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The privileges of the righteous. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

The eyes of the are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

The face of the is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

The righteous cry, and the heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

The is nigh † unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth † such as be of a contrite spirit.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the delivereth him out of them all.

He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous ‖ shall be desolate.

The redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. 

LEAD my cause, O, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the chase them.

Let their way be † dark and slippery: and let the angel of the persecute them.

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

Let destruction come upon him † at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

And my soul shall be joyful in the : it shall rejoice in his salvation.

All my bones shall say, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

† False witnesses did rise up; † they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

They rewarded me evil for good to the † spoiling of my soul.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I ‖ humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

I † behaved myself † as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

But in mine † adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, † my darling from the lions.

I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among † much people.

Let not them that are mine enemies † wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

This thou hast seen, O : keep not silence: O, be not far from me.

Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

Judge me, O my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

Let them not say in their hearts, † Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

Let them be ashamed and brought