Psalms:1-41
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Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly ,
Nor stands in the path of sinners ,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful ;
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But his delight is in the law of the LORD ,
And in His law he meditates day and night .
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He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water ,
That brings forth its fruit in its season ,
Whose leaf also shall not wither ;
And whatever he does shall prosper .
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The ungodly are not so ,
But are like the chaff which the wind drives away .
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Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment ,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous .
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For the LORD knows the way of the righteous ,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish .
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Why do the nations rage ,
And the people plot a vain thing ?
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The kings of the earth set themselves ,
And the rulers take counsel together ,
Against the LORD and against His Anointed ,
saying ,
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Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us ."
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He who sits in the heavens shall laugh ;
The LORD shall hold them in derision .
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Then He shall speak to them in His wrath ,
And distress them in His deep displeasure :
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Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion ."
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I will declare the decree :
The LORD has said to Me , "
You are My Son ,
Today I have begotten You .
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Ask of Me ,
and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance ,
And the ends of the earth for Your possession .
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You shall break them with a rod of iron ;
You shall dash them to pieces like a potter '
s vessel ."'
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Now therefore ,
be wise ,
O kings ;
Be instructed ,
you judges of the earth .
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Serve the LORD with fear ,
And rejoice with trembling .
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Kiss the Son ,
lest He be angry ,
And you perish in the way ,
When His wrath is kindled but a little .
Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him .
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LORD ,
how they have increased who trouble me !
Many are they who rise up against me .
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Many are they who say of me , "
There is no help for him in God ."
Selah
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But You ,
O LORD ,
are a shield for me ,
My glory and the One who lifts up my head .
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I cried to the LORD with my voice ,
And He heard me from His holy hill .
Selah
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I lay down and slept ;
I awoke ,
for the LORD sustained me .
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I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people Who have set themselves against me all around .
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Arise ,
O LORD ;
Save me ,
O my God !
For You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone ;
You have broken the teeth of the ungodly .
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Salvation belongs to the LORD .
Your blessing is upon Your people .
Selah
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Hear me when I call ,
O God of my righteousness !
You have relieved me in my distress ;
Have mercy on me ,
and hear my prayer .
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How long ,
O you sons of men ,
Will you turn my glory to shame ?
How long will you love worthlessness And seek falsehood ?
Selah
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But know that the LORD has set apart for Himself him who is godly ;
The LORD will hear when I call to Him .
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Be angry ,
and do not sin .
Meditate within your heart on your bed ,
and be still .
Selah
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Offer the sacrifices of righteousness ,
And put your trust in the LORD .
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There are many who say , "
Who will show us any good ?"
LORD ,
lift up the light of Your countenance upon us .
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You have put gladness in my heart ,
More than in the season that their grain and wine increased .
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I will both lie down in peace ,
and sleep ;
For You alone ,
O LORD ,
make me dwell in safety .
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Give ear to my words ,
O LORD ,
Consider my meditation .
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Give heed to the voice of my cry ,
My King and my God ,
For to You I will pray .
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My voice You shall hear in the morning ,
O LORD ;
In the morning I will direct it to You ,
And I will look up .
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For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness ,
Nor shall evil dwell with You .
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The boastful shall not stand in Your sight ;
You hate all workers of iniquity .
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You shall destroy those who speak falsehood ;
The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man .
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But as for me ,
I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy ;
In fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple .
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Lead me ,
O LORD ,
in Your righteousness because of my enemies ;
Make Your way straight before my face .
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For there is no faithfulness in their mouth ;
Their inward part is destruction ;
Their throat is an open tomb ;
They flatter with their tongue .
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Pronounce them guilty ,
O God !
Let them fall by their own counsels ;
Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions ,
For they have rebelled against You .
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But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You ;
Let them ever shout for joy ,
because You defend them ;
Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You .
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For You ,
O LORD ,
will bless the righteous ;
With favor You will surround him as with a shield .
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O LORD ,
do not rebuke me in Your anger ,
Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure .
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Have mercy on me ,
O LORD ,
for I am weak ;
O LORD ,
heal me ,
for my bones are troubled .
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My soul also is greatly troubled ;
But You ,
O LORD--how long ?
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Return ,
O LORD ,
deliver me !
Oh ,
save me for Your mercies '
sake !
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For in death there is no remembrance of You ;
In the grave who will give You thanks ?
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I am weary with my groaning ;
All night I make my bed swim ;
I drench my couch with my tears .
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My eye wastes away because of grief ;
It grows old because of all my enemies .
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Depart from me ,
all you workers of iniquity ;
For the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping .
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The LORD has heard my supplication ;
The LORD will receive my prayer .
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Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled ;
Let them turn back and be ashamed suddenly .
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O LORD my God ,
in You I put my trust ;
Save me from all those who persecute me ;
And deliver me ,
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Lest they tear me like a lion ,
Rending me in pieces ,
while there is none to deliver .
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O LORD my God ,
if I have done this :
If there is iniquity in my hands ,
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If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me ,
Or have plundered my enemy without cause ,
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Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me ;
Yes ,
let him trample my life to the earth ,
And lay my honor in the dust .
Selah
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Arise ,
O LORD ,
in Your anger ;
Lift Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies ;
Rise up for me to the judgment You have commanded !
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So the congregation of the peoples shall surround You ;
For their sakes ,
therefore ,
return on high .
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The LORD shall judge the peoples ;
Judge me ,
O LORD ,
according to my righteousness ,
And according to my integrity within me .
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Oh ,
let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end ,
But establish the just ;
For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds .
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My defense is of God ,
Who saves the upright in heart .
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God is a just judge ,
And God is angry with the wicked every day .
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If he does not turn back ,
He will sharpen His sword ;
He bends His bow and makes it ready .
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He also prepares for Himself instruments of death ;
He makes His arrows into fiery shafts .
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Behold ,
the wicked brings forth iniquity ;
Yes ,
he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood .
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He made a pit and dug it out ,
And has fallen into the ditch which he made .
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His trouble shall return upon his own head ,
And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown .
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I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness ,
And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High .
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O LORD ,
our Lord ,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth ,
Who have set Your glory above the heavens !
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Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength ,
Because of Your enemies ,
That You may silence the enemy and the avenger .
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When I consider Your heavens ,
the work of Your fingers ,
The moon and the stars ,
which You have ordained ,
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What is man that You are mindful of him ,
And the son of man that You visit him ?
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For You have made him a little lower than the angels ,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor .
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You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands ;
You have put all things under his feet ,
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All sheep and oxen --
Even the beasts of the field ,
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The birds of the air ,
And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas .
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O LORD ,
our Lord ,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth !
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I will praise You ,
O LORD ,
with my whole heart ;
I will tell of all Your marvelous works .
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I will be glad and rejoice in You ;
I will sing praise to Your name ,
O Most High .
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When my enemies turn back ,
They shall fall and perish at Your presence .
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For You have maintained my right and my cause ;
You sat on the throne judging in righteousness .
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You have rebuked the nations ,
You have destroyed the wicked ;
You have blotted out their name forever and ever .
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O enemy ,
destructions are finished forever !
And you have destroyed cities ;
Even their memory has perished .
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But the LORD shall endure forever ;
He has prepared His throne for judgment .
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He shall judge the world in righteousness ,
And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness .
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The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed ,
A refuge in times of trouble .
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And those who know Your name will put their trust in You ;
For You ,
LORD ,
have not forsaken those who seek You .
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Sing praises to the LORD ,
who dwells in Zion !
Declare His deeds among the people .
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When He avenges blood ,
He remembers them ;
He does not forget the cry of the humble .
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Have mercy on me ,
O LORD !
Consider my trouble from those who hate me ,
You who lift me up from the gates of death ,
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That I may tell of all Your praise In the gates of the daughter of Zion .
I will rejoice in Your salvation .
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The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made ;
In the net which they hid ,
their own foot is caught .
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The LORD is known by the judgment He executes ;
The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands .
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The wicked shall be turned into hell ,
And all the nations that forget God .
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For the needy shall not always be forgotten ;
The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever .
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Arise ,
O LORD ,
Do not let man prevail ;
Let the nations be judged in Your sight .
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Put them in fear ,
O LORD ,
That the nations may know themselves to be but men .
Selah
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Why do You stand afar off ,
O LORD ?
Why do You hide in times of trouble ?
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The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor ;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised .
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For the wicked boasts of his heart '
s desire ;
He blesses the greedy and renounces the LORD .
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The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God ;
God is in none of his thoughts .
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His ways are always prospering ;
Your judgments are far above ,
out of his sight ;
As for all his enemies ,
he sneers at them .
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He has said in his heart , "
I shall not be moved ;
I shall never be in adversity ."
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His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression ;
Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity .
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He sits in the lurking places of the villages ;
In the secret places he murders the innocent ;
His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless .
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He lies in wait secretly ,
as a lion in his den ;
He lies in wait to catch the poor ;
He catches the poor when he draws him into his net .
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So he crouches ,
he lies low ,
That the helpless may fall by his strength .
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He has said in his heart , "
God has forgotten ;
He hides His face ;
He will never see ."
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Arise ,
O LORD !
O God ,
lift up Your hand !
Do not forget the humble .
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Why do the wicked renounce God ?
He has said in his heart , "
You will not require an account ."
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But You have seen ,
for You observe trouble and grief ,
To repay it by Your hand .
The helpless commits himself to You ;
You are the helper of the fatherless .
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Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man ;
Seek out his wickedness until You find none .
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The LORD is King forever and ever ;
The nations have perished out of His land .
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LORD ,
You have heard the desire of the humble ;
You will prepare their heart ;
You will cause Your ear to hear ,
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To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed ,
That the man of the earth may oppress no more .
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In the LORD I put my trust ;
How can you say to my soul , "
Flee as a bird to your mountain "?
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For look !
The wicked bend their bow ,
They make ready their arrow on the string ,
That they may shoot secretly at the upright in heart .
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If the foundations are destroyed ,
What can the righteous do ?
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The LORD is in His holy temple ,
The LORD '
s throne is in heaven ;
His eyes behold ,
His eyelids test the sons of men .
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The LORD tests the righteous ,
But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates .
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Upon the wicked He will rain coals ;
Fire and brimstone and a burning wind Shall be the portion of their cup .
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For the LORD is righteous ,
He loves righteousness ;
His countenance beholds the upright .
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Help ,
LORD ,
for the godly man ceases !
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men .
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They speak idly everyone with his neighbor ;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak .
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May the LORD cut off all flattering lips ,
And the tongue that speaks proud things ,
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Who have said , "
With our tongue we will prevail ;
Our lips are our own ;
Who is lord over us ?"
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For the oppression of the poor ,
for the sighing of the needy ,
Now I will arise ,"
says the LORD ; "
I will set him in the safety for which he yearns ."
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The words of the LORD are pure words ,
Like silver tried in a furnace of earth ,
Purified seven times .
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You shall keep them ,
O LORD ,
You shall preserve them from this generation forever .
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The wicked prowl on every side ,
When vileness is exalted among the sons of men .
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How long ,
O LORD ?
Will You forget me forever ?
How long will You hide Your face from me ?
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How long shall I take counsel in my soul ,
Having sorrow in my heart daily ?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me ?
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Consider and hear me ,
O LORD my God ;
Enlighten my eyes ,
Lest I sleep the sleep of death ;
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Lest my enemy say , "
I have prevailed against him ";
Lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved .
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But I have trusted in Your mercy ;
My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation .
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I will sing to the LORD ,
Because He has dealt bountifully with me .
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The fool has said in his heart , "
There is no God ."
They are corrupt ,
They have done abominable works ,
There is none who does good .
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The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men ,
To see if there are any who understand ,
who seek God .
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They have all turned aside ,
They have together become corrupt ;
There is none who does good ,
No ,
not one .
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Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge ,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread ,
And do not call on the LORD ?
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There they are in great fear ,
For God is with the generation of the righteous .
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You shame the counsel of the poor ,
But the LORD is his refuge .
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Oh ,
that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion !
When the LORD brings back the captivity of His people ,
Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad .
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LORD ,
who may abide in Your tabernacle ?
Who may dwell in Your holy hill ?
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He who walks uprightly ,
And works righteousness ,
And speaks the truth in his heart ;
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He who does not backbite with his tongue ,
Nor does evil to his neighbor ,
Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend ;
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In whose eyes a vile person is despised ,
But he honors those who fear the LORD ;
He who swears to his own hurt and does not change ;
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He who does not put out his money at usury ,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent .
He who does these things shall never be moved .
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Preserve me ,
O God ,
for in You I put my trust .
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O my soul ,
you have said to the LORD , "
You are my Lord ,
My goodness is nothing apart from You ."
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As for the saints who are on the earth , "
They are the excellent ones ,
in whom is all my delight ."
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Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god ;
Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer ,
Nor take up their names on my lips .
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O LORD ,
You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup ;
You maintain my lot .
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The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places ;
Yes ,
I have a good inheritance .
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I will bless the LORD who has given me counsel ;
My heart also instructs me in the night seasons .
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I have set the LORD always before me ;
Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved .
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Therefore my heart is glad ,
and my glory rejoices ;
My flesh also will rest in hope .
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For You will not leave my soul in Sheol ,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption .
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You will show me the path of life ;
In Your presence is fullness of joy ;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore .
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Hear a just cause ,
O LORD ,
Attend to my cry ;
Give ear to my prayer which is not from deceitful lips .
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Let my vindication come from Your presence ;
Let Your eyes look on the things that are upright .
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You have tested my heart ;
You have visited me in the night ;
You have tried me and have found nothing ;
I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress .
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Concerning the works of men ,
By the word of Your lips ,
I have kept away from the paths of the destroyer .
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Uphold my steps in Your paths ,
That my footsteps may not slip .
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I have called upon You ,
for You will hear me ,
O God ;
Incline Your ear to me ,
and hear my speech .
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Show Your marvelous lovingkindness by Your right hand ,
O You who save those who trust in You From those who rise up against them .
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Keep me as the apple of Your eye ;
Hide me under the shadow of Your wings ,
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From the wicked who oppress me ,
From my deadly enemies who surround me .
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They have closed up their fat hearts ;
With their mouths they speak proudly .
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They have now surrounded us in our steps ;
They have set their eyes ,
crouching down to the earth ,
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As a lion is eager to tear his prey ,
And like a young lion lurking in secret places .
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Arise ,
O LORD ,
Confront him ,
cast him down ;
Deliver my life from the wicked with Your sword ,
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With Your hand from men ,
O LORD ,
From men of the world who have their portion in this life ,
And whose belly You fill with Your hidden treasure .
They are satisfied with children ,
And leave the rest of their possession for their babes .
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As for me ,
I will see Your face in righteousness ;
I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness .
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I will love You ,
O LORD ,
my strength .
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The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer ;
My God ,
my strength ,
in whom I will trust ;
My shield and the horn of my salvation ,
my stronghold .
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I will call upon the LORD ,
who is worthy to be praised ;
So shall I be saved from my enemies .
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The pangs of death surrounded me ,
And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid .
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The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me ;
The snares of death confronted me .
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In my distress I called upon the LORD ,
And cried out to my God ;
He heard my voice from His temple ,
And my cry came before Him ,
even to His ears .
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Then the earth shook and trembled ;
The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken ,
Because He was angry .
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Smoke went up from His nostrils ,
And devouring fire from His mouth ;
Coals were kindled by it .
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He bowed the heavens also ,
and came down With darkness under His feet .
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And He rode upon a cherub ,
and flew ;
He flew upon the wings of the wind .
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He made darkness His secret place ;
His canopy around Him was dark waters And thick clouds of the skies .
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From the brightness before Him ,
His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire .
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The LORD thundered from heaven ,
And the Most High uttered His voice ,
Hailstones and coals of fire .
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He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe ,
Lightnings in abundance ,
and He vanquished them .
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Then the channels of the sea were seen ,
The foundations of the world were uncovered At Your rebuke ,
O LORD ,
At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils .
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He sent from above ,
He took me ;
He drew me out of many waters .
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He delivered me from my strong enemy ,
From those who hated me ,
For they were too strong for me .
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They confronted me in the day of my calamity ,
But the LORD was my support .
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He also brought me out into a broad place ;
He delivered me because He delighted in me .
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The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness ;
According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me .
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For I have kept the ways of the LORD ,
And have not wickedly departed from my God .
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For all His judgments were before me ,
And I did not put away His statutes from me .
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I was also blameless before Him ,
And I kept myself from my iniquity .
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Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness ,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight .
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With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful ;
With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless ;
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With the pure You will show Yourself pure ;
And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd .
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For You will save the humble people ,
But will bring down haughty looks .
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For You will light my lamp ;
The LORD my God will enlighten my darkness .
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For by You I can run against a troop ,
By my God I can leap over a wall .
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As for God ,
His way is perfect ;
The word of the LORD is proven ;
He is a shield to all who trust in Him .
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For who is God ,
except the LORD ?
And who is a rock ,
except our God ?
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It is God who arms me with strength ,
And makes my way perfect .
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He makes my feet like the feet of deer ,
And sets me on my high places .
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He teaches my hands to make war ,
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze .
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You have also given me the shield of Your salvation ;
Your right hand has held me up ,
Your gentleness has made me great .
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You enlarged my path under me ,
So my feet did not slip .
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I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them ;
Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed .
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I have wounded them ,
So that they could not rise ;
They have fallen under my feet .
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For You have armed me with strength for the battle ;
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me .
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You have also given me the necks of my enemies ,
So that I destroyed those who hated me .
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They cried out ,
but there was none to save ;
Even to the LORD ,
but He did not answer them .
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Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind ;
I cast them out like dirt in the streets .
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You have delivered me from the strivings of the people ;
You have made me the head of the nations ;
A people I have not known shall serve me .
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As soon as they hear of me they obey me ;
The foreigners submit to me .
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The foreigners fade away ,
And come frightened from their hideouts .
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The LORD lives !
Blessed be my Rock !
Let the God of my salvation be exalted .
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It is God who avenges me ,
And subdues the peoples under me ;
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He delivers me from my enemies .
You also lift me up above those who rise against me ;
You have delivered me from the violent man .
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Therefore I will give thanks to You ,
O LORD ,
among the Gentiles ,
And sing praises to Your name .
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Great deliverance He gives to His king ,
And shows mercy to His anointed ,
To David and his descendants forevermore .
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The heavens declare the glory of God ;
And the firmament shows His handiwork .
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Day unto day utters speech ,
And night unto night reveals knowledge .
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There is no speech nor language Where their voice is not heard .
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Their line has gone out through all the earth ,
And their words to the end of the world .
In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun ,
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Which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber ,
And rejoices like a strong man to run its race .
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Its rising is from one end of heaven ,
And its circuit to the other end ;
And there is nothing hidden from its heat .
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The law of the LORD is perfect ,
converting the soul ;
The testimony of the LORD is sure ,
making wise the simple ;
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The statutes of the LORD are right ,
rejoicing the heart ;
The commandment of the LORD is pure ,
enlightening the eyes ;
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The fear of the LORD is clean ,
enduring forever ;
The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether .
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More to be desired are they than gold ,
Yea ,
than much fine gold ;
Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb .
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Moreover by them Your servant is warned ,
And in keeping them there is great reward .
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Who can understand his errors ?
Cleanse me from secret faults .
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Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins ;
Let them not have dominion over me .
Then I shall be blameless ,
And I shall be innocent of great transgression .
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Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight ,
O LORD ,
my strength and my Redeemer .
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May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble ;
May the name of the God of Jacob defend you ;
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May He send you help from the sanctuary ,
And strengthen you out of Zion ;
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May He remember all your offerings ,
And accept your burnt sacrifice .
Selah
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May He grant you according to your heart '
s desire ,
And fulfill all your purpose .
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We will rejoice in your salvation ,
And in the name of our God we will set up our banners !
May the LORD fulfill all your petitions .
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Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed ;
He will answer him from His holy heaven With the saving strength of His right hand .
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Some trust in chariots ,
and some in horses ;
But we will remember the name of the LORD our God .
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They have bowed down and fallen ;
But we have risen and stand upright .
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Save ,
LORD !
May the King answer us when we call .
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The king shall have joy in Your strength ,
O LORD ;
And in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice !
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You have given him his heart '
s desire ,
And have not withheld the request of his lips .
Selah
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For You meet him with the blessings of goodness ;
You set a crown of pure gold upon his head .
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He asked life from You ,
and You gave it to him --
Length of days forever and ever .
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His glory is great in Your salvation ;
Honor and majesty You have placed upon him .
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For You have made him most blessed forever ;
You have made him exceedingly glad with Your presence .
*
For the king trusts in the LORD ,
And through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved .
*
Your hand will find all Your enemies ;
Your right hand will find those who hate You .
*
You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of Your anger ;
The LORD shall swallow them up in His wrath ,
And the fire shall devour them .
*
Their offspring You shall destroy from the earth ,
And their descendants from among the sons of men .
*
For they intended evil against You ;
They devised a plot which they are not able to perform .
*
Therefore You will make them turn their back ;
You will make ready Your arrows on Your string toward their faces .
*
Be exalted ,
O LORD ,
in Your own strength !
We will sing and praise Your power .
*
My God ,
My God ,
why have You forsaken Me ?
Why are You so far from helping Me ,
And from the words of My groaning ?
*
O My God ,
I cry in the daytime ,
but You do not hear ;
And in the night season ,
and am not silent .
*
But You are holy ,
Enthroned in the praises of Israel .
*
Our fathers trusted in You ;
They trusted ,
and You delivered them .
*
They cried to You ,
and were delivered ;
They trusted in You ,
and were not ashamed .
*
But I am a worm ,
and no man ;
A reproach of men ,
and despised by the people .
*
All those who see Me ridicule Me ;
They shoot out the lip ,
they shake the head ,
saying ,
* "
He trusted in the LORD ,
let Him rescue Him ;
Let Him deliver Him ,
since He delights in Him !"
*
But You are He who took Me out of the womb ;
You made Me trust while on My mother '
s breasts .
*
I was cast upon You from birth .
From My mother '
s womb You have been My God .
*
Be not far from Me ,
For trouble is near ;
For there is none to help .
*
Many bulls have surrounded Me ;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled Me .
*
They gape at Me with their mouths ,
Like a raging and roaring lion .
*
I am poured out like water ,
And all My bones are out of joint ;
My heart is like wax ;
It has melted within Me .
*
My strength is dried up like a potsherd ,
And My tongue clings to My jaws ;
You have brought Me to the dust of death .
*
For dogs have surrounded Me ;
The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me .
They pierced My hands and My feet ;
*
I can count all My bones .
They look and stare at Me .
*
They divide My garments among them ,
And for My clothing they cast lots .
*
But You ,
O LORD ,
do not be far from Me ;
O My Strength ,
hasten to help Me !
*
Deliver Me from the sword ,
My precious life from the power of the dog .
*
Save Me from the lion '
s mouth And from the horns of the wild oxen !
You have answered Me .
*
I will declare Your name to My brethren ;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You .
*
You who fear the LORD ,
praise Him !
All you descendants of Jacob ,
glorify Him ,
And fear Him ,
all you offspring of Israel !
*
For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted ;
Nor has He hidden His face from Him ;
But when He cried to Him ,
He heard .
*
My praise shall be of You in the great assembly ;
I will pay My vows before those who fear Him .
*
The poor shall eat and be satisfied ;
Those who seek Him will praise the LORD .
Let your heart live forever !
*
All the ends of the world Shall remember and turn to the LORD ,
And all the families of the nations Shall worship before You .
*
For the kingdom is the LORD '
s ,
And He rules over the nations .
*
All the prosperous of the earth Shall eat and worship ;
All those who go down to the dust Shall bow before Him ,
Even he who cannot keep himself alive .
*
A posterity shall serve Him .
It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation ,
*
They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born ,
That He has done this .
*
The LORD is my shepherd ;
I shall not want .
*
He makes me to lie down in green pastures ;
He leads me beside the still waters .
*
He restores my soul ;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name '
s sake .
*
Yea ,
though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death ,
I will fear no evil ;
For You are with me ;
Your rod and Your staff ,
they comfort me .
*
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies ;
You anoint my head with oil ;
My cup runs over .
*
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life ;
And I will dwell in the house of the LORD Forever .
*
The earth is the LORD '
s ,
and all its fullness ,
The world and those who dwell therein .
*
For He has founded it upon the seas ,
And established it upon the waters .
*
Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD ?
Or who may stand in His holy place ?
*
He who has clean hands and a pure heart ,
Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol ,
Nor sworn deceitfully .
*
He shall receive blessing from the LORD ,
And righteousness from the God of his salvation .
*
This is Jacob ,
the generation of those who seek Him ,
Who seek Your face .
Selah
*
Lift up your heads ,
O you gates !
And be lifted up ,
you everlasting doors !
And the King of glory shall come in .
*
Who is this King of glory ?
The LORD strong and mighty ,
The LORD mighty in battle .
*
Lift up your heads ,
O you gates !
Lift up ,
you everlasting doors !
And the King of glory shall come in .
*
Who is this King of glory ?
The LORD of hosts ,
He is the King of glory .
Selah
*
To You ,
O LORD ,
I lift up my soul .
*
O my God ,
I trust in You ;
Let me not be ashamed ;
Let not my enemies triumph over me .
*
Indeed ,
let no one who waits on You be ashamed ;
Let those be ashamed who deal treacherously without cause .
*
Show me Your ways ,
O LORD ;
Teach me Your paths .
*
Lead me in Your truth and teach me ,
For You are the God of my salvation ;
On You I wait all the day .
*
Remember ,
O LORD ,
Your tender mercies and Your lovingkindnesses ,
For they are from of old .
*
Do not remember the sins of my youth ,
nor my transgressions ;
According to Your mercy remember me ,
For Your goodness '
sake ,
O LORD .
*
Good and upright is the LORD ;
Therefore He teaches sinners in the way .
*
The humble He guides in justice ,
And the humble He teaches His way .
*
All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth ,
To such as keep His covenant and His testimonies .
*
For Your name '
s sake ,
O LORD ,
Pardon my iniquity ,
for it is great .
*
Who is the man that fears the LORD ?
Him shall He teach in the way He chooses .
*
He himself shall dwell in prosperity ,
And his descendants shall inherit the earth .
*
The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him ,
And He will show them His covenant .
*
My eyes are ever toward the LORD ,
For He shall pluck my feet out of the net .
*
Turn Yourself to me ,
and have mercy on me ,
For I am desolate and afflicted .
*
The troubles of my heart have enlarged ;
Bring me out of my distresses !
*
Look on my affliction and my pain ,
And forgive all my sins .
*
Consider my enemies ,
for they are many ;
And they hate me with cruel hatred .
*
Keep my soul ,
and deliver me ;
Let me not be ashamed ,
for I put my trust in You .
*
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me ,
For I wait for You .
*
Redeem Israel ,
O God ,
Out of all their troubles !
*
Vindicate me ,
O LORD ,
For I have walked in my integrity .
I have also trusted in the LORD ;
I shall not slip .
*
Examine me ,
O LORD ,
and prove me ;
Try my mind and my heart .
*
For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes ,
And I have walked in Your truth .
*
I have not sat with idolatrous mortals ,
Nor will I go in with hypocrites .
*
I have hated the assembly of evildoers ,
And will not sit with the wicked .
*
I will wash my hands in innocence ;
So I will go about Your altar ,
O LORD ,
*
That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving ,
And tell of all Your wondrous works .
*
LORD ,
I have loved the habitation of Your house ,
And the place where Your glory dwells .
*
Do not gather my soul with sinners ,
Nor my life with bloodthirsty men ,
*
In whose hands is a sinister scheme ,
And whose right hand is full of bribes .
*
But as for me ,
I will walk in my integrity ;
Redeem me and be merciful to me .
*
My foot stands in an even place ;
In the congregations I will bless the LORD .
*
The LORD is my light and my salvation ;
Whom shall I fear ?
The LORD is the strength of my life ;
Of whom shall I be afraid ?
*
When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh ,
My enemies and foes ,
They stumbled and fell .
*
Though an army may encamp against me ,
My heart shall not fear ;
Though war may rise against me ,
In this I will be confident .
*
One thing I have desired of the LORD ,
That will I seek :
That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life ,
To behold the beauty of the LORD ,
And to inquire in His temple .
*
For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion ;
In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me ;
He shall set me high upon a rock .
*
And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me ;
Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle ;
I will sing ,
yes ,
I will sing praises to the LORD .
*
Hear ,
O LORD ,
when I cry with my voice !
Have mercy also upon me ,
and answer me .
*
When You said , "
Seek My face ,"
My heart said to You , "
Your face ,
LORD ,
I will seek ."
*
Do not hide Your face from me ;
Do not turn Your servant away in anger ;
You have been my help ;
Do not leave me nor forsake me ,
O God of my salvation .
*
When my father and my mother forsake me ,
Then the LORD will take care of me .
*
Teach me Your way ,
O LORD ,
And lead me in a smooth path ,
because of my enemies .
*
Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries ;
For false witnesses have risen against me ,
And such as breathe out violence .
*
I would have lost heart ,
unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living .
*
Wait on the LORD ;
Be of good courage ,
And He shall strengthen your heart ;
Wait ,
I say ,
on the LORD !
*
To You I will cry ,
O LORD my Rock :
Do not be silent to me ,
Lest ,
if You are silent to me ,
I become like those who go down to the pit .
*
Hear the voice of my supplications When I cry to You ,
When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary .
*
Do not take me away with the wicked And with the workers of iniquity ,
Who speak peace to their neighbors ,
But evil is in their hearts .
*
Give them according to their deeds ,
And according to the wickedness of their endeavors ;
Give them according to the work of their hands ;
Render to them what they deserve .
*
Because they do not regard the works of the LORD ,
Nor the operation of His hands ,
He shall destroy them And not build them up .
*
Blessed be the LORD ,
Because He has heard the voice of my supplications !
*
The LORD is my strength and my shield ;
My heart trusted in Him ,
and I am helped ;
Therefore my heart greatly rejoices ,
And with my song I will praise Him .
*
The LORD is their strength ,
And He is the saving refuge of His anointed .
*
Save Your people ,
And bless Your inheritance ;
Shepherd them also ,
And bear them up forever .
*
Give unto the LORD ,
O you mighty ones ,
Give unto the LORD glory and strength .
*
Give unto the LORD the glory due to His name ;
Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness .
*
The voice of the LORD is over the waters ;
The God of glory thunders ;
The LORD is over many waters .
*
The voice of the LORD is powerful ;
The voice of the LORD is full of majesty .
*
The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars ,
Yes ,
the LORD splinters the cedars of Lebanon .
*
He makes them also skip like a calf ,
Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox .
*
The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire .
*
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness ;
The LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh .
*
The voice of the LORD makes the deer give birth ,
And strips the forests bare ;
And in His temple everyone says , "
Glory !"
*
The LORD sat enthroned at the Flood ,
And the LORD sits as King forever .
*
The LORD will give strength to His people ;
The LORD will bless His people with peace .
*
I will extol You ,
O LORD ,
for You have lifted me up ,
And have not let my foes rejoice over me .
*
O LORD my God ,
I cried out to You ,
And You healed me .
*
O LORD ,
You brought my soul up from the grave ;
You have kept me alive ,
that I should not go down to the pit .
*
Sing praise to the LORD ,
you saints of His ,
And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name .
*
For His anger is but for a moment ,
His favor is for life ;
Weeping may endure for a night ,
But joy comes in the morning .
*
Now in my prosperity I said , "
I shall never be moved ."
*
LORD ,
by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong ;
You hid Your face ,
and I was troubled .
*
I cried out to You ,
O LORD ;
And to the LORD I made supplication :
* "
What profit is there in my blood ,
When I go down to the pit ?
Will the dust praise You ?
Will it declare Your truth ?
*
Hear ,
O LORD ,
and have mercy on me ;
LORD ,
be my helper !"
*
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing ;
You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness ,
*
To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent .
O LORD my God ,
I will give thanks to You forever .
*
In You ,
O LORD ,
I put my trust ;
Let me never be ashamed ;
Deliver me in Your righteousness .
*
Bow down Your ear to me ,
Deliver me speedily ;
Be my rock of refuge ,
A fortress of defense to save me .
*
For You are my rock and my fortress ;
Therefore ,
for Your name '
s sake ,
Lead me and guide me .
*
Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me ,
For You are my strength .
*
Into Your hand I commit my spirit ;
You have redeemed me ,
O LORD God of truth .
*
I have hated those who regard useless idols ;
But I trust in the LORD .
*
I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy ,
For You have considered my trouble ;
You have known my soul in adversities ,
*
And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy ;
You have set my feet in a wide place .
*
Have mercy on me ,
O LORD ,
for I am in trouble ;
My eye wastes away with grief ,
Yes ,
my soul and my body !
*
For my life is spent with grief ,
And my years with sighing ;
My strength fails because of my iniquity ,
And my bones waste away .
*
I am a reproach among all my enemies ,
But especially among my neighbors ,
And am repulsive to my acquaintances ;
Those who see me outside flee from me .
*
I am forgotten like a dead man ,
out of mind ;
I am like a broken vessel .
*
For I hear the slander of many ;
Fear is on every side ;
While they take counsel together against me ,
They scheme to take away my life .
*
But as for me ,
I trust in You ,
O LORD ;
I say , "
You are my God ."
*
My times are in Your hand ;
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies ,
And from those who persecute me .
*
Make Your face shine upon Your servant ;
Save me for Your mercies '
sake .
*
Do not let me be ashamed ,
O LORD ,
for I have called upon You ;
Let the wicked be ashamed ;
Let them be silent in the grave .
*
Let the lying lips be put to silence ,
Which speak insolent things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous .
*
Oh ,
how great is Your goodness ,
Which You have laid up for those who fear You ,
Which You have prepared for those who trust in You In the presence of the sons of men !
*
You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence From the plots of man ;
You shall keep them secretly in a pavilion From the strife of tongues .
*
Blessed be the LORD ,
For He has shown me His marvelous kindness in a strong city !
*
For I said in my haste , "
I am cut off from before Your eyes ";
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried out to You .
*
Oh ,
love the LORD ,
all you His saints !
For the LORD preserves the faithful ,
And fully repays the proud person .
*
Be of good courage ,
And He shall strengthen your heart ,
All you who hope in the LORD .
*
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven ,
Whose sin is covered .
*
Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity ,
And in whose spirit there is no deceit .
*
When I kept silent ,
my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long .
*
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me ;
My vitality was turned into the drought of summer .
Selah
*
I acknowledged my sin to You ,
And my iniquity I have not hidden .
I said , "
I will confess my transgressions to the LORD ,"
And You forgave the iniquity of my sin .
Selah
*
For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You In a time when You may be found ;
Surely in a flood of great waters They shall not come near him .
*
You are my hiding place ;
You shall preserve me from trouble ;
You shall surround me with songs of deliverance .
Selah
*
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go ;
I will guide you with My eye .
*
Do not be like the horse or like the mule ,
Which have no understanding ,
Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle ,
Else they will not come near you .
*
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked ;
But he who trusts in the LORD ,
mercy shall surround him .
*
Be glad in the LORD and rejoice ,
you righteous ;
And shout for joy ,
all you upright in heart !
*
Rejoice in the LORD ,
O you righteous !
For praise from the upright is beautiful .
*
Praise the LORD with the harp ;
Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings .
*
Sing to Him a new song ;
Play skillfully with a shout of joy .
*
For the word of the LORD is right ,
And all His work is done in truth .
*
He loves righteousness and justice ;
The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD .
*
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made ,
And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth .
*
He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap ;
He lays up the deep in storehouses .
*
Let all the earth fear the LORD ;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him .
*
For He spoke ,
and it was done ;
He commanded ,
and it stood fast .
*
The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing ;
He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect .
*
The counsel of the LORD stands forever ,
The plans of His heart to all generations .
*
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD ,
The people He has chosen as His own inheritance .
*
The LORD looks from heaven ;
He sees all the sons of men .
*
From the place of His dwelling He looks On all the inhabitants of the earth ;
*
He fashions their hearts individually ;
He considers all their works .
*
No king is saved by the multitude of an army ;
A mighty man is not delivered by great strength .
*
A horse is a vain hope for safety ;
Neither shall it deliver any by its great strength .
*
Behold ,
the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him ,
On those who hope in His mercy ,
*
To deliver their soul from death ,
And to keep them alive in famine .
*
Our soul waits for the LORD ;
He is our help and our shield .
*
For our heart shall rejoice in Him ,
Because we have trusted in His holy name .
*
Let Your mercy ,
O LORD ,
be upon us ,
Just as we hope in You .
*
I will bless the LORD at all times ;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth .
*
My soul shall make its boast in the LORD ;
The humble shall hear of it and be glad .
*
Oh ,
magnify the LORD with me ,
And let us exalt His name together .
*
I sought the LORD ,
and He heard me ,
And delivered me from all my fears .
*
They looked to Him and were radiant ,
And their faces were not ashamed .
*
This poor man cried out ,
and the LORD heard him ,
And saved him out of all his troubles .
*
The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him ,
And delivers them .
*
Oh ,
taste and see that the LORD is good ;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him !
*
Oh ,
fear the LORD ,
you His saints !
There is no want to those who fear Him .
*
The young lions lack and suffer hunger ;
But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing .
*
Come ,
you children ,
listen to me ;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD .
*
Who is the man who desires life ,
And loves many days ,
that he may see good ?
*
Keep your tongue from evil ,
And your lips from speaking deceit .
*
Depart from evil and do good ;
Seek peace and pursue it .
*
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous ,
And His ears are open to their cry .
*
The face of the LORD is against those who do evil ,
To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth .
*
The righteous cry out ,
and the LORD hears ,
And delivers them out of all their troubles .
*
The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart ,
And saves such as have a contrite spirit .
*
Many are the afflictions of the righteous ,
But the LORD delivers him out of them all .
*
He guards all his bones ;
Not one of them is broken .
*
Evil shall slay the wicked ,
And those who hate the righteous shall be condemned .
*
The LORD redeems the soul of His servants ,
And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned .
*
Plead my cause ,
O LORD ,
with those who strive with me ;
Fight against those who fight against me .
*
Take hold of shield and buckler ,
And stand up for my help .
*
Also draw out the spear ,
And stop those who pursue me .
Say to my soul , "
I am your salvation ."
*
Let those be put to shame and brought to dishonor Who seek after my life ;
Let those be turned back and brought to confusion Who plot my hurt .
*
Let them be like chaff before the wind ,
And let the angel of the LORD chase them .
*
Let their way be dark and slippery ,
And let the angel of the LORD pursue them .
*
For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit ,
Which they have dug without cause for my life .
*
Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly ,
And let his net that he has hidden catch himself ;
Into that very destruction let him fall .
*
And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD ;
It shall rejoice in His salvation .
*
All my bones shall say , "
LORD ,
who is like You ,
Delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him ,
Yes ,
the poor and the needy from him who plunders him ?"
*
Fierce witnesses rise up ;
They ask me things that I do not know .
*
They reward me evil for good ,
To the sorrow of my soul .
*
But as for me ,
when they were sick ,
My clothing was sackcloth ;
I humbled myself with fasting ;
And my prayer would return to my own heart .
*
I paced about as though he were my friend or brother ;
I bowed down heavily ,
as one who mourns for his mother .
*
But in my adversity they rejoiced And gathered together ;
Attackers gathered against me ,
And I did not know it ;
They tore at me and did not cease ;
*
With ungodly mockers at feasts They gnashed at me with their teeth .
*
Lord ,
how long will You look on ?
Rescue me from their destructions ,
My precious life from the lions .
*
I will give You thanks in the great assembly ;
I will praise You among many people .
*
Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies ;
Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause .
*
For they do not speak peace ,
But they devise deceitful matters Against the quiet ones in the land .
*
They also opened their mouth wide against me ,
And said , "
Aha ,
aha !
Our eyes have seen it ."
*
This You have seen ,
O LORD ;
Do not keep silence .
O Lord ,
do not be far from me .
*
Stir up Yourself ,
and awake to my vindication ,
To my cause ,
my God and my Lord .
*
Vindicate me ,
O LORD my God ,
according to Your righteousness ;
And let them not rejoice over me .
*
Let them not say in their hearts , "
Ah ,
so we would have it !"
Let them not say , "
We have swallowed him up ."
*
Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion Who rejoice at my hurt ;
Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor Who exalt themselves against me .
*
Let them shout for joy and be glad ,
Who favor my righteous cause ;
And let them say continually , "
Let the LORD be magnified ,
Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant ."
*
And my tongue shall speak of Your righteousness And of Your praise all the day long .
*
An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked :
There is no fear of God before his eyes .
*
For he flatters himself in his own eyes ,
When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates .
*
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit ;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good .
*
He devises wickedness on his bed ;
He sets himself in a way that is not good ;
He does not abhor evil .
*
Your mercy ,
O LORD ,
is in the heavens ;
Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds .
*
Your righteousness is like the great mountains ;
Your judgments are a great deep ;
O LORD ,
You preserve man and beast .
*
How precious is Your lovingkindness ,
O God !
Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings .
*
They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house ,
And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures .
*
For with You is the fountain of life ;
In Your light we see light .
*
Oh ,
continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You ,
And Your righteousness to the upright in heart .
*
Let not the foot of pride come against me ,
And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away .
*
There the workers of iniquity have fallen ;
They have been cast down and are not able to rise .
*
Do not fret because of evildoers ,
Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity .
*
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass ,
And wither as the green herb .
*
Trust in the LORD ,
and do good ;
Dwell in the land ,
and feed on His faithfulness .
*
Delight yourself also in the LORD ,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart .
*
Commit your way to the LORD ,
Trust also in Him ,
And He shall bring it to pass .
*
He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light ,
And your justice as the noonday .
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Rest in the LORD ,
and wait patiently for Him ;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way ,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass .
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Cease from anger ,
and forsake wrath ;
Do not fret--it only causes harm .
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For evildoers shall be cut off ;
But those who wait on the LORD ,
They shall inherit the earth .
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For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more ;
Indeed ,
you will look carefully for his place ,
But it shall be no more .
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But the meek shall inherit the earth ,
And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace .
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The wicked plots against the just ,
And gnashes at him with his teeth .
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The Lord laughs at him ,
For He sees that his day is coming .
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The wicked have drawn the sword And have bent their bow ,
To cast down the poor and needy ,
To slay those who are of upright conduct .
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Their sword shall enter their own heart ,
And their bows shall be broken .
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A little that a righteous man has Is better than the riches of many wicked .
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For the arms of the wicked shall be broken ,
But the LORD upholds the righteous .
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The LORD knows the days of the upright ,
And their inheritance shall be forever .
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They shall not be ashamed in the evil time ,
And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied .
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But the wicked shall perish ;
And the enemies of the LORD ,
Like the splendor of the meadows ,
shall vanish .
Into smoke they shall vanish away .
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The wicked borrows and does not repay ,
But the righteous shows mercy and gives .
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For those blessed by Him shall inherit the earth ,
But those cursed by Him shall be cut off .
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The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD ,
And He delights in his way .
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Though he fall ,
he shall not be utterly cast down ;
For the LORD upholds him with His hand .
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I have been young ,
and now am old ;
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken ,
Nor his descendants begging bread .
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He is ever merciful ,
and lends ;
And his descendants are blessed .
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Depart from evil ,
and do good ;
And dwell forevermore .
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For the LORD loves justice ,
And does not forsake His saints ;
They are preserved forever ,
But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off .
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The righteous shall inherit the land ,
And dwell in it forever .
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The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom ,
And his tongue talks of justice .
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The law of his God is in his heart ;
None of his steps shall slide .
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The wicked watches the righteous ,
And seeks to slay him .
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The LORD will not leave him in his hand ,
Nor condemn him when he is judged .
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Wait on the LORD ,
And keep His way ,
And He shall exalt you to inherit the land ;
When the wicked are cut off ,
you shall see it .
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I have seen the wicked in great power ,
And spreading himself like a native green tree .
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Yet he passed away ,
and behold ,
he was no more ;
Indeed I sought him ,
but he could not be found .
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Mark the blameless man ,
and observe the upright ;
For the future of that man is peace .
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But the transgressors shall be destroyed together ;
The future of the wicked shall be cut off .
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But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD ;
He is their strength in the time of trouble .
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And the LORD shall help them and deliver them ;
He shall deliver them from the wicked ,
And save them ,
Because they trust in Him .
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O LORD ,
do not rebuke me in Your wrath ,
Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure !
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For Your arrows pierce me deeply ,
And Your hand presses me down .
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There is no soundness in my flesh Because of Your anger ,
Nor any health in my bones Because of my sin .
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For my iniquities have gone over my head ;
Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me .
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My wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness .
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I am troubled ,
I am bowed down greatly ;
I go mourning all the day long .
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For my loins are full of inflammation ,
And there is no soundness in my flesh .
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I am feeble and severely broken ;
I groan because of the turmoil of my heart .
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Lord ,
all my desire is before You ;
And my sighing is not hidden from You .
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My heart pants ,
my strength fails me ;
As for the light of my eyes ,
it also has gone from me .
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My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague ,
And my relatives stand afar off .
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Those also who seek my life lay snares for me ;
Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction ,
And plan deception all the day long .
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But I ,
like a deaf man ,
do not hear ;
And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth .
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Thus I am like a man who does not hear ,
And in whose mouth is no response .
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For in You ,
O LORD ,
I hope ;
You will hear ,
O Lord my God .
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For I said , "
Hear me ,
lest they rejoice over me ,
Lest ,
when my foot slips ,
they exalt themselves against me ."
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For I am ready to fall ,
And my sorrow is continually before me .
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For I will declare my iniquity ;
I will be in anguish over my sin .
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But my enemies are vigorous ,
and they are strong ;
And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied .
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Those also who render evil for good ,
They are my adversaries ,
because I follow what is good .
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Do not forsake me ,
O LORD ;
O my God ,
be not far from me !
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Make haste to help me ,
O Lord ,
my salvation !
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I said , "
I will guard my ways ,
Lest I sin with my tongue ;
I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle ,
While the wicked are before me ."
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I was mute with silence ,
I held my peace even from good ;
And my sorrow was stirred up .
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My heart was hot within me ;
While I was musing ,
the fire burned .
Then I spoke with my tongue :
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LORD ,
make me to know my end ,
And what is the measure of my days ,
That I may know how frail I am .
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Indeed ,
You have made my days as handbreadths ,
And my age is as nothing before You ;
Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor .
Selah
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Surely every man walks about like a shadow ;
Surely they busy themselves in vain ;
He heaps up riches ,
And does not know who will gather them .
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And now ,
Lord ,
what do I wait for ?
My hope is in You .
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Deliver me from all my transgressions ;
Do not make me the reproach of the foolish .
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I was mute ,
I did not open my mouth ,
Because it was You who did it .
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Remove Your plague from me ;
I am consumed by the blow of Your hand .
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When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity ,
You make his beauty melt away like a moth ;
Surely every man is vapor .
Selah
* "
Hear my prayer ,
O LORD ,
And give ear to my cry ;
Do not be silent at my tears ;
For I am a stranger with You ,
A sojourner ,
as all my fathers were .
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Remove Your gaze from me ,
that I may regain strength ,
Before I go away and am no more ."
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I waited patiently for the LORD ;
And He inclined to me ,
And heard my cry .
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He also brought me up out of a horrible pit ,
Out of the miry clay ,
And set my feet upon a rock ,
And established my steps .
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He has put a new song in my mouth --
Praise to our God ;
Many will see it and fear ,
And will trust in the LORD .
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Blessed is that man who makes the LORD his trust ,
And does not respect the proud ,
nor such as turn aside to lies .
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Many ,
O LORD my God ,
are Your wonderful works Which You have done ;
And Your thoughts toward us Cannot be recounted to You in order ;
If I would declare and speak of them ,
They are more than can be numbered .
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Sacrifice and offering You did not desire ;
My ears You have opened .
Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require .
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Then I said , "
Behold ,
I come ;
In the scroll of the book it is written of me .
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I delight to do Your will ,
O my God ,
And Your law is within my heart ."
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I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness In the great assembly ;
Indeed ,
I do not restrain my lips ,
O LORD ,
You Yourself know .
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I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart ;
I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation ;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth From the great assembly .
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Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me ,
O LORD ;
Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me .
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For innumerable evils have surrounded me ;
My iniquities have overtaken me ,
so that I am not able to look up ;
They are more than the hairs of my head ;
Therefore my heart fails me .
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Be pleased ,
O LORD ,
to deliver me ;
O LORD ,
make haste to help me !
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Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion Who seek to destroy my life ;
Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor Who wish me evil .
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Let them be confounded because of their shame ,
Who say to me , "
Aha ,
aha !"
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Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You ;
Let such as love Your salvation say continually , "
The LORD be magnified !"
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But I am poor and needy ;
Yet the LORD thinks upon me .
You are my help and my deliverer ;
Do not delay ,
O my God .
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Blessed is he who considers the poor ;
The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble .
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The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive ,
And he will be blessed on the earth ;
You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies .
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The LORD will strengthen him on his bed of illness ;
You will sustain him on his sickbed .
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I said , "
LORD ,
be merciful to me ;
Heal my soul ,
for I have sinned against You ."
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My enemies speak evil of me : "
When will he die ,
and his name perish ?"
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And if he comes to see me ,
he speaks lies ;
His heart gathers iniquity to itself ;
When he goes out ,
he tells it .
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All who hate me whisper together against me ;
Against me they devise my hurt .
* "
An evil disease ,"
they say , "
clings to him .
And now that he lies down ,
he will rise up no more ."
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Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted ,
Who ate my bread ,
Has lifted up his heel against me .
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But You ,
O LORD ,
be merciful to me ,
and raise me up ,
That I may repay them .
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By this I know that You are well pleased with me ,
Because my enemy does not triumph over me .
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As for me ,
You uphold me in my integrity ,
And set me before Your face forever .
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Blessed be the LORD God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting !
Amen and Amen .
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As the deer pants for the water brooks ,
So pants my soul for You ,
O God .
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