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But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.

They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.

But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.

But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—

Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.

So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.

But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.

…but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.

In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.

Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.

Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.

They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;

They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;

…they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell;

…they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell;

…they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats.

…they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats.

The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.

But it is we who will bless the LORD, both now and forevermore. Hallelujah!

All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.

I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.

The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.

The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.

Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.

Their hearts are callous and insensitive, but I delight in Your law.

They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.

The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.

I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.

The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.

The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.

I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.

Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.

Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.

I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.

I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.

But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.

…many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.

I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”

They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;

They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;

…they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.

…but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.

Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

…even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.

The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.

The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”

…but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;

…for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.

The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.

He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.

The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.

But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.

But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”

If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.

But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.

Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.

He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.

The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.

The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.

Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.

When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.

The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.

The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.

The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.

The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.

The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.