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But You have saved us from our adversaries,And You have put to shame those who hate us.

All this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten You,And we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant.

But for Your sake we are killed all day long;We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

But man in his honor will not endure;He is like the animals that perish.

But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol,For He will receive me. Selah.

But his soul shall go to the generation of his fathers;They will eternally not see light.

Man in his honor, but who does not understand,Is like the animals that perish.

But to the wicked God says,"What right have you to recount My statutesAnd to take My covenant in your mouth?

But God will break you down forever;He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent,And uproot you from the land of the living, Selah.

"Behold, the man who would not set God as his strength,But trusted in the abundance of his richesAnd was strong in his destruction."

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.

But it is you, a man my equal,My close companion and my familiar friend;

His speech was smoother than butter,But his heart was war;His words were softer than oil,Yet they were drawn swords.

But You, O God, will bring them down to the pit of corruption;Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days.But I will trust in You.

But You, O Yahweh, laugh at them;You mock all the nations.

But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength;And I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning,For You have been my strongholdAnd a refuge in the day of my distress.

Surely they have counseled to thrust him down from his high position;They find pleasure in falsehood;They bless with their mouth,But inwardly they curse. Selah.

But those who seek my life to destroy it,Will go into the depths of the earth.

But the king will be glad in God;Everyone who swears by Him will boast,For the mouths of those who speak lies will be closed.

But God will shoot them with an arrow;Suddenly they will be wounded.