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Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.”
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But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.
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Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more. I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods or take up their names on my lips.
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He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him.
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Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.
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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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God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.
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But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself.
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Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you who are God my Savior, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
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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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God, who is enthroned from of old, who does not change— he will hear them and humble them, because they have no fear of God.
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But you, God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of decay; the bloodthirsty and deceitful will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you.
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I am under vows to you, my God; I will present my thank offerings to you.
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Psalm 57
For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam. When he had fled from Saul into the cave.
Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me, for in you I take refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed.
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consume them in your wrath, consume them till they are no more. Then it will be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob.
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God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.
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But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by God will glory in him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced.
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All people will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done.
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Psalm 65
For the director of music. A psalm of David. A song.
Praise awaits you, our God, in Zion; to you our vows will be fulfilled.
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May God bless us still, so that all the ends of the earth will fear him.
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Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
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for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it;
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I will praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God; I will sing praise to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
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But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.
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We are given no signs from God; no prophets are left, and none of us knows how long this will be.
