \q2 they grow weak because of all my adversaries.
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 \q2 let him trample my life to the ground
 \q2 and lay my honor in the dust.
 \qs Selah\qs*
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 \v 11 God is a righteous judge,
 \q2 a God who is indignant each day.
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 \v 16 His own destructive plans return to his own head,
 \q2 for his violence comes down on his own head.
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 \v 2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants you have established praise \f + \ft The copies of the ancient Hebrew text can be read either as \fqa established praise \fqa* or \fqa established strength \fqa* . \f*
 \q2 because of your enemies,
 \q2 so that you might silence both the enemy and the avenger.
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 \v 4 Of what importance is the human race that you notice them,
 \q2 or mankind that you pay attention to them?
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 \v 5 Yet you have made them only a little lower than the heavenly beings
 \q2 and have crowned them with glory and honor.
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 \v 8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
 \q2 everything that passes through the currents of the seas.
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 \v 2 I will be glad and rejoice in you;
 \q2 I will sing praise to your name, Most High!
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 \v 6 The enemy crumbled like ruins
 \q2 when you overthrew their cities.
 \q2 All remembrance of them has perished.
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 \v 10 Those who know your name trust in you,
 \q2 for you, Yahweh, do not abandon those who seek you.
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 \v 12 For the God who avenges bloodshed remembers;
 \q2 he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.
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 \v 14 Oh, that I might proclaim all your praise.
 \q2 In the gates of the daughter of Zion
 \q2 I will rejoice in your salvation!
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 \v 18 For the needy will not always be forgotten,
 \q2 nor will the hope of the oppressed be forever dashed.
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 \v 1 Why, Yahweh, do you stand far off?
 \q2 Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
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 \v 2 Because of their arrogance, wicked people chase the oppressed;
 \q2 but please let the wicked be trapped by their own schemes that they have devised.
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 \v 6 He says in his heart," I will never fail;
 \q2 throughout all generations I will not meet adversity."
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 \v 7 His mouth is full of curses and lies and oppression;
 \q2 under his tongue are mischief and evil.
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 \v 11 He says in his heart, "God has forgotten;
 \q2 he covers his face; he will never see it."
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 \v 12 Arise, Yahweh! Lift up your hand, God!
 \q2 Do not forget the oppressed.
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 \v 15 Break the arm of the wicked and evil man.
 \q2 Make him account for his evil deeds,
 \q2 which he thought you would not discover.
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 \v 16 Yahweh is King forever and ever;
 \q2 the nations are driven out of his land.
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 \v 3 For if the foundations are ruined,
 \q2 what can the righteous do?
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 \v 4 Yahweh is in his holy temple;
 \q2 his eyes watch, his eyes examine the children of mankind.
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 \v 6 He rains burning coals and sulfur upon the wicked;
 \q2 a scorching wind will be their portion from his cup!
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 \v 7 For Yahweh is righteous, and he loves righteousness;
 \q2 the upright will see his face.
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 \v 2 Everyone says empty words to his neighbor;
 \q2 everyone speaks with flattering lips and a double heart.
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 \v 3 Yahweh, cut off all flattering lips,
 \q2 every tongue declaring great things.
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 \v 4 These are those who have said, "With our tongues we will prevail.
 \q2 When our lips speak, who can be master over us?"
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 \v 6 The words of Yahweh are pure words,
 \q2 like silver purified in a furnace on the earth,
 \q2 refined seven times.
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 \v 7 You are Yahweh! You keep them.
 \q2 You preserve the godly people from this wicked generation and forever.
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 \v 2 How long must I worry
 \q2 and have grief in my heart all day?
 \q2 How long will my enemy triumph over me?
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 \v 4 Do not let my enemy say, "I have defeated him,"
 \q2 so that my enemy may not say, "I have prevailed over my adversary"; 
 \q2 otherwise, my enemies will rejoice when I am brought down.
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 \v 1 A fool says in his heart, "There is no God."
 \q2 They are corrupt and have done abominable iniquity;
 \q2 there is no one who does good.
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 \v 3 They have all turned away. Together they have become corrupt.
 \q2 There is no one who does good, no, not one.
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 \v 6 You want to humiliate the poor person
 \q2 even though Yahweh is his refuge.
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 \v 1 Yahweh, who may stay in your tabernacle?
 \q2 Who may live on your holy hill?
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 \v 2 Whoever walks blamelessly, does what is right
 \q2 and speaks truth from his heart.
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 \v 2 I say to Yahweh, "You are my Lord; 
 \q2 my goodness is nothing apart from you.
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 \v 3 As for the holy people who are on the earth, 
 \q2 they are noble people; all my delight is in them.
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 \v 4 Their troubles will be increased, those who seek out other gods. 
 \q2 I will not pour out drink offerings of blood to their gods
 \q2 or lift up their names with my lips.
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 \v 6 Measuring lines have been laid for me in pleasant places; 
 \q2 surely a beautiful inheritance is mine.
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 \v 8 I set Yahweh before me at all times, 
 \q2 so I will not be shaken from his right hand!
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 \v 2 Let my vindication come from your presence; 
 \q2 let your eyes see what is right!
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 \v 5 My steps have held firmly to your tracks; 
 \q2 my feet have not slipped.
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 \v 12 They are like a lion eager for a victim, 
 \q2 like a young lion crouching in hidden places.
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 \q You will fill the bellies of your treasured ones with riches; 
 \q2 they will have many children 
 \q2 and will leave their wealth to their children.
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 \d For the chief musician. A psalm of David, the servant of Yahweh, when he sang to Yahweh the words of this song on the day that Yahweh rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He sang:
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 \v 1 I love you, Yahweh, my strength.
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 \v 2 Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, the one who brings me to safety; 
 \q2 he is my God, my rock; I take refuge in him.
 \q2 He is my shield, the horn of my salvation, and my stronghold.
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 \v 3 I will call on Yahweh who is worthy to be praised, 
 \q2 and I will be saved from my enemies.
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 \v 5 The cords of Sheol surrounded me; 
 \q2 the snares of death trapped me.
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 \q2 the foundations of the world were laid bare
 \q at your rebuke, Yahweh,
 \q2 at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
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 \v 19 He set me free in a wide open place; 
 \q2 he saved me because he was pleased with me.
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 \v 24 Therefore Yahweh has restored me because of my righteousness, 
 \q2 because my hands were clean before his eyes.
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 \v 29 For by you I can run over a barricade; 
 \q2 by my God I can leap over a wall.
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 \v 36 You have made a wide place for my feet beneath me 
 \q2 so that my feet have not slipped.
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 \v 42 I beat them into fine pieces like dust before the wind; 
 \q2 I threw them out like mud in the streets.
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 \q2 foreigners were forced to bow to me.
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 \v 45 The foreigners came trembling out of their strongholds.
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 \v 49 Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations; 
 \q2 I will sing praises to your name!
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 \v 6 The sun rises from the one horizon
 \q2 and crosses the sky to the other;
 \q2 nothing escapes its heat.
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 \q2 enduring forever;
 \q the righteous decrees of Yahweh are true 
 \q2 and altogether right!
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 \v 10 They are of greater value than gold, 
 \q2 even more than much fine gold;
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 \q2 let them not rule over me.
 \q Then I will be perfect,
 \q2 and I will be innocent from many transgressions.
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 \v 14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
 \q2 be acceptable in your sight,
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 \v 5 Then we will rejoice in your victory,
 \q2 and, in the name of our God, we will raise banners.
 \q May Yahweh grant all your petitions.
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 \v 6 Now I know that Yahweh will rescue his anointed one;
 \q2 he will answer him from his holy heaven
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 \v 1 The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh!
 \q2 How greatly he rejoices in the salvation you provide!
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 \v 2 You have given him his heart's desire
 \q2 and have not held back the request of his lips.
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 \v 7 For the king trusts in Yahweh;
 \q2 through the covenant faithfulness of the Most High 
 \q2 he will not be moved.
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 \v 8 Your hand will seize all your enemies;
 \q2 your right hand will seize those who hate you.
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 \v 2 My God, I cry out in the daytime, but you do not answer,
 \q2 and at night I am not silent!
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 \v 5 They cried to you and they were rescued.
 \q2 They trusted in you and were not disappointed.
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 \v 8 They say, "He trusts in Yahweh;
 \q2 let Yahweh rescue him.
 \q2 Let him rescue him, for he delights in him."
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 \v 10 I have been thrown on you from the womb;
 \q2 you are my God since I was in my mother's womb!
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 \v 11 Do not be far away from me, for trouble is near;
 \q2 there is no one to help.
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 \v 12 Many bulls surround me;
 \q2 strong bulls of Bashan surround me.
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 \v 15 My strength has dried up like a piece of pottery;
 \q2 my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
 \q2 You have laid me in the dust of death.
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 \v 18 They divide my garments among themselves,
 \q2 they cast lots for my clothes.
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 \v 19 Do not be far away, Yahweh;
 \q2 please hurry to help me, my strength!
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 \v 21 Save me from the lion's mouth;
 \q2 rescue me from the horns of the wild oxen.
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 \q2 the suffering of the afflicted one;
 \q Yahweh has not hidden his face from him;
 \q2 when the afflicted one cried to him, he heard.
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 \v 25 My praise will be because of you in the great assembly;
 \q2 I will fulfill my vows before those who fear him.
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 \v 26 The oppressed will eat and be satisfied;
 \q2 those who seek Yahweh will praise him.
 \q2 May your hearts live forever.
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 \v 27 All the peoples of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh;
 \q2 all the families of the nations will bow down before you.
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 \v 28 For the kingdom is Yahweh's;
 \q2 he is the ruler over the nations.
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 \v 29 All the prosperous people of the earth will feast and will worship;
 \q2 all those who are descending into the dust will bow before him,
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 \v 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,
 \q2 I will fear no harm, for you are with me;
 \q2 your rod and your staff comfort me.
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 \v 2 For he has founded it upon the seas
 \q2 and established it on the rivers.
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 \v 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart;
 \q2 who has not lifted up a falsehood,
 \q2 and has not sworn an oath in order to deceive.
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 \v 6 Such is the generation of those who seek him,
 \q2 those who seek the face of the God of Jacob.
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 \v 3 May no one who hopes in you be disgraced;
 \q2 may those who act treacherously without cause be ashamed!
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 \q2 or my rebelliousness;
 \q Call me to mind with covenant faithfulness 
 \q2 because of your goodness, Yahweh!
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 \v 11 For your name's sake, Yahweh,
 \q2 pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
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 \v 15 My eyes are always on Yahweh,
 \q2 for he will free my feet from the net.
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 \v 16 Turn toward me and have mercy on me;
 \q2 for I am alone and afflicted.
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 \v 19 See my enemies, for they are many;
 \q2 they hate me with violent hatred.
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 \v 21 May integrity and uprightness preserve me,
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 \v 3 For your covenant faithfulness is before my eyes,
 \q2 and I walk about in your faithfulness.
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 \v 7 to sing a loud song of praise
 \q2 and report all your wonderful deeds.
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 \v 8 Yahweh, I love the house where you live,
 \q2 the place where your glory lives!
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 \v 10 in whose hands there is a plot,
 \q2 and whose right hand is full of bribes.
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 \q2 whom should I fear?
 \q Yahweh is my life's refuge;
 \q2 whom should I dread?
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 \q2 my heart will not fear;
 \q though war rises up against me,
 \q2 even then I will remain confident.
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 \q2 he will hide me in his shelter;
 \q in the cover of his tent he will conceal me.
 \q2 He will lift me high on a rock!
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 \v 6 Then my head will be lifted up above my enemies all around me,
 \q2 and I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent!
 \q2 I will sing and make songs to Yahweh!
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 \v 10 Even if my father and my mother abandon me,
 \q2 Yahweh will take me in.
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 \v 12 Do not give me up to the desires of my enemies,
 \q2 for false witnesses have risen up against me,
 \q2 and they breathe out violence!
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 \q2 when I call for help from you,
 \q when I lift up my hands 
 \q2 toward your most holy place!
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 \q2 and repay them what their wickedness demands;
 \q repay them for the work of their hands 
 \q2 and render to them their due.
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 \v 5 Because they do not understand the deeds of Yahweh 
 \q2 or the work of his hands,
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 \q2 and never rebuild them.
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 \q2 my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.
 \q Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,
 \q2 and I will praise him with singing.
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 \v 8 Yahweh is the strength of his people,
 \q2 and he is the saving refuge of his anointed one.
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 \v 2 Ascribe to Yahweh the glory his name deserves.
 \q2 Bow down to Yahweh in the splendor of holiness!
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 \v 9 The voice of Yahweh causes the oaks to twist
 \q2 and strips the forests bare.
 \q Everyone in his temple says, "Glory!"
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 \v 10 Yahweh sits as king over the flood;
 \q2 Yahweh sits as king forever.
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 \v 3 Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol; 
 \q2 you have kept me alive from going down to the pit.
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 \q2 but his favor is for a lifetime.
 \q Weeping comes for a night, 
 \q2 but joy comes in the morning.
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 \q2 you established me as a strong mountain; 
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 \q2 I was troubled.
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 \v 8 I cried to you, Yahweh, 
 \q2 and sought favor from my Lord!
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 \v 10 Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me! 
 \q2 Yahweh, be my helper.
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 \v 2 Listen to me; rescue me quickly;
 \q2 be my rock of refuge,
 \q2 a stronghold to save me.
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 \v 5 Into your hands I entrust my spirit;
 \q2 you will redeem me, Yahweh, God of trustworthiness.
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 \v 6 I hate those who serve worthless idols,
 \q2 but I trust in Yahweh.
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 \v 8 You have not given me into the hand of my enemy.
 \q2 You have set my feet in a wide open place.
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 \v 9 Have mercy upon me, Yahweh, for I am in distress;
 \q2 my eyes grow weary with grief 
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 \q2 terrifying news from every side
 \q as they plot together against me.
 \q2 They plot to take away my life.
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 \v 18 May lying lips be silenced
 \q2 that speak against the righteous defiantly
 \q2 with arrogance and contempt.
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 \v 20 In the shelter of your presence, you hide them from the plots of men.
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 \q2 "I am cut off from your eyes,"
 \q yet you heard my plea for help
 \q2 when I cried to you.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -1940,6 +2056,7 @@
 \q
 \v 2 Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh reckons no guilt
 \q2 and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -1950,6 +2067,7 @@
 \v 4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me.
 \q2 My strength withered as in summer drought.
 \qs Selah\qs*
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -1958,6 +2076,7 @@
 \q I said, "I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh,"
 \q2 and you forgave the guilt of my sin.
 \qs Selah\qs*
+\b
 \q
 \v 6 For this reason every one of your faithful followers should pray to you 
 \q2 at a time of great distress.
@@ -1970,6 +2089,7 @@
 \q2 you will guard me from trouble.
 \q2 You will surround me with the songs of victory.
 \qs Selah\qs*
+\b
 \q
 \v 8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go.
 \q2 I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
@@ -2001,6 +2121,7 @@
 \q
 \v 3 Sing to him a new song;
 \q2 play skillfully and shout for joy.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2009,6 +2130,7 @@
 \q
 \v 5 He loves righteousness and justice.
 \q2 The earth is full of Yahweh's covenant faithfulness.
+\b
 \q
 \v 6 By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made,
 \q2 and all the stars were made by the breath of his mouth.
@@ -2023,6 +2145,7 @@
 \q
 \v 9 For he spoke, and it was done;
 \q2 he commanded, and it stood in place.
+\b
 
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@@ -2031,6 +2154,7 @@
 \q
 \v 11 The plans of Yahweh stand forever,
 \q2 the plans of his heart for all generations.
+\b
 \q
 \v 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh,
 \q2 the people whom he has chosen as his own inheritance.
@@ -2045,6 +2169,7 @@
 \q
 \v 15 He who shapes the hearts of them all
 \q2 observes all their deeds.
+\b
 
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@@ -2061,6 +2186,7 @@
 \q
 \v 19 to deliver their lives from death
 \q2 and to keep them alive in times of famine.
+\b
 
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@@ -2090,6 +2216,7 @@
 \q
 \v 3 Praise Yahweh with me,
 \q2 let us lift up his name together.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2106,6 +2233,7 @@
 \q
 \v 7 The angel of Yahweh camps around those who fear him
 \q2 and rescues them.
+\b
 \q
 \v 8 Taste and see that Yahweh is good.
 \q2 Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
@@ -2132,6 +2260,7 @@
 \q
 \v 14 Turn away from evil and do good.
 \q2 Seek peace and go after it.
+\b
 
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@@ -2140,6 +2269,7 @@
 \q
 \v 16 The face of Yahweh is against those who do evil,
 \q2 to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
+\b
 \q
 \v 17 The righteous cry out and Yahweh hears
 \q2 and he rescues them from all their troubles.
@@ -2148,12 +2278,14 @@
 \q
 \v 18 Yahweh is close to the brokenhearted,
 \q2 and he saves those who are crushed in spirit.
+\b
 \q
 \v 19 Many are the troubles of the righteous,
 \q2 but Yahweh delivers them out of them all.
 \q
 \v 20 He keeps all his bones,
 \q2 not one of them will be broken.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2178,6 +2310,7 @@
 \q2 against those who chase me;
 \q say to my soul, 
 \q2 "I am your salvation."
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2191,6 +2324,7 @@
 \q
 \v 6 May their way be dark and slippery,
 \q2 as the angel of Yahweh chases them.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2210,6 +2344,7 @@
 \q2 "Yahweh, who is like you,
 \q who rescues the oppressed from those who are too strong for them
 \q2 and the poor and needy from those who try to rob them?"
+\b
 
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@@ -2236,6 +2371,7 @@
 \q
 \v 16 With no respect at all they mocked me;
 \q2 they grind their teeth at me in rage.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2259,6 +2395,7 @@
 \q
 \v 21 They open their mouths wide against me;
 \q2 they said, "Aha, Aha, our eyes have seen it."
+\b
 \q
 \v 22 You have seen it, Yahweh, do not be silent;
 \q2 Lord, do not be far from me.
@@ -2273,6 +2410,7 @@
 \q
 \v 25 Do not let them say in their heart, "Aha, we have what we wanted."
 \q2 Do not let them say, "We have devoured him."
+\b
 \q
 \v 26 May they be put to shame and may they be humiliated who rejoice at my distress.
 \q2 May those who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and dishonor.
@@ -2294,6 +2432,7 @@
 \q
 \v 1 An evil man speaks of his transgression from deep in his heart,
 \q2 there is no fear of God in his eyes.
+\b
 \q
 \v 2 For he comforts himself,
 \q2 thinking that his iniquity will not be discovered and be hated.
@@ -2306,6 +2445,7 @@
 \v 4 While he lies in bed, he plans ways to sin;
 \q2 he sets out on an evil way;
 \q2 he does not reject evil.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2326,6 +2466,7 @@
 \q
 \v 9 For with you is the fountain of life;
 \q2 in your light we will see light.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2348,6 +2489,7 @@
 \q
 \v 2 For they will soon dry up as the grass
 \q2 and wither as the green plants.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2356,6 +2498,7 @@
 \q
 \v 4 Then delight yourself in Yahweh,
 \q2 and he will give you the desires of your heart.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2364,6 +2507,7 @@
 \q
 \v 6 He will display your justice like the daylight
 \q2 and your innocence like the day at noon.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2371,6 +2515,7 @@
 \q2 and wait patiently for him.
 \q Do not be angry if someone succeeds in what he does,
 \q2 or when he makes evil plots.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2379,6 +2524,7 @@
 \q
 \v 9 Evildoers will be cut off,
 \q2 but those who wait for Yahweh will inherit the land.
+\b
 \q
 \v 10 In a little while the evil man will disappear;
 \q2 you will look at his place, but he will be gone.
@@ -2387,12 +2533,14 @@
 \q
 \v 11 But the meek will inherit the land
 \q2 and will delight in great prosperity.
+\b
 \q
 \v 12 The wicked man plots against the righteous
 \q2 and he grinds his teeth in rage against him.
 \q
 \v 13 The Lord laughs at him,
 \q2 for he sees that his day is coming.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2403,6 +2551,7 @@
 \q
 \v 15 Their swords will pierce their own hearts,
 \q2 and their bows will be broken.
+\b
 
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@@ -2411,6 +2560,7 @@
 \q
 \v 17 For the arms of the wicked people will be broken,
 \q2 but Yahweh supports the righteous people.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2419,12 +2569,14 @@
 \q
 \v 19 They will not be ashamed when times are bad.
 \q2 When famine comes, they will have enough to eat.
+\b
 
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 \q
 \v 20 But evil men will perish.
 \q2 Yahweh's enemies will be like the splendor of the pastures;
 \q2 they will be consumed and disappear in the smoke.
+\b
 \q
 \v 21 The wicked person borrows but does not repay,
 \q2 but the righteous person is generous and gives.
@@ -2433,12 +2585,14 @@
 \q
 \v 22 Those who are blessed by God will inherit the land;
 \q2 those who are cursed by him will be cut off.
+\b
 \q
 \v 23 It is by Yahweh that a man's steps are established,
 \q2 the man whose way is commendable in God's sight.
 \q
 \v 24 Though he stumbles, he will not fall down,
 \q2 for Yahweh is holding him with his hand.
+\b
 
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@@ -2448,6 +2602,7 @@
 \q
 \v 26 All the day long he is gracious and lends,
 \q2 and his children become a blessing.
+\b
 \q
 \v 27 Turn away from evil and do what is right;
 \q2 then you will be safe forever.
@@ -2461,6 +2616,7 @@
 \q
 \v 29 The righteous will inherit the land
 \q2 and live there forever.
+\b
 \q
 \v 30 The mouth of the righteous person speaks wisdom
 \q2 and increases justice.
@@ -2469,18 +2625,21 @@
 \q
 \v 31 The law of his God is in his heart;
 \q2 his feet will not slip.
+\b
 \q
 \v 32 The wicked person spies on the righteous person
 \q2 and seeks to kill him.
 \q
 \v 33 Yahweh will not abandon him into the evil person's hand
 \q2 or condemn him when he is judged.
+\b
 
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 \q
 \v 34 Wait for Yahweh and keep his way,
 \q2 and he will raise you up to possess the land.
 \q2 You will see when the wicked are cut off.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2489,6 +2648,7 @@
 \q
 \v 36 But when I passed by again, he was not there.
 \q2 I looked for him, but he could not be found.
+\b
 
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@@ -2497,6 +2657,7 @@
 \q
 \v 38 Rebels will be totally destroyed;
 \q2 the future for the wicked man is cut off.
+\b
 
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@@ -2525,6 +2686,7 @@
 \q
 \v 4 For my iniquities overwhelm me;
 \q2 they are a burden too heavy for me.
+\b
 
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@@ -2541,6 +2703,7 @@
 \q
 \v 8 I am numb and utterly crushed;
 \q2 I groan because of the anguish of my heart.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2558,6 +2721,7 @@
 \v 12 Those who seek my life lay snares for me.
 \q2 They who seek my harm speak destructive words
 \q2 and say deceitful words all day long.
+\b
 
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@@ -2574,6 +2738,7 @@
 \q
 \v 16 I say this so that my enemies will not rejoice over me.
 \q2 If my foot slips, they will do terrible things to me.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2591,6 +2756,7 @@
 \v 20 They repay me evil for good;
 \q2 they hurl accusations at me 
 \q2 although I have pursued what is good.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2620,6 +2786,7 @@
 \q2 when I thought about these things, 
 \q it burned like a fire.
 \q2 Then finally I spoke.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2631,12 +2798,14 @@
 \q2 and my lifetime is like nothing before you.
 \q Surely every man is a single breath.
 \qs Selah\qs*
+\b
 
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 \q
 \v 6 Surely every man walks about like a shadow.
 \q2 Surely everyone hurries about
 \q2 to accumulate riches although they do not know who will receive them.
+\b
 \q
 \v 7 Now, Lord, for what am I waiting?
 \q2 You are my only hope.
@@ -2658,6 +2827,7 @@
 \q2 you consume the things they desire like a moth;
 \q2 surely all people are nothing but vapor.
 \qs Selah\qs*
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2689,6 +2859,7 @@
 \q2 praise to our God.
 \q Many will see it and honor him
 \q2 and will trust in Yahweh.
+\b
 \q
 \v 4 Blessed is the man 
 \q2 who makes Yahweh his trust
@@ -2702,6 +2873,7 @@
 \q2 and your thoughts which are about us cannot be numbered;
 \q if I declared and spoke of them,
 \q2 they would be more than could be counted.
+\b
 \q
 \v 6 You have no delight in sacrifice or offering,
 \q2 but you have opened my ears;
@@ -2714,6 +2886,7 @@
 \q
 \v 8 I delight to do your will, my God;
 \q2 your laws are in my heart."
+\b
 \q
 \v 9 I have proclaimed good news of your righteousness in the great assembly;
 \q2 Yahweh, you know that my lips have not kept back from doing this.
@@ -2724,6 +2897,7 @@
 \q2 I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation;
 \q I have not concealed your covenant faithfulness 
 \q2 or your trustworthiness from the great assembly.
+\b
 \q
 \v 11 Do not keep back your acts of mercy from me, Yahweh;
 \q2 let your covenant faithfulness and your trustworthiness always preserve me.
@@ -2737,6 +2911,7 @@
 \q
 \v 13 Be pleased, Yahweh, to rescue me;
 \q2 hurry to help me, Yahweh.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2754,6 +2929,7 @@
 \q2 and be glad in you;
 \q let everyone who loves your salvation say continually,
 \q2 "May Yahweh be praised."
+\b
 \q
 \v 17 I am poor and needy;
 \q2 yet the Lord thinks about me.
@@ -2774,6 +2950,7 @@
 \q
 \v 3 Yahweh will support him on the bed of suffering;
 \q2 you will make his bed of sickness into a bed of healing.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2787,6 +2964,7 @@
 \q2 he says worthless things;
 \q his heart gathers up wickedness for itself;
 \q2 when he goes away from me, he tells others about it.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2799,6 +2977,7 @@
 \v 9 Indeed, even my own close friend, in whom I trusted,
 \q2 who ate my bread,
 \q2 has lifted up his heel against me.
+\b
 
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@@ -2810,6 +2989,7 @@
 \q
 \v 12 As for me, you support me in my integrity
 \q2 and will keep me before your face forever.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2843,6 +3023,7 @@
 \q2 and led them to the house of God
 \q with the voice of joy and praise, 
 \q2 a multitude celebrating a festival.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2850,6 +3031,7 @@
 \q2 Why are you upset within me?
 \q Hope in God, 
 \q2 for again I will praise him who is my salvation.
+\b
 \q
 \v 6 My God, my soul is bowed down within me,
 \q2 therefore I call you to mind from the land of the Jordan,
@@ -2859,10 +3041,12 @@
 \q
 \v 7 Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls;
 \q2 all your waves and your billows have gone over me.
+\b
 \q
 \v 8 Yet Yahweh will command his covenant faithfulness in the daytime;
 \q2 in the night his song will be with me,
 \q2 a prayer to the God of my life.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2873,6 +3057,7 @@
 \q
 \v 10 As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries rebuke me,
 \q2 while they always say to me, "Where is your God?"
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2905,6 +3090,7 @@
 \q2 to God my exceeding joy.
 \q I will praise you with the harp, 
 \q2 God, my God.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2934,6 +3120,7 @@
 \q2 neither did their own arm save them;
 \q but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face,
 \q2 because you were favorable to them.
+\b
 \q
 \v 4 God, You are my King;
 \q2 command victory for Jacob.
@@ -2955,6 +3142,7 @@
 \v 8 In God we have made our boast all the day long,
 \q2 and we will give thanks to your name forever.
 \qs Selah\qs*
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -2971,6 +3159,7 @@
 \q
 \v 12 You sell your people for nothing;
 \q2 you have not increased your wealth by doing so.
+\b
 \q
 \v 13 You make us a rebuke to our neighbors,
 \q2 scoffed and mocked by those around us.
@@ -2985,6 +3174,7 @@
 \q
 \v 16 because of the voice of him who rebukes and insults,
 \q2 because of the enemy and the avenger.
+\b
 \q
 \v 17 All this has come on us; yet we have not forgotten you
 \q2 or dealt falsely with your covenant.
@@ -2996,6 +3186,7 @@
 \q
 \v 19 Yet you have severely broken us in the place of jackals
 \q2 and covered us with the shadow of death.
+\b
 \q
 \v 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God
 \q2 or spread out our hands to a strange god,
@@ -3005,6 +3196,7 @@
 \q
 \v 22 Indeed, for your sake we are being killed all day long;
 \q2 we are considered to be sheep for the slaughter.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -3013,6 +3205,7 @@
 \q
 \v 24 Why do you hide your face
 \q2 and forget our affliction and our oppression?
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -3030,10 +3223,12 @@
 \v 1 My heart overflows on a good subject;
 \q2 I will read aloud the words I have composed about the king;
 \q2 my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
+\b
 \q
 \v 2 You are fairer than the children of mankind;
 \q2 grace is poured onto your lips;
 \q2 therefore we know that God has blessed you forever.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -3065,6 +3260,7 @@
 \q
 \v 9 Kings' daughters are among your honorable women;
 \q2 at your right hand stands the queen clothed in gold of Ophir.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -3090,11 +3286,13 @@
 \q
 \v 15 They will be led by gladness and rejoicing;
 \q2 they will enter into the king's palace.
+\b
 
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 \v 16 In the place of your fathers will be your children,
 \q2 whom you will make princes in all the earth.
+\b
 \q
 \v 17 I will make your name to be remembered in all generations;
 \q2 therefore the peoples will give you thanks forever and ever.
@@ -3113,6 +3311,7 @@
 \v 3 though its waters roar and rage, and
 \q2 though the mountains tremble with their swelling.
 \qs Selah\qs*
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -3126,10 +3325,12 @@
 \q
 \v 6 The nations raged and the kingdoms were shaken;
 \q2 he lifted up his voice, and the earth melted.
+\b
 \q
 \v 7 Yahweh of hosts is with us;
 \q2 the God of Jacob is our refuge.
 \qs Selah\qs*
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -3145,6 +3346,7 @@
 \v 10 Be quiet and know that I am God;
 \q2 I will be exalted among the nations; 
 \q2 I will be exalted on the earth.
+\b
 \q
 \v 11 Yahweh of hosts is with us;
 \q2 the God of Jacob is our refuge.
@@ -3157,6 +3359,7 @@
 \q
 \v 1 Clap your hands, all you peoples;
 \q2 shout to God with the sound of celebration.
+\b
 \q
 \v 2 For Yahweh Most High is terrifying;
 \q2 he is a great King over all the earth.
@@ -3169,6 +3372,7 @@
 \v 4 He chooses our inheritance for us,
 \q2 the pride of Jacob whom he loved.
 \qs Selah\qs*
+\b
 \q
 \v 5 God has gone up with a shout,
 \q2 Yahweh with the sound of a ram's horn.
@@ -3180,6 +3384,7 @@
 \q
 \v 7 For God is the King over all the earth;
 \q2 sing praises with understanding.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -3198,6 +3403,7 @@
 \q
 \v 1 Great is Yahweh and greatly to be praised,
 \q2 in the city of our God on his holy mountain.
+\b
 \q
 \v 2 Beautiful in elevation, 
 \q2 the joy of the whole earth,
@@ -3205,6 +3411,7 @@
 \q2 the city of the great King.
 \q
 \v 3 God has made himself known in her palaces as a refuge.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -3221,6 +3428,7 @@
 \q
 \v 7 With the east wind
 \q2 you break the ships of Tarshish.
+\b
 \q
 \v 8 As we have heard, 
 \q2 so have we seen
@@ -3229,6 +3437,7 @@
 \q God will establish it 
 \q2 forever.
 \qs Selah\qs*
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -3244,6 +3453,7 @@
 \v 11 Let Mount Zion be glad,
 \q2 let the daughters of Judah rejoice
 \q2 because of your righteous decrees.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -3253,6 +3463,7 @@
 \v 13 notice well her walls,
 \q2 and look at her palaces
 \q2 so that you may tell it to the next generation.
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -3277,6 +3488,7 @@
 \q
 \v 4 I will incline my ear to a parable;
 \q2 I will begin my parable with the harp.
+\b
 \q
 \v 5 Why should I fear the days of evil,
 \q2 when iniquity surrounds me at my heels?
@@ -3306,11 +3518,13 @@
 \v 11 Their inner thought is that their families will continue forever,
 \q2 and the places where they live, to all generations;
 \q2 they call their lands after their own names.
+\b
 
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 \v 12 But man, having wealth, does not remain alive;
 \q2 he is like the wild animals that perish.
+\b
 \q
 \v 13 This, their way, is their folly;
 \q2 yet after them, men approve of their sayings.
@@ -3343,6 +3557,7 @@
 \q
 \v 19 he will go to the generation of his fathers
 \q2 and they will never see the light again.
+\b
 \q
 \v 20 One who has wealth but no understanding
 \q2 is like the animals that perish.
@@ -3377,6 +3592,7 @@
 \v 6 The heavens will declare his righteousness,
 \q2 for God himself is judge.
 \qs Selah\qs*
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -3405,6 +3621,7 @@
 \q
 \v 13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls
 \q2 or drink the blood of goats?
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -3413,6 +3630,7 @@
 \q
 \v 15 Call on me in the day of trouble;
 \q2 I will rescue you, and you will glorify me."
+\b
 
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 \q
@@ -3440,6 +3658,7 @@
 \q2 so you thought that I was someone just like yourself.
 \q But I will reprove you 
 \q2 and bring up, right before your eyes, all the things you have done.
+\b
 \q
 \v 22 Give this careful consideration, you who forget God,
 \q2 otherwise I will tear you to pieces,