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Just and kind is our Lord in His judgments for ever, And Israel shall praise the name of the Lord in gladness.

Just and kind is our Lord in His judgments for ever, And Israel shall praise the name of the Lord in gladness.

And the pious shall give thanks in the assembly of the people; And on the poor shall God have mercy in the gladness () of Israel;

And the pious shall give thanks in the assembly of the people; And on the poor shall God have mercy in the gladness () of Israel;

For good and merciful is God for ever, And the assemblies of Israel shall glorify the name of the Lord. The salvation of the Lord be upon the house of Israel unto everlasting gladness!

For good and merciful is God for ever, And the assemblies of Israel shall glorify the name of the Lord. The salvation of the Lord be upon the house of Israel unto everlasting gladness!

Stand on the height, O Jerusalem, and behold thy children, From the East and the West, gathered together by the Lord;

Stand on the height, O Jerusalem, and behold thy children, From the East and the West, gathered together by the Lord;

Put on, O Jerusalem, thy glorious garments; Make ready thy holy robe; For God hath spoken good concerning Israel, for ever and ever.

Let the Lord do what He hath spoken concerning Israel and Jerusalem; Let the Lord raise up Israel by His glorious name. The mercy of the Lord be upon Israel for ever and ever.

Let the Lord do what He hath spoken concerning Israel and Jerusalem; Let the Lord raise up Israel by His glorious name. The mercy of the Lord be upon Israel for ever and ever.

O Lord, deliver my soul from (the) lawless and wicked man, From the tongue that is lawless and slanderous, and speaketh lies and deceit.

O Lord, deliver my soul from (the) lawless and wicked man, From the tongue that is lawless and slanderous, and speaketh lies and deceit.

O Lord, deliver my soul from (the) lawless and wicked man, From the tongue that is lawless and slanderous, and speaketh lies and deceit.

O Lord, deliver my soul from (the) lawless and wicked man, From the tongue that is lawless and slanderous, and speaketh lies and deceit.

To involve households in warfare by means of slanderous lips. May God remove far from the innocent the lips of transgressors by (bringing them to) want And may the bones of slanderers be scattered (far) away from them that fear the Lord!

May the Lord preserve the quiet soul that hateth the unrighteous; And may the Lord establish the man that followeth peace at home.

The salvation of the Lord be upon Israel His servant for ever; And let the sinners perish together at the presence of the Lord; But let the Lord's pious ones inherit the promises of the Lord.

The arm of the Lord hath saved us from the sword that passed through, From famine and the death of sinners.

Noisome beasts ran upon them: With their teeth they tore their flesh, And with their molars crushed their bones. But from all these things the Lord delivered us,

For terrible is the overthrow of the sinner; But not one of all these things toucheth the righteous. For not alike are the chastening of the righteous (for sins done) in ignorance, And the overthrow of the sinners

For He correcteth the righteous as a beloved son, And his chastisement is as that of a firstborn.

For the Lord spareth His pious ones, And blotteth out their errors by His chastening. For the life of the righteous shall be for ever;

But sinners shall be taken away into destruction, And their memorial shall be found no more.

But upon the pious is the mercy of the Lord, And upon them that fear Him His mercy.

Their planting is rooted for ever; They shall not be plucked up all the days of heaven: For the portion and the inheritance of God is Israel.

But not so are the sinners and transgressors, Who love (the brief) day (spent) in companionship with their sin; Their delight is in fleeting corruption,

And they remember not God. For the ways of men are known before Him at all times, And He knoweth the secrets of the heart before they come to pass.

And they remember not God. For the ways of men are known before Him at all times, And He knoweth the secrets of the heart before they come to pass.

Therefore their inheritance is Sheol and darkness and destruction, And they shall not be found in the day when the righteous obtain mercy;

Therefore their inheritance is Sheol and darkness and destruction, And they shall not be found in the day when the righteous obtain mercy;

Therefore their inheritance is Sheol and darkness and destruction, And they shall not be found in the day when the righteous obtain mercy;

When I was in distress I called upon the name of the Lord, I hoped for the help of the God of Jacob and was saved;

For the hope and refuge of the poor art Thou, O God.

And wherein is a man powerful except in giving thanks to Thy name

A new psalm with song in gladness of heart, The fruit of the lips with the well-tuned instrument of the tongue, The firstfruits of the lips from a pious and righteous heart—

He that offereth these things shall never be shaken by evil; The flame of fire and the wrath against the unrighteous shall not touch him,

For the mark of God is upon the righteous that they may be saved. Famine and sword and pestilence (shall be) far from the righteous,

For the mark of God is upon the righteous that they may be saved. Famine and sword and pestilence (shall be) far from the righteous,

For they shall flee away from the pious as men pursued in war; But they shall pursue sinners and overtake (them), And they that do lawlessness shall not escape the judgment of God; As by enemies experienced (in war) shall they be overtaken,

For they shall flee away from the pious as men pursued in war; But they shall pursue sinners and overtake (them), And they that do lawlessness shall not escape the judgment of God; As by enemies experienced (in war) shall they be overtaken,

And the inheritance of sinners is destruction and darkness, And their iniquities shall pursue them unto Sheol beneath.

And the inheritance of sinners is destruction and darkness, And their iniquities shall pursue them unto Sheol beneath.

And the inheritance of sinners is destruction and darkness, And their iniquities shall pursue them unto Sheol beneath.

For sins shall lay waste the houses of sinners. And sinners shall perish for ever in the day of the Lord's judgment,

But they that fear the Lord shall find mercy therein, And shall live by the compassion of their God; But sinners shall perish for ever.

He pricked me, as a horse is pricked, that I might serve Him, My savior and helper at all times saved me.

I will give thanks unto Thee, O God, for Thou hast helped me to (my) salvation; And hast not counted me with sinners to (my) destruction.

Rule me, O God, (keeping me back) from wicked sin, And from every wicked woman that causeth the simple to stumble.

And let not the beauty of a lawless woman beguile me, Nor any one that is subject to () unprofitable sin.

Establish the works of my hands before Thee, And preserve my goings in the remembrance of Thee.

Protect my tongue and my lips with words of truth; Anger and unreasoning wrath put far from me.

Protect my tongue and my lips with words of truth; Anger and unreasoning wrath put far from me.

Murmuring, and impatience in affliction, remove far from me, When, if I sin, Thou chastenest me that I may return (unto Thee).

But with goodwill and cheerfulness support my soul; When Thou strengthenest my soul, what is given (to me) will be sufficient for me.

When a man is rebuked by means of his corruption, Thy testing (of him) is in his flesh and in the affliction of poverty.

O Lord, Thou art our King for ever and ever, For in Thee, O God, doth our soul glory.

And the kingdom of our God is for ever over the nations in judgment.

Thou, O Lord, didst choose David (to be) king over Israel, And swaredst to him touching his seed that never should his kingdom fail before Thee.

But, for our sins, sinners rose up against us; They assailed us and thrust us out; What Thou hadst not promised to them, they took away (from us) with violence.

They laid waste the throne of David in tumultuous arrogance. But Thou, O God, didst cast them down and remove their seed from the earth,

God showed them no pity; He sought out their seed and let not one of them go free.

The lawless one laid waste our land so that none inhabited it, They destroyed young and old and their children together.

The lawless one laid waste our land so that none inhabited it, They destroyed young and old and their children together.

In the heat of His anger He sent them away even unto the west, And (He exposed) the rulers of the land unsparingly to derision.

Being an alien the enemy acted proudly, And his heart was alien from our God.

And all things [whatsoever he did in] Jerusalem, As also the nations [in the cities to their gods.]

And the children of the covenant in the midst of the mingled peoples [surpassed them in evil.] There was not among them one that wrought in the midst of Jerusalem mercy and truth.

And the children of the covenant in the midst of the mingled peoples [surpassed them in evil.] There was not among them one that wrought in the midst of Jerusalem mercy and truth.

They wandered in deserts that their lives might be saved from harm, And precious in the eyes of them that lived abroad was any that escaped alive from them.

For the heavens withheld the rain from dropping upon the earth, Springs were stopped (that sprang) perennial(ly) out of the deeps, (that ran down) from lofty mountains. For there was none among them that wrought righteousness and justice; From the chief of them to the least (of them) all were sinful;

The king was a transgressor, and the judge disobedient, and the people sinful.

The king was a transgressor, and the judge disobedient, and the people sinful.

Behold, O Lord, and raise up unto them their king, the son of David, At the time in the which Thou seest, O God, that he may reign over Israel Thy servant

And gird him with strength, that he may shatter unrighteous rulers,

And that he may purge Jerusalem from nations that trample (her) down to destruction. Wisely, righteously

He shall destroy the godless nations with the word of his mouth; At his rebuke nations shall flee before him, And he shall reprove sinners for the thoughts of their heart.

And he shall gather together a holy people, whom he shall lead in righteousness, And he shall judge the tribes of the people that has been sanctified by the Lord his God.

And he shall gather together a holy people, whom he shall lead in righteousness, And he shall judge the tribes of the people that has been sanctified by the Lord his God.

And he shall not suffer unrighteousness to lodge any more in their midst, Nor shall there dwell with them any man that knoweth wickedness,

For he shall know them, that they are all sons of their God. And he shaIl divide them according to their tribes upon the land,

And neither sojourner nor alien shall sojourn with them any more. He shall judge peoples and nations in the wisdom of his righteousness. Selah.

And neither sojourner nor alien shall sojourn with them any more. He shall judge peoples and nations in the wisdom of his righteousness. Selah.

And he shall have the heathen nations to serve him under his yoke; And he shall glorify the Lord in a place to be seen of () all the earth;

And he shall have the heathen nations to serve him under his yoke; And he shall glorify the Lord in a place to be seen of () all the earth;

And he shall purge Jerusalem, making it holy as of old:

And to see the glory of the Lord, wherewith God hath glorified her. And he (shall be) a righteous king, taught of God, over them,

And to see the glory of the Lord, wherewith God hath glorified her. And he (shall be) a righteous king, taught of God, over them,

And there shall be no unrighteousness in his days in their midst, For all shall be holy and their king the anointed of the Lord.

And there shall be no unrighteousness in his days in their midst, For all shall be holy and their king the anointed of the Lord.

For he shall not put his trust in horse and rider and bow, Nor shall he multiply for himself gold and silver for war, Nor shall he gather confidence from () a multitude () for the day of battle.

For he shall not put his trust in horse and rider and bow, Nor shall he multiply for himself gold and silver for war, Nor shall he gather confidence from () a multitude () for the day of battle.

For he shall not put his trust in horse and rider and bow, Nor shall he multiply for himself gold and silver for war, Nor shall he gather confidence from () a multitude () for the day of battle.

He will bless the people of the Lord with wisdom and gladness,

And he himself (will be) pure from sin, so that he may rule a great people. He will rebuke rulers, and remove sinners by the might of his word;

And he himself (will be) pure from sin, so that he may rule a great people. He will rebuke rulers, and remove sinners by the might of his word;

And (relying) upon his God, throughout his days he will not stumble; For God will make him mighty by means of (His) holy spirit, And wise by means of the spirit of understanding, with strength and righteousness.

And (relying) upon his God, throughout his days he will not stumble; For God will make him mighty by means of (His) holy spirit, And wise by means of the spirit of understanding, with strength and righteousness.

And (relying) upon his God, throughout his days he will not stumble; For God will make him mighty by means of (His) holy spirit, And wise by means of the spirit of understanding, with strength and righteousness.

And the blessing of the Lord (will be) with him: he will be strong and stumble not;