Psalms:34-41

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* I will bless the LORD at all times : his praise shall continually be in my mouth . * My soul shall make her boast in the LORD : the humble shall hear thereof , and be glad . * O 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 unto him , and were lightened : and their faces were not ashamed . * This poor man cried , and the LORD heard him , and saved him out of all his troubles . * The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him , and delivereth them . * O taste and see that the LORD is good : blessed is the man that trusteth in him . * O fear the LORD , ye his saints : for there is no want to them that fear him . * The young lions do lack , and suffer hunger : but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing . * Come , ye children , hearken unto me : I will teach you the fear of the LORD . * What man is he that desireth life , and loveth many days , that he may see good ? * Keep thy tongue from evil , and thy lips from speaking guile . * Depart from evil , and do good ; seek peace , and pursue it . * The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous , and his ears are open unto their cry . * The face of the LORD is against them that do evil , to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth . * The righteous cry , and the LORD heareth , and delivereth them out of all their troubles . * The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart ; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit . * Many are the afflictions of the righteous : but the LORD delivereth him out of them all . * He keepeth all his bones : not one of them is broken . * Evil shall slay the wicked : and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate . * The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants : and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate . * Plead my cause , O LORD , with them that strive with me : fight against them that fight against me . * Take hold of shield and buckler , and stand up for mine help . * Draw out also the spear , and stop the way against them that persecute me : say unto my soul , I am thy salvation . * Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul : let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt . * Let them be as 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 persecute them . * For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit , which without cause they have digged for my soul . * Let destruction come upon him at unawares ; and let his net that he hath hid 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 unto thee , which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him , yea , the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him ? * False witnesses did rise up ; they laid to my charge things that I knew not . * They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul . * But as for me , when they were sick , my clothing was sackcloth : I humbled my soul with fasting ; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom . * I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother : I bowed down heavily , as one that mourneth for his mother . * But in mine adversity they rejoiced , and gathered themselves together : yea , the abjects gathered themselves together against me , and I knew it not ; they did tear me , and ceased not : * With hypocritical mockers in feasts , they gnashed upon me with their teeth . * Lord , how long wilt thou look on ? rescue my soul from their destructions , my darling from the lions . * I will give thee thanks in the great congregation : I will praise thee among much people . * Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me : neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause . * For they speak not peace : but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land . * Yea , they opened their mouth wide against me , and said , Aha , aha , our eye hath seen it . * This thou hast seen , O LORD : keep not silence : O Lord , be not far from me . * Stir up thyself , and awake to my judgment , even unto my cause , my God and my Lord . * Judge me , O LORD my God , according to thy righteousness ; and let them not rejoice over me . * Let them not say in their hearts , Ah , so would we have it : let them not say , We have swallowed him up . * Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt : let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me . * Let them shout for joy , and be glad , that favour my righteous cause : yea , let them say continually , Let the LORD be magnified , which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant . * And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long . * The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart , that there is no fear of God before his eyes . * For he flattereth himself in his own eyes , until his iniquity be found to be hateful . * The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit : he hath left off to be wise , and to do good . * He deviseth mischief upon his bed ; he setteth himself in a way that is not good ; he abhorreth not evil . * Thy mercy , O LORD , is in the heavens ; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds . * Thy righteousness is like the great mountains ; thy judgments are a great deep : O LORD , thou preservest man and beast . * How excellent is thy lovingkindness , O God ! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings . * They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house ; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures . * For with thee is the fountain of life : in thy light shall we see light . * O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee ; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart . * Let not the foot of pride come against me , and let not the hand of the wicked remove me . * There are the workers of iniquity fallen : they are cast down , and shall not be able to rise . * Fret not thyself because of evildoers , neither be thou envious against 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 ; so shalt thou dwell in the land , and verily thou shalt be fed . * Delight thyself also in the LORD ; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart . * Commit thy way unto the LORD ; trust also in him ; and he shall bring it to pass . * And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light , and thy judgment as the noonday . * Rest in the LORD , and wait patiently for him : fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way , because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass . * Cease from anger , and forsake wrath : fret not thyself in any wise to do evil . * For evildoers shall be cut off : but those that wait upon the LORD , they shall inherit the earth . * For yet a little while , and the wicked shall not be : yea , thou shalt diligently consider his place , and it shall not be . * But the meek shall inherit the earth ; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace . * The wicked plotteth against the just , and gnasheth upon him with his teeth . * The Lord shall laugh at him : for he seeth that his day is coming . * The wicked have drawn out the sword , and have bent their bow , to cast down the poor and needy , and to slay such as be of upright conversation . * Their sword shall enter into their own heart , and their bows shall be broken . * A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked . * For the arms of the wicked shall be broken : but the LORD upholdeth the righteous . * The LORD knoweth the days of the upright : and their inheritance shall be for ever . * They shall not be ashamed in the evil time : and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied . * But the wicked shall perish , and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs : they shall consume ; into smoke shall they consume away . * The wicked borroweth , and payeth not again : but the righteous sheweth mercy , and giveth . * For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth ; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off . * The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD : and he delighteth in his way . * Though he fall , he shall not be utterly cast down : for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand . * I have been young , and now am old ; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken , nor his seed begging bread . * He is ever merciful , and lendeth ; and his seed is blessed . * Depart from evil , and do good ; and dwell for evermore . * For the LORD loveth judgment , and forsaketh not his saints ; they are preserved for ever : but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off . * The righteous shall inherit the land , and dwell therein for ever . * The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom , and his tongue talketh of judgment . * The law of his God is in his heart ; none of his steps shall slide . * The wicked watcheth the righteous , and seeketh to slay him . * The LORD will not leave him in his hand , nor condemn him when he is judged . * Wait on the LORD , and keep his way , and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land : when the wicked are cut off , thou shalt see it . * I have seen the wicked in great power , and spreading himself like a green bay tree . * Yet he passed away , and , lo , he was not : yea , I sought him , but he could not be found . * Mark the perfect man , and behold the upright : for the end of that man is peace . * But the transgressors shall be destroyed together : the end of the wicked shall be cut off . * But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD : he is their strength in the time of trouble . * And the LORD shall help them , and deliver them : he shall deliver them from the wicked , and save them , because they trust in him . * O LORD , rebuke me not in thy wrath : neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure . * For thine arrows stick fast in me , and thy hand presseth me sore . * There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger ; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin . * For mine iniquities are gone over mine head : as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me . * My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness . * I am troubled ; I am bowed down greatly ; I go mourning all the day long . * For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease : and there is no soundness in my flesh . * I am feeble and sore broken : I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart . * Lord , all my desire is before thee ; and my groaning is not hid from thee . * My heart panteth , my strength faileth me : as for the light of mine eyes , it also is gone from me . * My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore ; and my kinsmen stand afar off . * They also that seek after my life lay snares for me : and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things , and imagine deceits all the day long . * But I , as a deaf man , heard not ; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth . * Thus I was as a man that heareth not , and in whose mouth are no reproofs . * For in thee , O LORD , do I hope : thou wilt hear , O Lord my God . * For I said , Hear me , lest otherwise they should rejoice over me : when my foot slippeth , they magnify themselves against me . * For I am ready to halt , and my sorrow is continually before me . * For I will declare mine iniquity ; I will be sorry for my sin . * But mine enemies are lively , and they are strong : and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied . * They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries ; because I follow the thing that good is . * Forsake me not , O LORD : O my God , be not far from me . * Make haste to help me , O Lord my salvation . * I said , I will take heed to my ways , that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle , while the wicked is before me . * I was dumb with silence , I held my peace , even from good ; and my sorrow was stirred . * My heart was hot within me , while I was musing the fire burned : then spake I with my tongue , * LORD , make me to know mine end , and the measure of my days , what it is ; that I may know how frail I am . * Behold , thou hast made my days as an handbreadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity . Selah . * Surely every man walketh in a vain shew : surely they are disquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches , and knoweth not who shall gather them . * And now , Lord , what wait I for ? my hope is in thee . * Deliver me from all my transgressions : make me not the reproach of the foolish . * I was dumb , I opened not my mouth ; because thou didst it . * Remove thy stroke away from me : I am consumed by the blow of thine hand . * When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity , thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth : surely every man is vanity . Selah . * Hear my prayer , O LORD , and give ear unto my cry ; hold not thy peace at my tears : for I am a stranger with thee , and a sojourner , as all my fathers were . * O spare me , that I may recover strength , before I go hence , and be no more . * I waited patiently for the LORD ; and he inclined unto me , and heard my cry . * He brought me up also out of an horrible pit , out of the miry clay , and set my feet upon a rock , and established my goings . * And he hath put a new song in my mouth , even praise unto our God : many shall see it , and fear , and shall trust in the LORD . * Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust , and respecteth not the proud , nor such as turn aside to lies . * Many , O LORD my God , are thy wonderful works which thou hast done , and thy thoughts which are to us-ward : they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee : if I would declare and speak of them , they are more than can be numbered . * Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire ; mine ears hast thou opened : burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required . * Then said I , Lo , I come : in the volume of the book it is written of me , * I delight to do thy will , O my God : yea , thy law is within my heart . * I have preached righteousness in the great congregation : lo , I have not refrained my lips , O LORD , thou knowest . * I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart ; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation : I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation . * Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me , O LORD : let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me . * For innumerable evils have compassed me about : mine iniquities have taken hold upon me , so that I am not able to look up ; they are more than the hairs of mine head : therefore my heart faileth me . * Be pleased , O LORD , to deliver me : O LORD , make haste to help me . * Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it ; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil . * Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me , Aha , aha . * Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee : let such as love thy salvation say continually , The LORD be magnified . * But I am poor and needy ; yet the Lord thinketh upon me : thou art my help and my deliverer ; make no tarrying , O my God . * Blessed is he that considereth the poor : the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble . * The LORD will preserve him , and keep him alive ; and he shall be blessed upon the earth : and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies . * The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing : thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness . * I said , LORD , be merciful unto me : heal my soul ; for I have sinned against thee . * Mine enemies speak evil of me , When shall he die , and his name perish ? * And if he come to see me , he speaketh vanity : his heart gathereth iniquity to itself ; when he goeth abroad , he telleth it . * All that hate me whisper together against me : against me do they devise my hurt . * An evil disease , say they , cleaveth fast unto him : and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more . * Yea , mine own familiar friend , in whom I trusted , which did eat of my bread , hath lifted up his heel against me . * But thou , O LORD , be merciful unto me , and raise me up , that I may requite them . * By this I know that thou favourest me , because mine enemy doth not triumph over me . * And as for me , thou upholdest me in mine integrity , and settest me before thy face for ever . * Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting , and to everlasting . Amen , and Amen . * As the hart panteth after the water brooks , so panteth my soul after thee , O God .

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