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 They forage for food, * and if they are not filled, they howl.

For my part, I will sing of your strength; * I will celebrate your love in the morning;

For you have become my stronghold, * a refuge in the day of my trouble.

To you, O my Strength, will I sing; * for you, O God, are my stronghold and my merciful God.

O God, you have cast us off and broken us; * you have been angry; oh, take us back to you again.

You have shaken the earth and split it open; * repair the cracks in it, for it totters.

You have made your people know hardship; * you have given us wine that makes us stagger.

You have set up a banner for those who fear you, * to be a refuge from the power of the bow.

Save us by your right hand and answer us, * that those who are dear to you may be delivered.

God spoke from his holy place and said: * “I will exult and parcel out Shechem; I will divide the valley of Succoth.

Gilead is mine and Manasseh is mine; * Ephraim is my helmet and Judah my scepter.