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1 I have a message from God in my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked:There is no fear of God before their eyes.
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To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord. An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
2 In their own eyes they flatter themselves too much to detect or hate their sin.
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For he flatters himself in his own eyes, When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates.
3 The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good.
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The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
4 Even on their beds they plot evil; they commit themselves to a sinful course and do not reject what is wrong.
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He devises wickedness on his bed; He sets himself in a way that is not good; He does not abhor evil.
5 Your love, LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.
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Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, LORD, preserve both people and animals.
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Your righteousness is like the great mountains; Your judgments are a great deep; O Lord, You preserve man and beast.
7 How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
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How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.
8 They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights.
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They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.
9 For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.
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For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light.
10 Continue your love to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart.
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Oh, continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You, And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
11 May the foot of the proud not come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
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Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12 See how the evildoers lie fallen— thrown down, not able to rise!
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There the workers of iniquity have fallen; They have been cast down and are not able to rise.
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