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But as for me, I will enter Your house through the abundance of Your steadfast love and tender mercy; At Your holy temple I will bow [obediently] in reverence for You.

But let all who take refuge and put their trust in You rejoice, Let them ever sing for joy; Because You cover and shelter them, Let those who love Your name be joyful and exult in You.

My soul [as well as my body] is greatly dismayed. But as for You, O LORD—how long [until You act on my behalf]?

Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous [those in right standing with You]; For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.

But the LORD will remain and sit enthroned forever; He has prepared and established His throne for judgment.

Put them in [reverent] fear of You, O LORD, So that the nations may know they are but [frail and mortal] men. Selah.

But I have trusted and relied on and been confident in Your lovingkindness and faithfulness; My heart shall rejoice and delight in Your salvation.

You [evildoers] shamefully plan against the poor, But the LORD is his safe refuge.

In his eyes an evil person is despised, But he honors those who fear the LORD [and obediently worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder]. He keeps his word even to his own disadvantage and does not change it [for his own benefit];

They confronted me in the day of my disaster, But the LORD was my support.

For You save an afflicted and humble people, But bring down those [arrogant fools] with haughty eyes.

For who is God, but the LORD? Or who is a rock, except our God,

They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— Even to the LORD [they cried], but He did not answer them.

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, But we will remember and trust in the name of the LORD our God.

They have bowed down and fallen, But we have risen and stood upright.

O my God, I call out by day, but You do not answer; And by night, but I find no rest nor quiet.

But You are holy, O You who are enthroned in [the holy place where] the praises of Israel [are offered].

But I am [treated as] a worm [insignificant and powerless] and not a man; I am the scorn of men and despised by the people.

But You, O LORD, do not be far from me; O You my help, come quickly to my assistance.

For He has not despised nor detested the suffering of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from him; But when he cried to Him for help, He listened.