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They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.

They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.

…if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,

You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

…that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.

Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,

In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,

They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.

They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.

They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.

They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.

They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.

They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”

The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

…where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.

For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”

For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”

So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”

Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.

He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.

My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.

All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.

…that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,

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.

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.

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.

At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—

You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.

You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.

He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.

They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.

The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.

The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.

When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.

When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.

When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.

He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.

When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

…they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,

They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words.

They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.

Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.

They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,

…that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!

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.

Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,

They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.

They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.

They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.

For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.

They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

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

They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

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

They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.

He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.

…because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.

They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.

They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.

They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.

They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.

He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.

They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.

He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.

When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

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

They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.