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But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
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The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land.
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defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror.
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On the wicked he will rain fiery coals and burning sulfur; a scorching wind will be their lot.
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For the Lord is righteous, he loves justice; the upright will see his face.
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those who say, “By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”
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“Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will protect them from those who malign them.”
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You, Lord, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked,
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Psalm 13
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
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How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?
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Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,
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and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes will rejoice when I fall.
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I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me.
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Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on the Lord.
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Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord restores his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!
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who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.
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I say of the holy people who are in the land, “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”
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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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I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.
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I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
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Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure,
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because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
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You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
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Though you probe my heart, though you examine me at night and test me, you will find that I have planned no evil; my mouth has not transgressed.
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Though people tried to bribe me, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent through what your lips have commanded.
