## Yahweh Is Our Help and Our Shield 

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Sing for joy in Yahweh, O righteous ones; Praise is becoming to the upright. 

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Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre; Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings. 

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Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a loud shout. 

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For the word of Yahweh is upright, And all His work is _done_ in faithfulness. 

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He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the lovingkindness of Yahweh. 

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By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host. 

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He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; He lays up the deeps in storehouses. 

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Let all the earth fear Yahweh; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. 

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For He spoke, and it was; He commanded, and it stood. 

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Yahweh nullifies the counsel of the nations; He frustrates the thoughts of the peoples. 

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The counsel of Yahweh stands forever, The thoughts of His heart from generation to generation. 

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Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance. 

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Yahweh looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men; 

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From the place of His habitation He gazes On all the inhabitants of the earth, 

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He who forms the hearts of them all, He who understands all their works. 

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The king is not saved by a mighty army; A warrior is not delivered by great strength. 

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A horse is a false hope for salvation; Nor does it provide escape to anyone by its great strength. 

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Behold, the eye of Yahweh is on those who fear Him, On those who wait for His lovingkindness, 

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To deliver their soul from death And to keep them alive in famine. 

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Our soul is patient for Yahweh; He is our help and our shield. 

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For our heart is glad in Him, Because we trust in His holy name. 

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Let Your lovingkindness, O Yahweh, be upon us, As we wait for You.