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 They dig a pit and make it deep * and fall into the hole that they have made.

Their malice turns back upon their own head; * their violence falls on their own scalp.

I will bear witness that the is righteous; * I will praise the Name of the Most High.

O our Governor, * how exalted is your Name in all the world!

Out of the mouths of infants and children * your majesty is praised above the heavens.

You have set up a stronghold against your adversaries, * to quell the enemy and the avenger.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, * the moon and the stars you have set in their courses,

What is man that you should be mindful of him? * the son of man that you should seek him out?

You have made him but little lower than the angels; * you adorn him with glory and honor;

You give him mastery over the works of your hands; * you put all things under his feet:

All sheep and oxen, * even the wild beasts of the field,

The birds of the air, the fish of the sea, * and whatsoever walks in the paths of the sea.

O our Governor, * how exalted is your Name in all the world!