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^(C1)Rulers persecute me without cause, But my heart ^(C2)stands in awe of Your words.

I ^(C1)rejoice at Your ^(F1)word, Like one who ^(C2)finds great plunder.

I ^(C1)hate and loathe falsehood, But I ^(C2)love Your Law.

Seven times a day I praise You Because of Your ^(C1)righteous judgments.

Those who love Your Law have ^(C1)great peace, And ^(F1)(C2)nothing causes them to stumble.

I ^(C1)hope for Your salvation, LORD, And do Your commandments.

My ^(C1)soul keeps Your testimonies, And I ^(C2)love them exceedingly.

I ^(C1)keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ^(C2)ways are before You.

Let my ^(C1)cry ^(F1)come before You, LORD; ^(C2)Give me understanding ^(C3)according to Your word.

Let my ^(C1)pleading come before You; ^(C2)Save me according to Your ^(F1)word.

Let my ^(C1)lips pour out praise, For You ^(C2)teach me Your statutes.

Let my ^(C1)tongue sing about Your ^(F1)word, For all Your ^(C2)commandments are righteousness.

Let Your ^(C1)hand be ^(F1)ready to help me, For I have ^(C2)chosen Your precepts.

I ^(C1)long for Your salvation, LORD, And Your Law is my ^(C2)delight.

Let my ^(C1)soul live that it may praise You, And let Your ordinances help me.

I have ^(C1)wandered about like a lost sheep; search for Your servant, For I do ^(C2)not forget Your commandments.

^(C1)I cried to the LORD in my trouble, And He answered me.

Rescue my soul, LORD, from ^(C1)lying lips, From a ^(C2)deceitful tongue.

What will He give to you, and what more will He do to you, You ^(C1)deceitful tongue?

^(C1)Sharp arrows of the warrior, With the burning ^(C2)coals of the broom tree!

Woe to me, for I reside in ^(C1)Meshech, For I have settled among the ^(C2)tents of ^(C3)Kedar!

Too long has my soul had its dwelling With those who ^(C1)hate peace.

I ^(C1)am for peace, but when I speak, They are ^(C2)for war.

I will ^(C1)raise my eyes to ^(C2)the mountains; From where will my help come?

My ^(C1)help comes from the LORD, Who ^(C2)made heaven and earth.

He will not ^(C1)allow your foot to slip; He who ^(C2)watches over you will not slumber.

Behold, He who watches over Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.

The LORD is your ^(F1)(C1)protector; The LORD is your ^(C2)shade on your right hand.

The ^(C1)sun will not ^(F1)beat down on you by day, Nor the moon by night.

The LORD will ^(F1)(C1)protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul.

The LORD will ^(F1)(C1)guard your going out and your coming in ^(C2)From this time and forever.

I was glad when they said to me, "Let's ^(C1)go to the house of the LORD."

Our feet are standing Within your ^(C1)gates, Jerusalem,

Jerusalem, that has been ^(C1)built As a city that is ^(C2)firmly joined together;

To which the tribes ^(C1)go up, the tribes of ^(F1)the LORD— ^(F2)An ordinance for Israel— To give thanks to the name of the LORD.

For ^(C1)thrones were set there for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the ^(C1)peace of Jerusalem: "May they prosper who ^(C2)love you.

-"May peace be within your ^(C1)walls, And prosperity within your ^(C2)palaces."

For the sake of my ^(C1)brothers and my friends, I will now say, "^(C2)May peace be within you."

For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will ^(C1)seek your good.

To You I have ^(C1)raised my eyes, You who ^(C2)are enthroned in the heavens!

Behold, as the eyes of ^(C1)servants look to the hand of their master, As the eyes of a female servant to the hand of her mistress, So our ^(C2)eyes look to the LORD our God, Until He is gracious to us.

^(C1)Be gracious to us, LORD, be gracious to us, For we have had much more than enough of ^(C2)contempt.

Our soul has had much more than enough Of the ^(C1)scoffing of ^(C2)those who are at ease, And of the ^(C3)contempt of the proud.

"^(C1)Had it not been the LORD who was on our side," ^(C2)Let Israel say,

"Had it not been the LORD who was on our side When people rose up against us,

Then they would have ^(C1)swallowed us alive, When their ^(C2)anger was kindled against us;

Then the ^(C1)waters would have flooded over us, The stream would have ^(F1)swept over our souls;

Then the ^(C1)raging waters would have ^(F1)swept over our souls."

Blessed be the LORD, Who has not given us ^(F1)to be ^(C1)torn by their teeth.

Our souls have ^(C1)escaped ^(C2)like a bird from the trapper's ^(C3)snare; The snare is broken and we have escaped.

Our ^(C1)help is in the name of the LORD, Who ^(C2)made heaven and earth.