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I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side.
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But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
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God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day.
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You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet:
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You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.
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Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.
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He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.” He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”
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The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land.
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The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord is on his heavenly throne. He observes everyone on earth; his eyes examine them.
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Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.
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May the Lord silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue—
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All have turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
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who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the Lord; who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind;
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I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.
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He asked you for life, and you gave it to him— length of days, for ever and ever.
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But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
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Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.
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Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
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Psalm 24
Of David. A psalm.
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;
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No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame, but shame will come on those who are treacherous without cause.
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My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will release my feet from the snare.
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Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident.
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For I hear many whispering, “Terror on every side!” They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
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he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.
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May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you.
