However, the high places were not eliminated; the people were still not devoted to the God of their ancestors.

So the Lord said to Satan, “All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life.”

Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!

Only in two things spare me, O God, and then I will not hide from your face:

‘Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.’”

Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me.

“Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.

Surely your goodness and faithfulness will pursue me all my days, and I will live in the Lord’s house for the rest of my life.

But God will rescue my life from the power of Sheol; certainly he will pull me to safety. (Selah)

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me.

He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be upended.

They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses. (Selah)

God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes; he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. But sinful rebels live in the desert.

Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies, the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion.

Certainly the godly will give thanks to your name; the morally upright will live in your presence.

So Moab wails over its demise – they all wail! Completely devastated, they moan about what has happened to the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.

they will say about me, “Yes, the Lord is a powerful deliverer.”’” All who are angry at him will cower before him.

He said, “Certainly they will be my people, children who are not disloyal.” He became their deliverer.

And I cried out, “We are doomed! Our wound is severe! We once thought, ‘This is only an illness. And we will be able to bear it!’

But listen to what I say to you and to all these people.