Monday, May 29, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

O LORD, be gracious to us;
we long for you.
Be our strength every morning,
our salvation in time of distress.

The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high;
he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness.

He will be the sure foundation for your times,
a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge;
the fear of the LORD is the key to this treasure.

He who walks righteously
and speaks what is right,
who rejects gain from extortion
and keeps his hand from accepting bribes,
who stops his ears against plots of murder
and shuts his eyes against contemplating evil-

this is the man who will dwell on the heights,
whose refuge will be the mountain fortress.
His bread will be supplied,
and water will not fail him.

Your eyes will see the king in his beauty
and view a land that stretches afar.

In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror:
"Where is that chief officer?
Where is the one who took the revenue?
Where is the officer in charge of the towers?"

You will see those arrogant people no more,
those people of an obscure speech,
with their strange, incomprehensible tongue.

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