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As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God!

But you, O Lord , be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them!

But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.

you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free;

for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.

But you have saved us from our foes and have put to shame those who hate us.

But you have rejected us and disgraced us and have not gone out with our armies.

But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah

But to the wicked God says: "What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips?

These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.

But God will break you down forever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

"See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!"

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.

But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend.

But I call to God, and the Lord will save me.

But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.

They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way, but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah

But you, O Lord , laugh at them; you hold all the nations in derision.

But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.

They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah