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We thank you, God, we thank you because you are close beside us.* People tell about the wonderful things you have done.
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God says, “When the time I have decided comes, I will judge fairly.
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When the earth quakes, and all its inhabitants tremble, I am the one who holds it steady.* Selah.
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To those who boast I say, ‘Don't boast!’ I tell the wicked, ‘Don't be proud!’*
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No, don't be proud and arrogant, insulting heaven.”*
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For no one, from the east to the west, or from the wilderness, should think so highly of themselves.
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God is the one who decides—who he will bring down and who he will lift up.
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For the Lord has a cup in his hand, full of bubbling wine mixed with spices. He pours it out,* and all the wicked drink it deeply, down to the last drop.
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But I will speak about you forever. I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
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For God says, “I will break the power of the wicked; but I will give my support to those who do what is good.”