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

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

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

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

May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.

Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.

They are upheld forever and ever, enacted in truth and uprightness.

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.

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

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.

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

They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.

They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.

Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.

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

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.

Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.

Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.

Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.

I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.

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

A song of ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

…when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—let Israel now declare—

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

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

The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

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.

Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”

All the kings of the earth will give You thanks, O LORD, when they hear the words of Your mouth.

They will sing of the ways of the LORD, for the glory of the LORD is great.

If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.

They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah

May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.

When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.

Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.

Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.

Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness.

They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.

They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might,

He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.

He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!

Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.

For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,

For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.

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

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.

For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

…for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.

They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

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

For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.

When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

…that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.

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

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.

The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.

A wise man scales the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.

…for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.

“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”

“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”

For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?

For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?

When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.

Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:

The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;

…the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;

…the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;

…lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.

When it snows, she has no fear for her household, for they are all clothed in scarlet.

All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.