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6 The foot tramples it, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.
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Feet trample it down— the feet of the oppressed, the footsteps of the poor.
7 The way of the righteous is level; O Just One, you make smooth the path of the righteous.
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The path of the righteous is level; you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.
8 In the path of your judgments, O Lord, we wait for you; your name and your renown are the soul's desire.
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Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws,we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.
9 My soul yearns for you in the night, my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
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My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
10 If favor is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness they deal perversely and do not see the majesty of the Lord.
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But when grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and do not regard the majesty of the LORD.
11 O Lord, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed. Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.
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LORD, your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame; let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.
12 O Lord, you will ordain peace for us, for indeed, all that we have done, you have done for us.
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LORD, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.
13 O Lord our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but we acknowledge your name alone.
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LORD our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do we honor.
14 The dead do not live; shades do not rise— because you have punished and destroyed them, and wiped out all memory of them.
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They are now dead, they live no more; their spirits do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin; you wiped out all memory of them.
15 But you have increased the nation, O Lord, you have increased the nation; you are glorified; you have enlarged all the borders of the land.
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You have enlarged the nation, LORD; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for yourself; you have extended all the borders of the land.
16 O Lord, in distress they sought you, they poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.
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LORD, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.
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