Psalms:101-106
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I will sing of mercy and judgment :
unto thee ,
O LORD ,
will I sing .
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I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way .
O when wilt thou come unto me ?
I will walk within my house with a perfect heart .
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I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes :
I hate the work of them that turn aside ;
it shall not cleave to me .
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A froward heart shall depart from me :
I will not know a wicked person .
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Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour ,
him will I cut off :
him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer .
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Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land ,
that they may dwell with me :
he that walketh in a perfect way ,
he shall serve me .
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He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house :
he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight .
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I will early destroy all the wicked of the land ;
that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD .
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Hear my prayer ,
O LORD ,
and let my cry come unto thee .
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Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble ;
incline thine ear unto me :
in the day when I call answer me speedily .
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For my days are consumed like smoke ,
and my bones are burned as an hearth .
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My heart is smitten ,
and withered like grass ;
so that I forget to eat my bread .
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By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin .
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I am like a pelican of the wilderness :
I am like an owl of the desert .
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I watch ,
and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top .
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Mine enemies reproach me all the day ;
and they that are mad against me are sworn against me .
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For I have eaten ashes like bread ,
and mingled my drink with weeping ,
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Because of thine indignation and thy wrath :
for thou hast lifted me up ,
and cast me down .
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My days are like a shadow that declineth ;
and I am withered like grass .
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But thou ,
O LORD ,
shalt endure for ever ;
and thy remembrance unto all generations .
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Thou shalt arise ,
and have mercy upon Zion :
for the time to favour her ,
yea ,
the set time ,
is come .
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For thy servants take pleasure in her stones ,
and favour the dust thereof .
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So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD ,
and all the kings of the earth thy glory .
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When the LORD shall build up Zion ,
he shall appear in his glory .
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He will regard the prayer of the destitute ,
and not despise their prayer .
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This shall be written for the generation to come :
and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD .
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For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary ;
from heaven did the LORD behold the earth ;
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To hear the groaning of the prisoner ;
to loose those that are appointed to death ;
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To declare the name of the LORD in Zion ,
and his praise in Jerusalem ;
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When the people are gathered together ,
and the kingdoms ,
to serve the LORD .
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He weakened my strength in the way ;
he shortened my days .
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I said ,
O my God ,
take me not away in the midst of my days :
thy years are throughout all generations .
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Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth :
and the heavens are the work of thy hands .
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They shall perish ,
but thou shalt endure :
yea ,
all of them shall wax old like a garment ;
as a vesture shalt thou change them ,
and they shall be changed :
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But thou art the same ,
and thy years shall have no end .
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The children of thy servants shall continue ,
and their seed shall be established before thee .
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Bless the LORD ,
O my soul :
and all that is within me ,
bless his holy name .
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Bless the LORD ,
O my soul ,
and forget not all his benefits :
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Who forgiveth all thine iniquities ;
who healeth all thy diseases ;
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Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ;
who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies ;
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Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ;
so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle '
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The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed .
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He made known his ways unto Moses ,
his acts unto the children of Israel .
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The LORD is merciful and gracious ,
slow to anger ,
and plenteous in mercy .
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He will not always chide :
neither will he keep his anger for ever .
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He hath not dealt with us after our sins ;
nor rewarded us according to our iniquities .
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For as the heaven is high above the earth ,
so great is his mercy toward them that fear him .
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As far as the east is from the west ,
so far hath he removed our transgressions from us .
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Like as a father pitieth his children ,
so the LORD pitieth them that fear him .
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For he knoweth our frame ;
he remembereth that we are dust .
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As for man ,
his days are as grass :
as a flower of the field ,
so he flourisheth .
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For the wind passeth over it ,
and it is gone ;
and the place thereof shall know it no more .
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But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him ,
and his righteousness unto children '
s children ;
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To such as keep his covenant ,
and to those that remember his commandments to do them .
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The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens ;
and his kingdom ruleth over all .
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Bless the LORD ,
ye his angels ,
that excel in strength ,
that do his commandments ,
hearkening unto the voice of his word .
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Bless ye the LORD ,
all ye his hosts ;
ye ministers of his ,
that do his pleasure .
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Bless the LORD ,
all his works in all places of his dominion :
bless the LORD ,
O my soul .
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Bless the LORD ,
O my soul .
O LORD my God ,
thou art very great ;
thou art clothed with honour and majesty .
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Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment :
who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain :
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Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters :
who maketh the clouds his chariot :
who walketh upon the wings of the wind :
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Who maketh his angels spirits ;
his ministers a flaming fire :
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Who laid the foundations of the earth ,
that it should not be removed for ever .
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Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment :
the waters stood above the mountains .
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At thy rebuke they fled ;
at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away .
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They go up by the mountains ;
they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them .
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Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over ;
that they turn not again to cover the earth .
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He sendeth the springs into the valleys ,
which run among the hills .
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They give drink to every beast of the field :
the wild asses quench their thirst .
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By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation ,
which sing among the branches .
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He watereth the hills from his chambers :
the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works .
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He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle ,
and herb for the service of man :
that he may bring forth food out of the earth ;
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And wine that maketh glad the heart of man ,
and oil to make his face to shine ,
and bread which strengtheneth man '
s heart .
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The trees of the LORD are full of sap ;
the cedars of Lebanon ,
which he hath planted ;
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Where the birds make their nests :
as for the stork ,
the fir trees are her house .
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The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats ;
and the rocks for the conies .
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He appointed the moon for seasons :
the sun knoweth his going down .
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Thou makest darkness ,
and it is night :
wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth .
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The young lions roar after their prey ,
and seek their meat from God .
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The sun ariseth ,
they gather themselves together ,
and lay them down in their dens .
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Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening .
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O LORD ,
how manifold are thy works !
in wisdom hast thou made them all :
the earth is full of thy riches .
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So is this great and wide sea ,
wherein are things creeping innumerable ,
both small and great beasts .
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There go the ships :
there is that leviathan ,
whom thou hast made to play therein .
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These wait all upon thee ;
that thou mayest give them their meat in due season .
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That thou givest them they gather :
thou openest thine hand ,
they are filled with good .
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Thou hidest thy face ,
they are troubled :
thou takest away their breath ,
they die ,
and return to their dust .
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Thou sendest forth thy spirit ,
they are created :
and thou renewest the face of the earth .
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The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever :
the LORD shall rejoice in his works .
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He looketh on the earth ,
and it trembleth :
he toucheth the hills ,
and they smoke .
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I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live :
I will sing praise to my God while I have my being .
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My meditation of him shall be sweet :
I will be glad in the LORD .
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Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth ,
and let the wicked be no more .
Bless thou the LORD ,
O my soul .
Praise ye the LORD .
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O give thanks unto the LORD ;
call upon his name :
make known his deeds among the people .
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Sing unto him ,
sing psalms unto him :
talk ye of all his wondrous works .
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Glory ye in his holy name :
let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD .
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Seek the LORD ,
and his strength :
seek his face evermore .
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Remember his marvellous works that he hath done ;
his wonders ,
and the judgments of his mouth ;
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O ye seed of Abraham his servant ,
ye children of Jacob his chosen .
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He is the LORD our God :
his judgments are in all the earth .
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He hath remembered his covenant for ever ,
the word which he commanded to a thousand generations .
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Which covenant he made with Abraham ,
and his oath unto Isaac ;
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And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law ,
and to Israel for an everlasting covenant :
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Saying ,
Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan ,
the lot of your inheritance :
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When they were but a few men in number ;
yea ,
very few ,
and strangers in it .
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When they went from one nation to another ,
from one kingdom to another people ;
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He suffered no man to do them wrong :
yea ,
he reproved kings for their sakes ;
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Saying ,
Touch not mine anointed ,
and do my prophets no harm .
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Moreover he called for a famine upon the land :
he brake the whole staff of bread .
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He sent a man before them ,
even Joseph ,
who was sold for a servant :
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Whose feet they hurt with fetters :
he was laid in iron :
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Until the time that his word came :
the word of the LORD tried him .
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The king sent and loosed him ;
even the ruler of the people ,
and let him go free .
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He made him lord of his house ,
and ruler of all his substance :
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To bind his princes at his pleasure ;
and teach his senators wisdom .
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Israel also came into Egypt ;
and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham .
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And he increased his people greatly ;
and made them stronger than their enemies .
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He turned their heart to hate his people ,
to deal subtilly with his servants .
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He sent Moses his servant ;
and Aaron whom he had chosen .
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They shewed his signs among them ,
and wonders in the land of Ham .
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He sent darkness ,
and made it dark ;
and they rebelled not against his word .
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He turned their waters into blood ,
and slew their fish .
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Their land brought forth frogs in abundance ,
in the chambers of their kings .
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He spake ,
and there came divers sorts of flies ,
and lice in all their coasts .
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He gave them hail for rain ,
and flaming fire in their land .
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He smote their vines also and their fig trees ;
and brake the trees of their coasts .
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He spake ,
and the locusts came ,
and caterpillers ,
and that without number ,
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And did eat up all the herbs in their land ,
and devoured the fruit of their ground .
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He smote also all the firstborn in their land ,
the chief of all their strength .
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He brought them forth also with silver and gold :
and there was not one feeble person among their tribes .
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Egypt was glad when they departed :
for the fear of them fell upon them .
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He spread a cloud for a covering ;
and fire to give light in the night .
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The people asked ,
and he brought quails ,
and satisfied them with the bread of heaven .
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He opened the rock ,
and the waters gushed out ;
they ran in the dry places like a river .
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For he remembered his holy promise ,
and Abraham his servant .
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And he brought forth his people with joy ,
and his chosen with gladness :
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And gave them the lands of the heathen :
and they inherited the labour of the people ;
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That they might observe his statutes ,
and keep his laws .
Praise ye the LORD .
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Praise ye the LORD .
O give thanks unto the LORD ;
for he is good :
for his mercy endureth for ever .
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Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD ?
who can shew forth all his praise ?
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Blessed are they that keep judgment ,
and he that doeth righteousness at all times .
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Remember me ,
O LORD ,
with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people :
O visit me with thy salvation ;
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That I may see the good of thy chosen ,
that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation ,
that I may glory with thine inheritance .
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We have sinned with our fathers ,
we have committed iniquity ,
we have done wickedly .
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Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt ;
they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies ;
but provoked him at the sea ,
even at the Red sea .
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Nevertheless he saved them for his name '
s sake ,
that he might make his mighty power to be known .
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He rebuked the Red sea also ,
and it was dried up :
so he led them through the depths ,
as through the wilderness .
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And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them ,
and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy .
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And the waters covered their enemies :
there was not one of them left .
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Then believed they his words ;
they sang his praise .
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They soon forgat his works ;
they waited not for his counsel :
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But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness ,
and tempted God in the desert .
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And he gave them their request ;
but sent leanness into their soul .
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They envied Moses also in the camp ,
and Aaron the saint of the LORD .
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The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan ,
and covered the company of Abiram .
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And a fire was kindled in their company ;
the flame burned up the wicked .
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They made a calf in Horeb ,
and worshipped the molten image .
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Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass .
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They forgat God their saviour ,
which had done great things in Egypt ;
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Wondrous works in the land of Ham ,
and terrible things by the Red sea .
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Therefore he said that he would destroy them ,
had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach ,
to turn away his wrath ,
lest he should destroy them .
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Yea ,
they despised the pleasant land ,
they believed not his word :
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But murmured in their tents ,
and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD .
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Therefore he lifted up his hand against them ,
to overthrow them in the wilderness :
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To overthrow their seed also among the nations ,
and to scatter them in the lands .
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They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor ,
and ate the sacrifices of the dead .
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Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions :
and the plague brake in upon them .
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Then stood up Phinehas ,
and executed judgment :
and so the plague was stayed .
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And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore .
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They angered him also at the waters of strife ,
so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes :
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Because they provoked his spirit ,
so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips .
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They did not destroy the nations ,
concerning whom the LORD commanded them :
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But were mingled among the heathen ,
and learned their works .
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And they served their idols :
which were a snare unto them .
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Yea ,
they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils ,
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And shed innocent blood ,
even the blood of their sons and of their daughters ,
whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan :
and the land was polluted with blood .
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Thus were they defiled with their own works ,
and went a whoring with their own inventions .
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Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people ,
insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance .
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And he gave them into the hand of the heathen ;
and they that hated them ruled over them .
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Their enemies also oppressed them ,
and they were brought into subjection under their hand .
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Many times did he deliver them ;
but they provoked him with their counsel ,
and were brought low for their iniquity .
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Nevertheless he regarded their affliction ,
when he heard their cry :
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And he remembered for them his covenant ,
and repented according to the multitude of his mercies .
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He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives .
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Save us ,
O LORD our God ,
and gather us from among the heathen ,
to give thanks unto thy holy name ,
and to triumph in thy praise .
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Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting :
and let all the people say ,
Amen .
Praise ye the LORD .
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O give thanks unto the LORD ,
for he is good :
for his mercy endureth for ever .