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^(C1)My heart is steadfast, God; I will sing, I will sing praises also with my ^(F1)soul.

Awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn!

I will give thanks to You, LORD, among the peoples, And I will sing praises to You among the nations.

For Your ^(C1)mercy is great ^(C2)above the heavens, And Your truth reaches to the skies.

^(C1)Be exalted above the heavens, God, And may Your glory be above all the earth.

^(C1)So that Your beloved may be rescued, Save with Your right hand, and answer me!

God has spoken in His ^(F1)holiness: "I will triumph, I will divide up Shechem, And measure out the Valley of Succoth.

-"Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the ^(F1)helmet of My head; ^(C1)Judah is My ^(F2)scepter.

-"Moab is My washbowl; I will throw My sandal over Edom; I will shout aloud over Philistia."

^(C1)Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who ^(F1)will lead me to Edom?

God, have You Yourself not ^(C1)rejected us? And will You not go forth with our armies, God?

Give us help against the enemy, For ^(C1)deliverance ^(F1)by man is worthless.

^(F1)Through God we will do valiantly, And ^(C1)it is He who will trample down our enemies.

^(C1)God of my praise, ^(C2)Do not be silent!

For they have opened a ^(F1)wicked and ^(C1)deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken ^(F2)against me with a ^(C2)lying tongue.

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And have fought against me ^(C1)without cause.

In return ^(C1)for my love they act as my accusers; But ^(C2)I am in prayer.

So they have ^(F1)(C1)repaid me evil for good, And ^(C2)hatred for my love.

Appoint a wicked person over him, And may an ^(F1)(C1)accuser stand at his right hand.

When he is judged, may he ^(C1)come out guilty, And may his ^(C2)prayer become sin.

May ^(C1)his days be few; May ^(C2)another take his office.

May his ^(C1)children be fatherless, And his ^(C2)wife a widow.

May his ^(C1)children wander about and beg; And may they ^(C2)seek sustenance ^(F1)far from their ruined homes.

May ^(C1)the creditor ^(F1)seize everything that he has, And may ^(C2)strangers plunder the product of his labor.

May there be none to ^(F1)(C1)extend kindness to him, Nor ^(C2)any to be gracious to his fatherless children.

May his ^(C1)descendants be ^(F1)eliminated; May their ^(C2)name be wiped out in a following generation.

May ^(C1)the guilt of his fathers be remembered ^(F1)before the LORD, And do not let the sin of his mother be ^(C2)wiped out.

May ^(C1)they be before the LORD continually, So that He may ^(C2)eliminate their memory from the earth;

Because he did not remember to show mercy, But persecuted the ^(C1)afflicted and needy person, And the ^(C2)despondent in heart, to ^(C3)put them to death.

He also loved cursing, so ^(C1)it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

But he ^(C1)clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it ^(C2)entered ^(F1)his body like water, And like oil into his bones.

May it be to him as ^(C1)a garment with which he covers himself, And as a belt which he constantly ^(C2)wears around himself.

May this be the ^(C1)reward of my accusers from the LORD, And of those who ^(C2)speak evil against my soul.

But You, ^(F1)GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me ^(C1)for the sake of Your name; Because ^(C2)Your mercy is good, rescue me;

For ^(C1)I am afflicted and needy, And ^(F1)my heart is ^(C2)wounded within me.

I am passing ^(C1)like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off ^(C2)like the locust.

My ^(C1)knees ^(F1)are weak from ^(C2)fasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.

I also have become a ^(C1)disgrace to them; When they see me, they ^(C2)shake their head.

^(C1)Help me, LORD my God; Save me according to Your mercy.

^(F1)And may they ^(C1)know that this is Your hand; You, LORD, have done it.

^(C1)They will curse, but You bless; When they arise, they will be ashamed, But Your ^(C2)servant will be glad.

^(F1)May ^(C1)my accusers be clothed with dishonor, And ^(F2)may they ^(C2)cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the LORD; And ^(C1)I will praise Him in the midst of many.

For He stands ^(C1)at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who ^(C2)judge his soul.

^(C1)The LORD says to my Lord: "^(C2)Sit at My right hand Until I make ^(C3)Your enemies a footstool for Your feet."

The LORD will stretch out Your strong ^(C1)scepter from Zion, saying, "^(C2)Rule in the midst of Your enemies."

Your ^(C1)people ^(F1)will volunteer freely on the day of Your ^(F2)power; ^(C2)In ^(F3)holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, ^(F4)Your youth are to You as the ^(C3)dew.

^(C1)The LORD has sworn and will ^(C2)not ^(F1)change His mind, "You are a ^(C3)priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek."

The Lord is ^(C1)at Your right hand; He ^(F1)will ^(C2)shatter kings in the ^(C3)day of His wrath.

He will ^(C1)judge among the nations, He ^(F1)will fill them with ^(C2)corpses, He ^(F2)will ^(C3)shatter the ^(F3)chief men over a broad country.

He will ^(C1)drink from the brook by the wayside; Therefore He will ^(C2)lift up His head.

^(F1)Praise ^(F2)the LORD! I ^(C1)will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart, In the ^(C2)company of the upright and in the assembly.

^(C1)Great are the works of the LORD; They are ^(F1)(C2)studied by all who delight in them.

^(F1)(C1)Splendid and majestic is His work, And ^(C2)His righteousness endures forever.

He has caused His ^(F1)wonders ^(F2)to be remembered; The LORD is ^(C1)gracious and compassionate.

He has ^(C1)given ^(F1)food to those who ^(F2)fear Him; He will ^(C2)remember His covenant forever.

He has made known to His people the power of His works, In giving them the inheritance of the nations.

The works of His hands are ^(F1)(C1)truth and justice; All His precepts ^(C2)are trustworthy.

They are ^(C1)upheld forever and ever; They are performed in ^(F1)(C2)truth and uprightness.

He has sent ^(C1)redemption to His people; He has ^(F1)ordained His covenant forever; ^(C2)Holy and ^(F2)awesome is His name.

The ^(F1)(C1)fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; All those who ^(F2)follow ^(C2)His commandments have a good understanding; His ^(C3)praise endures forever.

^(F1)Praise ^(F2)the LORD! ^(C1)Blessed is a person who ^(F3)fears the LORD, Who greatly ^(C2)delights in His commandments.

His ^(F1)(C1)descendants will be mighty ^(F2)on the earth; The generation of the ^(C2)upright will be blessed.

^(C1)Wealth and riches are in his house, And his righteousness endures forever.

Light shines in the darkness ^(C1)for the upright; He is ^(C2)gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

It goes well for a person who ^(C1)is gracious and lends; He will ^(F1)maintain his cause in judgment.

For he will ^(C1)never be shaken; The ^(C2)righteous will be ^(F1)remembered forever.

He will not fear ^(C1)bad news; His ^(C2)heart is steadfast, ^(C3)trusting in the LORD.

His ^(C1)heart is firm, he ^(C2)will not fear, ^(F1)But will ^(C3)look with satisfaction on his enemies.

^(F1)He ^(C1)has given freely to the poor, His righteousness endures forever; His ^(C2)horn will be exalted in honor.

The ^(C1)wicked will see it and be ^(F1)vexed, He will ^(C2)gnash his teeth and ^(C3)melt away; The ^(C4)desire of the wicked will perish.

^(F1)Praise ^(F2)the LORD! ^(C1)Praise Him, you ^(C2)servants of the LORD, Praise the name of the LORD.

^(C1)Blessed be the name of the LORD From this time on and forever.

^(C1)From ^(F1)the rising of the sun to its setting, The ^(C2)name of the LORD is to be praised.

The LORD is ^(C1)high above all nations; His ^(C2)glory is above the heavens.

^(C1)Who is like the LORD our God, Who ^(C2)is enthroned on high,

Who ^(C1)looks far down to The heavens and the earth?

He ^(C1)raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the garbage heap,

To ^(C1)seat them with noblemen, With the noblemen of His people.

He ^(C1)has the infertile woman live in the house As a joyful mother of children. ^(F1)Praise ^(F2)the LORD!

When Israel went forth ^(C1)from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of a ^(C2)foreign language,

Judah became ^(C1)His sanctuary; Israel, ^(C2)His dominion.

The ^(C1)sea looked and fled; The ^(C2)Jordan turned back.

The mountains ^(C1)skipped like rams, The hills, like lambs.

What ^(C1)ails you, sea, that you flee? Jordan, that you turn back?

Mountains, that you skip like rams? Hills, like lambs?

^(C1)Tremble, earth, before the Lord, Before the God of Jacob,

Who ^(C1)turned the rock into a ^(C2)pool of water, The ^(C3)flint into a fountain of water.