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Rh :'Flee thou! to your mountain, ye birds'?


 * For, lo, the wicked bend the bow,
 * They have made ready their arrow upon the string,
 * That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
 * When the foundations are destroyed,
 * What hath the righteous wrought?


 * The is in His holy temple,
 * The, His throne is in heaven;
 * His eyes behold, His eyelids try, the children of men.
 * The trieth the righteous;
 * But the wicked and him that loveth violence His soul hateth.
 * Upon the wicked He will cause to rain coals;
 * Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.


 * For the is righteous, He loveth righteousness;
 * The upright shall behold His face.

For the Leader; on the Sheminith. A Psalm of David.


 * Help, ; for the godly man ceaseth;
 * For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
 * They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour;
 * With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.


 * May the cut off all flattering lips,
 * The tongue that speaketh proud things!
 * Who have said: 'Our tongue will we make mighty;
 * Our lips are with us: who is lord over us?'


 * 'For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
 * Now will I arise', saith the ;
 * 'I will set him in safety at whom they puff.'


 * The words of the are pure words,
 * As silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times.


 * Thou wilt keep them, O ;
 * Thou wilt preserve us from this generation for ever.
 * The wicked walk on every side,
 * When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

For the Leader. A Psalm of David.


 * How long, O, wilt Thou forget me for ever?
 * How long wilt Thou hide Thy face from me?
 * How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart by day?
 * How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
 * Behold Thou, and answer me, O my God;
 * Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
 * Lest mine enemy say: 'I have prevailed against him';
 * Lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.


 * But as for me, in Thy mercy do I trust;
 * My heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation.
 * I will sing unto the ,