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      6. He removed his back from burdens;

      his hands slaved away

      at making baskets.

      7. In affliction you called upon me,

      and I delivered you.

      I heard you in the secret place

      of the tempest;

      I tested you in the water

      of contradiction.

      8. Hear, my people, and I will testify

      to you,

      O Israel, if you will hearken to me.

      9. There shall be no new god

      among you,

      nor shall you worship a strange god.

      10. For I am the Lord your God,

      who brought you out of the land

      of Egypt.

      Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.

      11. But my people did

      not heed my voice,

      and Israel did not hearken to me.

      12. So I let them go after

      the habits of their own hearts;

      they will pursue their own customs.

      13. If my people had hearkened to me,

      if Israel had walked in my ways,

      14. I would have quickly routed

      their enemies,

      and laid my hand upon those who

      afflicted them.

      Psalm 81

      1. God stands in the assembly of gods,

      and in their midst will judge gods.

      2. How long will you judge unjustly,

      and favor the person of sinners?

      3. Do justice to the orphan and poor,

      render justice to the oppressed

      and needy.

      4. Rescue the needy,

      and deliver the poor

      from the sinner’s hand.

      5. They know not, neither do

      they understand;

      they walk about in darkness.

      All the foundations of the earth

      shall be shaken.

      6. I have said, “You are gods,

      all of you, children of the Most High.”

      7. But you shall die as mortals,

      and fall as one of the rulers.

      8. Arise O God,

      judge the earth;

      for you shall inherit all nations.

      Psalm 83

      1. How lovely are your dwellings,

      O Lord of hosts!

      2. My soul longs and faints for the courts of the Lord;

      my heart and my flesh have exulted in the living God.

      3. Yea, the sparrow has found itself

      a home;

      and the turtle-dove a nest for herself,

      where she may lay her young,

      even your altars, O Lord of hosts,

      my King and my God.

      4. Blessed are those who dwell

      in your house;

      they shall praise you for ever and ever.

      5. Blessed the fellow whose help is from you, O Lord,

      who has planned in his heart to go up to

      6. the valley of weeping, to the appointed place,

      for there the Lawgiver will bestow blessings.

      7. They shall go from strength

      to strength;

      the God of gods will be seen in Zion.

      8. O Lord, God of hosts, hear my prayer;

      give ear O God of Jacob.

      9. Behold, O God our Defender,

      and look upon the face

      of your anointed.

      10. For one day in your courts

      is better than a thousand [elsewhere];

      I would rather be dejected in the house of God,

      than dwell in the tents of sinners.

      11. For the Lord loves mercy and truth;

      God will grant grace and glory.

      The Lord will not withhold good things

      from those who walk in innocence.

      12. O Lord of hosts,

      blessed the fellow who trusts in you!

      Psalm 84

      1. O Lord you have favored your land;

      you have turned back the captivity

      of Jacob.

      2. You have forgiven your people their transgressions;

      you have covered over all their sins.

      3. You have caused all your wrath

      to abate;

      you have turned away from

      your fierce anger.

      4. Turn us around, O God

      of our salvation,

      and turn your anger away from us.

      5. Will you be angry with us forever?

      Or will you extend your wrath

      from generation to generation?

      6. O God you will relent and give us life,

      and your people will rejoice in you.

      7. Show us your mercy, O Lord,

      and grant us your salvation. . . .

      10. Mercy and truth have met

      each other;

      righteousness and peace have kissed

      one another.

      11. Truth has sprung up from out

      of the earth,

      and righteousness has peered down from heaven.

      12. For the Lord will grant goodness,

      and our land shall yield her fruitfulness.

      13. Righteousness will precede the Lord,

      and shall establish his steps along

      the way.

      Psalm 85

      1. Incline your ear, O Lord,

      and hearken

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