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For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.

Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.

But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.

I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.

And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.

The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!

For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.

Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.

For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.

The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.

Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me!

May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”

But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.

In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.

In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.

Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.

Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.

For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.

I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.

I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.

My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long.

saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”

Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.

But I will always hope and will praise You more and more.

My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.