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It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.

Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.

Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.

When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.

Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.

They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.

He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.

Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?

Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

…what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.

The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.

He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.

I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them.

I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.

You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.

I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

…if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.

What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?

He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.

For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,

He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.

Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.

Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?

Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.

When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.

A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!

Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.

Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,

Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.

Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.

For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.

They collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.

Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!

Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!

Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!

Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!

Of David. To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;

Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

A Psalm. A song for the dedication of the temple. Of David. I will exalt You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up and have not allowed my foes to rejoice over me.

O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.

How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!

He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.

Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.

Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”

Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.

I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.

“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”

Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.

You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.

Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.

Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.

In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah

Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.

Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.

You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.

Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.

When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah

I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”

…when God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah

Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.

…the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.

Let Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand, on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.

Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.

I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah

For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”

‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah

You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.

…in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.

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

The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.

Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.

Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?

…because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come.

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

He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

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

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

He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.