16Yours is the day, Yours also is the night;
         You have prepared the light and the sun.

17You have established all the boundaries of the earth;
         You have made summer and winter.

18Remember this, O LORD, that the enemy has reviled,
         And a foolish people has spurned Your name.

19Do not deliver the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast;
         Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.

20Consider the covenant;
         For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

21Let not the oppressed return dishonored;
         Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.

22Arise, O God, and plead Your own cause;
         Remember how the foolish man reproaches You all day long.

23Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries,
         The uproar of those who rise against You which ascends continually.

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