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Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me well, for even my bones are troubled.

For in death there is no memory of you; in the underworld who will give you praise?

Go from me, all you workers of evil; for the Lord has given ear to the voice of my weeping.

Come up, Lord, in your wrath; be lifted up against my haters; be awake, my God, give orders for the judging.

The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.

I will give praise to the Lord for his righteousness; I will make a song to the name of the Lord Most High.

For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.

For you gave approval to my right and my cause; you were seated in your high place judging in righteousness.

You have said sharp words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have put an end to their name for ever and ever.

You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.

But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.

And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.

When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.

For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than he may see: as for his haters, they are as nothing to him.