God

For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, departing from thee.

But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.

O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; Andmount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.

Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.

They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name by casting it to the ground.

They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? Pluck itout of thy bosom and consume them.

Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.

Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.

The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter.

Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.

Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.

Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.

Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.

Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.

We give thanks unto thee, O God; We give thanks, for thy name is near: Men tell of thy wondrous works.

When I shall find the set time, I will judge uprightly.

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have set up the pillars of it. [Selah

I said unto the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly; And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.