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Even on their beds they plot evil; they commit themselves to a sinful course and do not reject what is wrong.
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My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.
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For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
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So I remained utterly silent, not even saying anything good. But my anguish increased;
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You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.
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“Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be.
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When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin, you consume their wealth like a moth— surely everyone is but a breath.
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Even my close friend, someone I trusted, one who shared my bread, has turned against me.
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Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
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Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
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I will perpetuate your memory through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you for ever and ever.
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Psalm 46
For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth. A song.
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
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For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.
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the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough—
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I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.
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for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
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I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine.
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Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
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You love every harmful word, you deceitful tongue!
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Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living.
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But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever.
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Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
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Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.
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He rescues me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
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Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
