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giving him respite from days of trouble, till a pit is dug for the wicked!

For ADONAI will not desert his people, he will not abandon his heritage.

If ADONAI hadn't helped me, I would soon have dwelt in the land of silence.

When I said, "My foot is slipping!"your grace, ADONAI, supported me.

When my cares within me are many, your comforts cheer me up.

Can unjust judges be allied with you, those producing wrong in the name of law?

But ADONAI has become my stronghold, my God is my rock of refuge.

But he repays them as their guilt deserves; he will cut them off with their own evil; ADONAI our God will cut them off.

Come, let's sing to ADONAI! Let's shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation!

Let's come into his presence with thanksgiving; let's shout for joy to him with songs of praise.

For ADONAI is a great God, a great king greater than all gods.

He holds the depths of the earth in his hands; the mountain peaks too belong to him.

The sea is his - he made it -and his hands shaped the dry land.

Come, let's bow down and worship; let's kneel before ADONAI who made us.

For he is our God, and we are the people in his pasture, the sheep in his care. If only today you would listen to his voice:

when your fathers put me to the test; they challenged me, even though they saw my work.

For forty years I loathed that generation; I said, 'This is a people whose hearts go astray, they don't understand how I do things.'

Therefore I swore in my anger that they would not enter my rest."

Sing to ADONAI a new song! Sing to ADONAI, all the earth!

Sing to ADONAI, bless his name! Proclaim his victory day after day!

Declare his glory among the nations, his wonders among all peoples!

For ADONAI is great, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared more than all gods.

For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but ADONAI made the heavens.

In his presence are honor and majesty; in his sanctuary, strength and splendor.

Give ADONAI his due, you families from the peoples; give ADONAI his due of glory and strength;