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Rh :Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they be no more;
 * And let them know that God ruleth in Jacob,
 * Unto the ends of the earth. Selah


 * And they return at evening, they howl like a dog,
 * And go round about the city;
 * They wander up and down to devour,
 * And tarry all night if they have not their fill.
 * But as for me, I will sing of Thy strength;
 * Yea, I will sing aloud of Thy mercy in the morning;
 * For Thou hast been my high tower,
 * And a refuge in the day of my distress.
 * O my strength, unto Thee will I sing praises;
 * For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.

For the Leader; upon Shushan Eduth; Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand.


 * O God, Thou hast cast us off, Thou hast broken us down;
 * Thou hast been angry; O restore us.
 * Thou hast made the land to shake, Thou hast cleft it;
 * Heal the breaches thereof; for it tottereth.
 * Thou hast made Thy people to see hard things;
 * Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.
 * Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee,
 * That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah
 * That Thy beloved may be delivered,
 * Save with Thy right hand, and answer me.


 * God spoke in His holiness, that I would exult;
 * That I would divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
 * Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
 * Ephraim also is the defence of my head;
 * Judah is my sceptre.
 * Moab is my washpot;
 * Upon Edom do I cast my shoe;
 * Philistia, cry aloud because of me!


 * Who will bring me into the fortified city?
 * Who will lead me unto Edom?
 * Hast not Thou, O God, cast us off?
 * And Thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.
 * Give us help against the adversary;
 * For vain is the help of man.
 * Through God we shall do valiantly;
 * For He it is that will tread down our adversaries.

For the Leader; with string-music. [A Psalm] of David.


 * Hear my cry, O God;
 * Attend unto my prayer.
 * From the end of the earth will I call unto Thee, when my heart fainteth;
 * Lead me to a rock that is too high for me.
 * For Thou hast been a refuge for me,
 * A tower of strength in the face of the enemy.


 * I will dwell in Thy Tent for ever;
 * I will take refuge in the covert of Thy wings.