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To the chief musician ,
a psalm of David , (
note :)(
51:2 )(:
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When Nathan the prophet came unto him ,
after he had gone in unto Bath
sheba . (
51:3 )
Be gracious unto me ,
O God ,
according to thy kindness :
according to the greatness of thy mercies blot out my transgressions .
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To the chief musician ,
a Maskil of David , (
note :)(
52:2 )(:
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When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul ,
and said unto him ,
David is come to the house of Achimelech . (
52:3 )
What vauntest thou thyself of wickedness ,
O mighty man ?
the kindness of God endureth all the time .
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To the chief musician on Neginoth ,
a Maskil of David , (
note :)(
54:2 )(:
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When the Ziphim came and said to Saul ,
Behold ,
David is hiding himself with us . (
54:3 )
O God ,
by thy name save me ,
and by thy strength grant me justice .
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To the chief musician upon Jonath
elem
rechokim ,
by David ,
a Michtham ,
when the Philistines seized him in Gath . (
note :)(
56:2 )(:
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Be gracious unto me ,
O God ;
for man longeth to swallow me up ;
all the time he oppresseth me fighting .
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To the chief musician ,
Al
tashcheth ,
by David ,
a Michtham ,
when he fled from Saul ,
in the cave . (
note :)(
57:2 )(:
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Be gracious unto me ,
O God ,
be gracious unto me ;
for in thee my soul seeketh protection ,
and under the shadow of thy wings will I seek protection ,
until the mischief be passed away .
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To the chief musician Al
tashcheth ,
by David ,
a Michtham . (
note :)(
58:2 )(:
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Do you indeed ,
who are dumb ,
speak righteously ?
do ye judge in uprightness ,
O ye sons of men ?
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To the chief musician ,
Al
tashcheth ,
by David ,
a Michtham ,
when Saul sent ,
and they watched the house to put him to death . (
note :)(
59:2 )(:
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Deliver me from my enemies ,
O my God :
defend me from them that rise up against me .
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To the chief musician upon Shushan
eduth ,
a Michtham of David ,
to teach , (
note :)(
60:2 )(:
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When he fought with Aram
naharayim ,
and with Aram
zobah ,
and Joab returned ,
and smote of Edom in the Salt Valley twelve thousand . (
60:3 )
O God ,
thou hast cast us off ,
thou hast made a breach in us ,
thou hast been displeased :
restore now unto us .
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song of David . (
note :)(
65:2 )(:
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For thee praise is waiting ,
O God ,
in Zion :
and unto thee shall vows be paid .
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Shout joyfully unto God ,
all ye lands :
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Sing forth the glory of his name ;
make glorious his praise .
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Say unto God ,
How fear
inspiring is every one of thy works !
through the greatness of thy strength will thy enemies yield feigned obedience unto thee .
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All the lands shall bow themselves down unto thee ,
and shall sing praises unto thee ;
they shall sing praises to thy name .
Selah .
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Come and see the deeds of God :
fear
inspiring is his doing toward the children of men .
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He changed the sea into dry land :
through the river they went on foot :
there did we rejoice in him .
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He ruleth by his might for ever ;
his eyes look upon the nations :
the rebellious
these shall not be exalted .
Selah .
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Bless ,
O ye people ,
our God ,
and cause the voice of his praise to be heard :
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Who hath appointed our soul to life ,
and hath not suffered our foot to slip .
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For thou hast proved us ,
O God :
thou hast refined us ,
as silver is refined .
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Thou hast brought us into the net ;
thou hast placed fetters upon our loins .
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Thou hast caused men to ride on our head :
we entered into fire and into water ;
but thou broughtest us out to of overflowing plenty .
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I will enter thy house with burnt
offerings :
I will pay unto thee my vows ,
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Which my lips have uttered ,
and my mouth hath spoken ,
when I was in distress .
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Burnt
offerings of fatlings will I offer up unto thee ,
with the incense of rams ;
I will prepare steers with he
goats .
Selah .
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Come ,
hear ,
and I will relate ,
all ye that fear God ,
what he hath done for my soul .
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Unto him I cried with my mouth ,
and a song of extolling was on my tongue .
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If I had looked on wickedness with my heart ,
the Lord would not have heard ;
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But verily God hath heard ;
he hath listened to the voice of my prayer .
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Blessed be God ,
who hath not removed my prayer ,
nor his kindness from me .
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To the chief musician ,
by David ,
to bring to remembrance . (
note :)(
70:2 )(:
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O God ,
to deliver me ;
O Lord ,
make haste to help me .
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In thee ,
O Lord ,
do I put my trust ;
let me never be made ashamed .
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In thy righteousness do thou deliver me and release me :
incline thy ear unto me ,
and save me .
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Be thou unto me a rocky habitation ,
whereunto I may continually resort ,
which thou hast ordained to save me ;
for my rock and my strong
hold art thou .
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O my God ,
release me out of the hand of the wicked ,
out of the grasp of the unrighteous and violent man .
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For thou art my hope ,
O Lord Eternal :
thou art my trust from my youth .
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By thee have I been supported from my birth :
thou art he that took me out of my mother
s womb :
of thee is my praise continually .
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As a wonderful token have I been unto many ;
but thou art my strong refuge .
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My mouth shall be filled with thy praise ,
and with thy glory all the day .
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Cast me not off in the time of old age :
when my strength faileth ,
forsake me not .
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For my enemies speak of me ;
and they that watch for my soul take counsel together ,
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Saying , "
God hath forsaken him :
pursue and seize him :
for there is none to deliver ."
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O God ,
be not far from me :
O my God ,
hasten to my help .
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Let those be made ashamed ,
let them perish ,
that are adversaries to my soul :
let those be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my unhappiness .
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But I will continually hope ,
and will add yet more to all thy praise .
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My mouth shall relate thy righteousness ,
all the day thy salvation ;
for I know not their numbers .
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I will come to praise the mighty deeds of the Lord Eternal :
I will make mention of thy righteousness ,
yea ,
thine only .
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O God ,
thou hast taught me from my youth :
and hitherto I ever tell of thy wondrous deeds .
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Therefore also even in old age ,
and when I am grayheaded ,
O God ,
forsake me not :
until I have told of thy strength unto generation ,
to every one that may come of thy might .
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And thy righteousness ,
O God ,
reacheth even to the height ,
thou ,
who hast done great things :
O God ,
who is like thee !
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Thou ,
who hast shown me great distresses and misfortunes ,
wilt again revive me ;
and from the depths of the earth wilt thou bring me up again .
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Thou wilt increase my greatness ,
and wilt turn round and comfort me .
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Also I ,
I will thank thee with the psaltery ,
thy truth ,
O my God :
I will sing unto thee with the harp ,
O thou Holy One of Israel .
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My lips shall shout joyfully when I sing unto thee ;
and my soul ,
which thou hast redeemed .
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Also my tongue shall speak all the day of thy righteousness ;
for ashamed ,
for put to the blush are those that seek my unhappiness .
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O God ,
give unto the king thy decisions ,
and thy righteousness unto the king
s son .
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He shall decide for thy people with righteousness ,
and for thy afflicted with justice .
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The mountains shall bear peace for the people ,
and the hills ,
through righteousness .
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He shall judge the afflicted of the people ,
he shall give help to the children of the needy ;
but he shall crush the oppressor .
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They shall fear thee as long as the sun shineth ,
and in the presence of the moon ,
throughout all generations .
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He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass ,
as showers which are dropping on the earth .
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In his days shall the righteous flourish ;
and abundance of peace till the moon shall be no more .
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And he shall have dominion from sea to sea ,
and from the river unto the ends of the earth .
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Before him shall bend down those that dwell in the wilderness ;
and his enemies shall lick the dust .
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The kings of Tharshish and of the isles shall bring presents :
the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts .
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Yea ,
there shall bow down before him all kings :
all nations shall serve him .
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For he will deliver the needy when he crieth ;
the afflicted also ,
who hath no helper .
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He will spare the poor and needy ;
and the souls of the needy will he assist .
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From wrong and violence will he deliver their soul ;
and precious shall their blood be in his eyes .
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And he shall live ;
and he will give him of the gold of Sheba :
and he will pray in his behalf continually ;
all the time will he bless him .
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There shall be an abundance of corn in the land ;
upon the top of the mountains its fruit shall shake like Lebanon ;
and shall blossom out of the city like herbs of the earth .
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His name will endure for ever ;
in the presence of the sun his name shall flourish :
and men shall bless themselves with him :
all nations shall call him happy .
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Blessed be the Lord the God ,
the God of Israel ,
who alone doth wondrous things .
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And blessed he his glorious name for ever ;
and with his glory may the whole earth be filled :
Amen ,
and Amen .
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Here are ended the prayers of David the son of Jesse .
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BOOK THIRD :
A Psalm of Assaph .
Truly God is good to Israel ,
to such as are pure of heart .
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But as for me ,
it lacked but little that my feet had been moved :
almost nothing was needed that my steps had slipped .
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For I was envious at the arrogant ,
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked .
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For there are no deadly fetters for them ,
but their strength is firm .
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They share not in the trouble of mortals ,
and with men are they not afflicted .
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Therefore is pride their neck
chain :
violence envelopeth them as a garment .
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Their eyes start out from fatness :
they have exceeded their heart
s imaginings .
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They scorn ,
and speak wickedly of oppression :
loftily do they speak .
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They set their mouth in the heavens ,
and their tongue walketh busily on the earth .
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Therefore do his people turn away hither :
and waters of a full cup are drained by them .
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And they say ,
How should God know ?
and is there knowledge in the Most High ?
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Behold ,
these are the wicked ;
and yet prospering continually they increase in wealth .
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Verily in vain have I thus cleansed my heart ,
and have washed in innocency my hands :
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While I was afflicted all the day ,
and my chastisement every morning .
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But if I were to say ,
I will speak thus :
behold ,
I would be treacherous against the generation of thy children .
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And when I should think to know this ,
it would be trouble in my eyes ;
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Until I enter into the sanctuary of God ;
and understand what their future will be .
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Surely thou placest them on slippery spots :
thou lettest them fall down into destruction .
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How are they brought into desolation ,
as in a moment !
they perish ,
they come to their end with terrific events .
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As a dream after awaking ,
O Lord ,
reject thou in wrath their image .
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For it fermented in my heart ,
and in my reins I felt sharp thrusts ;
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But I was indeed foolish ,
and I knew it not :
I was as a beast with thee .
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Nevertheless I am continually with thee :
thou hast seized hold of me by my right hand .
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With thy counsel wilt thou guide me ,
and afterward take me on to glory .
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Whom have I in heaven ?
and beside thee I desire nothing upon earth .
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Though my flesh and my heart should fall ;
yet the rock of my heart ,
and my portion will be God for ever .
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For ,
lo ,
those that are far from thee shall perish :
thou destroyest every one that strayeth away from thee .
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But as regardeth me ,
to draw near to God is good for me :
I have put in the Lord Eternal my trust ,
that I may relate all thy works .
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Why ,
O God ,
hast thou cast us off for ever ?
why will thy anger smoke against the flock of thy pasture ?
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Remember thy congregation ,
which thou didst acquire of old ;
which thou didst redeem as the tribe of thy inheritance :
this mount Zion ,
whereon thou hast dwelt .
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Lift up thy steps unto the perpetual heaps of ruins :
the enemy hath ill
used every thing in the sanctuary .
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Thy adversaries have roared in the midst of thy places of assembly :
they have set up their signs for signs .
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is known as one that lifteth up high axes against the thickets of a forest .
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And now they hew in pieces the carved work thereof altogether with hatchets and hammers .
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They have set on fire thy sanctuary ;
to the ground have they profaned the dwelling
place of thy name .
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They have said in their heart ,
We will oppress them altogether :
they have burnt up all the places of assembly of God in the land .
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Our signs do we not see :
there is no more any prophet :
and there is no one among us that knoweth how long .
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How long ,
O God ,
shall the adversary utter defiance ?
shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever ?
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Why withdrawest thou thy hand ,
and thy right hand ?
out of thy bosom
exterminate ;
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Since God art my King from olden days ,
working salvation in the midst of the earth .
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It was thou that didst divide by thy strength the sea :
thou brokest in pieces the heads of the crocodiles on the waters .
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Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan ,
and gavest them as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness .
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Thou didst cleave fountain and stream :
thou didst dry up ever
flowing rivers .
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Thine is the day and thine is the night :
it is thou who hast prepared the luminary and the sun .
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It is thou who hast set up all the boundaries of the earth :
summer and winter
thou thyself hast formed them .
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Remember this ,
that the enemy hath defied the Lord ,
and that a worthless foolish people have blasphemed thy name .
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Oh give not up unto the multitude of enemies the soul of thy turtle
dove :
the congregation of thy afflicted do not thou forget for ever .
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Look unto the covenant ;
for the dark places of the earth are full of habitations of violence .
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Oh let not the oppressed return confounded :
let the poor and needy praise thy name .
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Arise ,
O God ,
plead thy own cause :
remember thy defiance from the worthless fool all the day .
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Forget not the voice of thy adversaries :
the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually .
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To the chief musician ,
Al
tashcheth ,
a psalm or song of Asaph . (
note :)(
75:2 )(:
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We give thanks unto thee ,
O God ,
we give thanks ,
and nigh is thy name :
men relate thy wondrous deeds .
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To the chief musician on Neginoth ,
a psalm or song of Assaph . (
note :)(
76:2 )(:
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In Judah hath God been made known :
in Israel is his name great .
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Give ear ,
O my people ,
to my instruction :
incline thy ear to the words of my mouth .
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I will open with a parable my mouth :
I will utter riddles out of ancient times ;
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Which we have heard and know ,
and which our fathers have related unto us .
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We will not conceal them from their children ,
relating to the latest generation the praises of the Lord ,
and his strength ,
and his wonderful deeds which he hath done .
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Yea ,
he established a testimony in Jacob ,
and instituted a law in Israel ,
which he commanded our fathers ,
that they should make them known to their children :
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In order that the latest generation might know them ,
even the children that are to be born ;
that they may arise and relate them to their children ;
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That they may place in God their hope ,
and not forget the doings of God ,
but observe his commandments ;
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And that they may not be like their fathers ,
a stubborn and rebellious generation ;
a generation that had not directed their heart firmly ,
and whose spirit was not faithful to God .
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The children of Ephraim ,
like well
armed archers ,
that turn round on the day of battle ,
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Kept not the covenant of God ,
and in his law they refused to walk ;
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And they forgot his deeds ,
as also his wonders ,
which he had permitted them to see .
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In the presence of their fathers did he do wonders ,
in the land of Egypt ,
in the fields of Zo
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He divided the sea ,
and caused them to pass through ;
and he made the waters stand upright as a wall .
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And he led them with the cloud by day ,
and all the night with a light of fire .
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He split rocks in the wilderness ,
and gave them drink as out of the mighty deep .
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And he brought forth running streams out of the rock ,
and caused water to run down like rivers .
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But they repeated to sin yet more against him ,
rebelling against the Most High in the desert .
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And they tempted God in their heart ,
by asking food for their desire .
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Yea ,
they spoke against God :
they said ,
Will God be able to set in order a table in the wilderness ?
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Behold ,
he smote the rock ,
so that waters gushed out ,
and streams overflowed :
shall he also be able to give bread ?
or can he provide flesh for his people ?
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Therefore ,
when the Lord heard this ,
he became wroth :
and a fire was kindled against Jacob ,
and anger also ascended against Israel ,
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Because they had not believed in God ,
and had not trusted in his salvation .
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Then he ordained the skies from above ,
and the doors of heaven he opened ;
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And he let rain down upon them manna to eat ,
and the corn of heaven gave he unto them .
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Angels
bread did man eat :
he sent them provision to satisfaction .
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He caused an east wind to pass along the heavens ;
and he led forth by his strength the south wind .
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And he let rain upon them flesh as the dust ,
and winged birds like the sand of the sea ;
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And he let them fall in the midst of their camp ,
round about their habitations .
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And they ate ,
and were greatly satisfied ,
and what they longed for he brought unto them .
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They were not estranged from their longing ,
yet was their food in their mouth :
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When the wrath of God ascended against them ,
and he slew some of the fattest of them ,
and the young men of Israel did he strike down .
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With all this they sinned again ,
and believed not in his wonders .
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Therefore he caused their days to come to an end in nought ,
and their years in dread .
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When he slew them ,
then did they seek him ,
and they returned and inquired earnestly after God .
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And they remembered that God was their rock ,
and the most high God their redeemer .
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Nevertheless they prayed insincerely to him with their mouth ,
and with their tongue they lied unto him .
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For their heart was not firm with him ,
and they were not faithful in his covenant .
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But he ,
being merciful ,
forgave the iniquity ,
and destroyed not :
yea ,
many a time turned he his anger away ,
and did not awaken all his fury .
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And he remembered that they are but flesh ,
a spirit that passeth away ,
and returneth not again .
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How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness ,
grieve him in the desert !
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Yea ,
they once more tempted God ,
and set limits to the Holy One of Israel .
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They remembered not his hand ,
the day when he ransomed them from the adversary ;
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When he displayed in Egypt his signs ,
and his wonderful tokens in the fields of Zo
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And he changed their rivers into blood ;
and their running streams ,
that they could not drink .
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He sent out among them various wild beasts ,
which devoured them ;
and frogs ,
which destroyed them .
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And he gave unto the cricket their products ,
and their labor unto the locust .
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He slew with hail their vines ,
and their sycamore
trees with ice
bolts .
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And he surrendered to the hail their cattle ,
and their herds to the lightning
s flashes .
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He let loose against them the fierceness of his anger ,
wrath and indignation ,
and distress ,
a host of angels of misfortune .
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He leveled a path for his anger ;
he withheld not from death their soul ,
and their life he surrendered to the pestilence ;
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And he smote all the first
born in Egypt ;
the first of their strength in the tents of Ham ;
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But he caused his own people to depart like flocks ,
and guided them like a drove in the wilderness .
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And he led them in safety ,
so that they felt no dread ;
but the sea covered over their enemies .
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And he brought them to his holy territory ,
even to this mount ,
which his right hand had acquired .
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And he drove out from before them nations ,
and divided them by the measuring
line as an inheritance ,
and he caused to dwell in their tents the tribes of Israel .
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Yet they tempted and rebelled against the most high God ,
and his testimonies they kept not ;
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But swerved aside ,
and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers ;
they turned about like a deceitful bow .
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And they provoked him to anger with their high
places ,
and with their graven images they moved him to jealousy .
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God heard this ,
and he became wroth ,
and felt greatly disgusted with Israel ;
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And he cast off the dwelling at Shiloh ,
the tabernacle where he had dwelt among men ;
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And he gave up his strength unto captivity ,
and his glory into the adversary
s hand .
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And he surrendered his people unto the sword ;
and with his inheritance was he wroth .
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His young men the fire devoured ;
and his virgins were not demanded in marriage .
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His priests fell by the sword ;
and his widows did not weep .
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Then awoke the Lord as one that sleepeth ,
like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine .
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And he smote his enemies backward :
a perpetual disgrace on them .
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Yet was he disgusted with the tent of Joseph ,
and of the tribe of Ephraim he made not choice ;
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But he chose the tribe of Judah ,
the mount Zion which he loved .
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And he built like high his sanctuary ,
like the earth which he hath founded for ever .
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And he made choice of David his servant ,
and took him from the sheep
folds :
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From following the ewes with young he brought him ,
to feed Jacob his people ,
and Israel his inheritance .
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And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart ;
and by the skilfulness of his hands did he lead them .
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O God !
nations have entered into thy heritage ;
they have profaned thy holy temple ;
they have rendered Jerusalem heaps of ruins .
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They have given the dead bodies of thy servants as food unto the fowls of the heaven ,
the flesh of thy pious ones unto the beasts of the earth .
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They have shed their blood like water all round about Jerusalem :
and there is no one to bury them .
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We are become a reproach to our neighbors ,
a scorn and derision to those that are round about us .
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How long ,
Lord ?
wilt thou be indignant for ever ?
shall thy jealousy burn like fire ?
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Pour out thy fury over the nations that acknowledge thee not ,
and over the kingdoms that have not called on thy name .
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For they have devoured Jacob ,
and laid waste his dwelling
place .
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Oh remember not against us the iniquities of our fathers :
make haste ,
let thy mercies come to our aid ;
for we are very miserable .
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Help us ,
O God of our salvation ,
because of the glory of thy name ;
and deliver us ,
and atone for our sins ,
for the sake of thy name .
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Wherefore shall the nations say ,
Where is their God ?
let there be made known among the nations before our eyes ,
the vengeance for the blood of thy servants which hath been shed .
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Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee :
according to the greatness of thy almighty power preserve thou those that are doomed to death ;
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And recompense unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their defiance wherewith they have defied thee ,
O Lord .
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But we thy people and the flock of thy pasture will give thanks unto thee for ever :
from generation to generation will we relate thy praise .
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To the chief musician upon Shoshannim ;
an
Eduth by Assaph ;
a psalm . (
note :)(
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O Shepherd of Israel ,
give ear ,
thou that leadest Joseph like a flock ;
thou that dwellest between the cherubims ,
shine forth .
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God standeth in the congregation of God ,
in the midst of judges doth he judge .
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How long will ye judge unjustly ,
and treat with favor the face of the wicked ?
Selah .
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Judge uprightly the poor and fatherless :
do justice to the afflicted and indigent .
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Release the poor and needy :
deliver them out of the power of the wicked .
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They know not ,
nor will they understand ;
in darkness do they walk on :
all the foundations of the earth are moved .
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I have indeed said ,
Ye are gods ;
and children of the most High are all of you .
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But verily like men shall ye die ,
and like one of the princes shall ye fall .
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Arise ,
O God ,
judge the earth ;
for thou wilt possess all the nations .
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To the chief musician upon Gittith ,
by the sons of Korach ,
a psalm . (
note :)(
84:2 )(:
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How lovely are thy dwelling
places ,
O Lord of hosts !
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Incline ,
O Lord ,
thy ear ,
answer me ;
for poor and needy am I .
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Preserve my soul ;
for I am pious :
help thy servant ,
O thou my God ,
that trusteth in thee .
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Be gracious unto me ,
O Lord ;
for unto thee I call all the time .
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Cause to rejoice the soul of thy servant ;
for unto thee ,
O Lord ,
do I lift my soul .
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For thou ,
O Lord ,
art good and forgiving ,
and abundant in kindness unto all that call on thee .
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Give ear ,
O Lord ,
unto my prayer ,
and attend to the voice of my supplications .
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On the day of my distress will I call on thee ;
for thou wilt answer me .
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There is none like unto thee among the Gods ,
O Lord ;
and there is nothing like thy works .
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All the nations whom thou hast made shall come and bow themselves down before thee ,
O Lord ;
and they shall ascribe honor unto thy name .
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For great art thou ,
and doing wondrous things :
thou art God by thyself alone .
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Teach me ,
O Lord ,
thy way ;
I will walk firmly in thy truth :
unite my heart to fear thy name .
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I will thank thee ,
O Lord my God ,
with all my heart ,
and I will honor thy name for evermore .
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For thy kindness is great toward me :
and thou hast delivered my soul from the grave of the lower world .
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O God ,
the presumptuous are risen up against me ,
and the assembly of the powerful wicked have sought after my life ,
and have not set thee before them .
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But thou ,
O Lord ,
art God ,
full of mercy ,
and gracious ,
longsuffering ,
and abundant in kindness and truth .
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Oh turn unto me ,
and be gracious unto me :
give thy strength unto thy servant ,
and save the son of thy handmaid .
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Display on me a sign for good ,
that those who hate me may see it ,
and be ashamed ;
because thou ,
Lord ,
hast helped me ,
and comforted me .
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It is founded by him on holy mountains .
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The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob .
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Glorious things are spoken of thee ,
O city of God .
Selah .
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I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as those that know me ;
behold ,
here is Philistia ,
and Tyre ,
with Ethiopia : "
This man was born there ."
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But of Zion will it be said , "
This and that man were born in her :"
and the Most High himself doth establish her .
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The Lord will number when he writeth down nations . "
This man was born there ."
Selah .
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And the singers as well as the players on instruments shall be there :
all my springs are in thee .
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A song or psalm of the sons of Korach ,
to the chief musician upon Machalath
le
annoth ,
a Maskil of Heman the Ezrachite . (
note :)(
88:2 )(:
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O Lord the God of my salvation ,
by day do I cry ,
at night I am before thee .
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BOOK FOURTH :
A prayer of Moses the man of God .
Lord ,
a place of refuge hast thou been unto us in all generations .
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Before yet the mountains were brought forth ,
or thou hadst ever produced the earth and the world ,
even from everlasting to everlasting ,
thou art God .
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Thou turnest man to contrition ,
and sayest ,
Return ye children of men .
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For a thousand years are in thy eyes but as the yesterday when it is past ,
and as a watch in the night .
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Thou carriest them away as with a flood ;
they are as a sleep :
in the morning like the grass which changeth .
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In the morning it blossometh ,
and is changed :
in the evening it is mowed off ,
and withereth .
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For are we consumed by thy anger ,
and by thy fury are we terrified .
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Thou hast set our iniquities before thee ,
our concealed sins before the light of thy countenance .
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For all our days are passed away in thy wrath :
we consume our years like a word that is spoken .
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The days of our years in this life are seventy years ;
and if by uncommon vigor they be eighty ,
yet is their greatness trouble and mishap ;
for it soon hasteneth off ,
and we fly away .
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Who knoweth the strength of thy anger ,
and thy wrath which is like the fear of thee ?
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Let us then know how to number our days ,
that we may obtain a heart endowed with wisdom .
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Return ,
O Lord ,
how long yet ?
and bethink thee concerning thy servants .
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O satisfy us in the morning with thy kindness ,
that we may be glad and rejoice throughout all our days .
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Cause us to rejoice as many days as those wherein thou hast afflicted us ,
the years wherein we have seen unhappiness .
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Let thy act be visible on thy servants ,
and thy majesty over their children .
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And may the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us ;
and the work of our hands do thou firmly establish upon us :
yea ,
the work of our hands
firmly establish thou it .
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He who sitteth under the secret protection of the Most High ,
shall rest under the shadow of the Almighty .
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I will say of the Lord ,
who is my refuge and my stronghold ,
my God ,
in whom I ever trust ,
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That he will surely deliver thee from the snare of the fowler ,
and from the pestilence of destruction .
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With his pinions will he cover thee ,
and under his wings shalt thou find shelter :
shield and buckler is his truth .
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Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night ;
nor of the arrow that flieth by day ;
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Nor of the pestilence that stalketh in darkness ;
nor of the deadly disease that wasteth at noonday .
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There shall fall at thy side a thousand ,
and ten thousand at thy right hand ;
unto thee shall it not come nigh .
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Only with thy eyes shalt thou behold it ,
and see the recompense of the wicked .
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Because thou hast ,
The Lord is my protection ,
the Most High hast thou made thy refuge :
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No evil shall befall thee ,
nor shall any plague come nigh unto thy tent .
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For his angels will he give charge concerning thee ,
to guard thee on all thy ways .
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Upon hands shall they bear thee ,
that thou mayest not dash against a stone thy foot .
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Upon the fierce lion and asp shalt thou tread :
thou shalt trample under foot the young lion and serpent .
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Because he hath fixed his desire upon me ,
therefore will I release him :
I will set him on high ,
because he knoweth my name .
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He will call on me ,
and I will answer him :
with him will I be in distress ;
I will deliver him ,
and grant him honor .
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With length of days will I satisfy him ,
and I will let him see my salvation .
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The Lord reigneth ,
he is clothed with excellency ;
the Lord is clothed ,
he hath girded himself with strength :
also the world is firmly established ,
that it cannot be moved .
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Firmly established is thy throne from the beginning :
from everlasting art thou .
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The rivers have lifted up ,
O Lord ,
the rivers have lifted up their voice ;
the rivers lift up their waves .
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more than the noise of great waters ,
than the mighty billows of the sea ,
is the Lord excellent on high .
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Thy testimonies are exceedingly steadfast :
in thy house abideth holiness ,
O Lord !
to the utmost length of days .
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O God ,
of vengeance ,
Lord !
O God of vengeance ,
shine forth .
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Lift up thyself ,
O judge of the Earth !
bring a recompense upon the proud .
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How long shall the wicked ,
O Lord
how long shall the wicked exult ?
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They sputter ,
they speak hard things :
all the workers of wickedness boast themselves .
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Thy people ,
O Lord !
they crush ,
and thy heritage they afflict .
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The widow and the stranger they slay ,
and the fatherless they murder .
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And they say ,
The Lord will not see ,
and the God of Jacob will not take notice of it .
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Understand ,
ye brutish among the people :
and ye fools ,
when will ye become intelligent !
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He that hath planted the ear ,
shall he not hear ?
or he that hath formed the eye ,
shall he not see ?
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He that admonisheth nations ,
shall he not correct ?
is it not he that teacheth man knowledge !
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The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man ,
that they are nought .
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Happy is the man whom thou admonisheth ,
O Lord ,
and teachest him out of thy law :
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That thou mayest grant him repose from the days of evil ,
until the pot be dug for the wicked .
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For the Lord will not cast off his people ,
and his inheritance will he not forsake .
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For unto righteousness will justice return ;
and it shall be followed by all the upright in heart .
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Who will rise up for me against evil
doers ?
or who will stand forward for me against the workers of wickedness ?
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Unless the Lord had been a help unto me ,
but a little would have been wanting that my soul had dwelt in the silence of death .
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When I said ,
My foot hath slipped :
thy kindness ,
O Lord ,
sustained me .
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In the multitude of my thoughts within me ,
thy consolations delight my soul .
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Can there be associated with thee the throne of destructive wickedness ,
which frameth mischief as a law ?
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They band themselves together against the soul of the righteous ,
and innocent blood do they condemn .
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But the Lord is become my defence ,
and my God ,
the rock of my refuge .
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And he will bring back upon them their own injustice ,
and in their own wickedness will he destroy them :,
he will destroy them
the Lord our God .
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O come ,
let us sing unto the Lord :
let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation .
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Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving ,
and shout joyfully unto him with psalms .
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For a great God is the Lord ,
and a great King above all Gods ;
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In whose hand are the deep places of the earth ;
and whose are the heights of mountains ;
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Whose is the sea ,
and who hath made it ;
and whose hands have formed the dry land .
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Oh come ,
let us prostrate ourselves and bow down :
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker .
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For he is our God ;
and we are the people of his pasture ,
and the flock of his hand :
yea ,
this day ,
if ye will hearken to his voice ,
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Harden not your heart ,
as at Meribah ,
as on the day of the temptation in the wilderness :
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When your fathers tempted me ,
proved me ,
although they had seen my doing .
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Forty years long did I feel loathing on that generation ,
and I said ,
It is a people of an erring heart ;
and they truly acknowledged not my ways :
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So that I swore in my wrath ,
that they should not enter into my rest .
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Oh sing unto the Lord a new song :
sing unto the Lord ,
all the lands .
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Sing unto the Lord ,
bless his name :
announce from day to day his salvation .
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Relate among the nations his honor ,
among all the people his wonders .
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For the Lord is great ,
and greatly praised :
he is to be feared above all gods .
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For all the gods of the nations are idols ;
but the Lord hath made the heavens .
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Glory and majesty are before him :
strength and beauty are in his sanctuary .
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Ascribe unto the Lord ,
O ye families of the people ,
ascribe unto the Lord honor and strength .
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Ascribe unto the Lord the honor his name :
bear hither a present ,
and come unto his courts .
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Bow down unto the Lord in the beauty of holiness :
tremble before him ,
all ye lands .
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Say among the nations , "
The Lord reigneth ;"
also the world is ever firmly established that it shall hot be moved :
he will judge the people in equity .
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Let the heavens rejoice ,
and let the earth be glad :
let the sea roar ,
with all that filleth it .
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Let the field exult ,
and all that is therein :
then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy ,
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Before the Lord ;
for he cometh ,
for he cometh to judge the earth :
he will judge the world with righteousness ,
and people in his truth .
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The Lord reigneth :
let the earth be glad ;
let the multitude of isles rejoice .
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Clouds and thick darkness are round about him :
righteousness and justice are the support of his throne .
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A fire goeth before him ,
and burneth up round about his adversaries .
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His lightnings give light to the world :
the earth seeth it ,
and trembleth .
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The mountains melt away like wax at the presence of the Lord ,
at the presence of the Lord of all the earth .
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The heavens tell of his righteousness ,
and all the people his glory .
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Made ashamed shall be all that serve graven images ,
that boast themselves of idols :
unto him bow down all the gods .
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Zion heareth it ,
and rejoiceth ;
and glad are the daughters of Judah ,
because of thy decrees ,
O Lord .
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For thou ,
O Lord ,
art the most high above all the earth :
thou art greatly exalted above all gods .
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Ye that love the Lord ,
hate ye the evil :
he preserveth the souls of his pious ones ;
out of the hand of the wicked he ever delivereth them .
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Light is sown for the righteous ,
and joy for the upright in heart .
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Rejoice ,
ye righteous ,
in the Lord ,
and give thanks to his holy memorial .
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Oh sing unto the Lord a new song ;
for he hath done wonderful things :
his right hand and his holy arm have gotten him the victory .
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The Lord hath made known his salvation :
before the eyes of the nations hath he revealed his righteousness .
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He hath remembered his kindness and his truth toward the house of Israel :
all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God .
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Shout joyfully unto the Lord ,
all the lands :
break forth ,
and rejoice ,
and sing praises .
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Sing praises unto the Lord with the harp ,
with the harp ,
and the voice of psalmody .
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With trumpets and the sound of cornet shout joyfully before the King ,
the Lord .
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Let the sea roar ,
with all that filleth it ;
the world ,
with those that dwell therein .
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Let the rivers clap their hands ;
let the mountains be joyful together ,
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Before the Lord ;
for he cometh to judge the earth :
he will judge the world with righteousness ,
and people with equity .
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The Lord reigneth ;
people tremble :
he sitteth enthroned over the cherubim ;
the earth is moved .
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The Lord is great in Zion ;
and he is exalted above all the people .
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They will give thanks to thy name ,
great ,
and terrible ,
holy it is .
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And to the power of the king who loveth justice and righteousness hast thou truly executed in Jacob .
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Exalt ye the Lord our God ,
and bow yourselves down before his footstool :
he is holy .
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Moses and Aaron were among his priests ,
and Samuel among those that call on his name ;
they called on the Lord ,
and he answered them .
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In the pillar of cloud he used to speak unto them :
they kept his testimonies ,
and the statutes which he had given unto them .
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O Lord ,
our God ,
thou didst answer them :
thou wast a forgiving God unto them ,
yet also an avenger for their wrong doings .
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Exalt the Lord our God ,
and bow yourselves down before his holy mount ;
for holy is the Lord our God .
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Shout joyfully unto the Lord ,
all ye lands .
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Serve the Lord with joy ;
come before his presence with triumphal song .
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Know ,
that the Lord is God indeed :
it is he that hath made us ,
and his are we
his people and the flock of his pasture .
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Enter his gates with thanksgiving ,
his courts with praise :
give thanks unto him ,
bless his name .
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For the Lord is good ;
to eternity endureth his kindness ;
and unto the latest generation his truth .
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Of kindness and justice will I sing :
unto thee ,
O Lord ,
will I sing praises .
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I will carefully regard the way of the perfect :
oh when will thou come unto me ?
I will walk in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house .
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I will not set before my eyes a godless thing ;
to commit a departure do I hate ;
it shall not cleave to me .
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A perverse heart shall depart from me :
evil will I not know .
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Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbor ,
him will I destroy :
whoso hath proud eyes and a haughty heart ,
him will I not suffer .
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My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land ,
that they may abide with me :
he that walketh in the way of the perfect ,
he it is that shall serve me .
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He that practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house :
he that speaketh falsehoods shall not succeed before my eyes .
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Every morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land ,
cutting off from the city of the Lord all the wrong
doers .
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A prayer of the afflicted ,
when he is overwhelmed ,
and poureth out before the Lord his complaint . (
note :)(
102:2 )(:
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O Lord ,
hear my prayer ,
and let my cry come unto thee .
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Bless ,
O my soul ,
the Lord ,
and all that is within me ,
his holy name .
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Bless ,
O my soul ,
the Lord ,
and forget not all his benefits :
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Who forgiveth all thy iniquities ;
who healeth all thy diseases ;
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Who redeemeth from the pit thy life ;
who crowneth thee with kindness and mercies ;
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Who satisfieth with happiness thy spirit ,
so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle
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The Lord executeth righteousness ,
and justice for all that are oppressed .
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He made known his ways unto Moses ,
unto the children of Israel his acts .
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Merciful and gracious is the Lord ,
long
suffering and abundant in kindness .
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Not for all eternity will he contend ;
nor will he for ever retain his anger .
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Not in accordance with our sins hath he dealt with us ;
nor according to our iniquities hath he requited us .
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For as high as heaven is above the earth ,
so mighty is his kindness toward those that fear him .
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As far as the east is from the west ,
so far hath he removed from us our transgressions .
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As a father hath mercy on his children ,
so hath the Lord mercy on those 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 ,
like the grass are his days :
as the blossom of the field ,
so doth he bloom .
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When a wind but passeth over it ,
it is gone ,
and its place will recognize it no more .
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But the kindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting over those that fear him ,
and his righteousness unto children
s children ,
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To such as keep his covenant ,
and to those who remember his precepts to execute them .
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The Lord hath established in the heavens his throne ;
and his kingdom ruleth over all .
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Bless the Lord ,
ye his angels ,
mighty in strength ,
that execute his word ,
hearkening unto the voice of his word .
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Bless ye the Lord ,
all his hosts ,
ye his ministers ,
that execute his will .
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Bless the Lord ,
all his works ,
in all the places of his dominion ;
bless ,
O my soul ,
the Lord .
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Bless ,
O my soul ,
the Lord .
O Lord my God ,
thou art very great ;
with glory and majesty art thou clothed .
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who wrappeth himself in light as with a garment ;
who stretcheth out the heavens like a curtain ;
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Who frameth of the waters the beams of his upper
chambers ;
who maketh the clouds his chariot ;
who walketh along upon the wings of the wind :
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Who maketh the winds his messengers ;
the flaming fire his ministers ;
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Who hath founded the earth upon her bases ,
that she should not be moved to all eternity .
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Thou hadst covered the deep as with a garment :
above the mountains stood the waters .
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At thy rebuke they fled ,
at the voice of thy thunder they hastened away .
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They ascended mountains ;
they went down valleys ,
unto the place which thou hadst founded for them .
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Bounds hast thou set which they cannot pass over ,
that they return not again to cover the earth .
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who sendeth springs into the valleys ,
between mountains they run along .
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They give drink to all the beasts of the field :
the wild asses quench their thirst .
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By them have the fowls of the heaven ever their habitation ,
from between the branches they send forth their voice .
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Who watereth the mountains from his upper
chambers :
from the fruit of thy works is the earth satisfied .
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who causeth grass to grow for the cattle ,
and herbs by the service of man ,
that he may bring forth bread out of the earth ;
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And wine that maketh joyful the heart of man ,
oil to brighten his face ,
and bread which strengtheneth the heart of man .
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Full of sap are the trees of the Lord ,
the cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted ;
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Where the birds make their nests :
the stork
fir
trees are her house .
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The high mountains are for the wild goats :
the rocks are a shelter for the conies .
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He hath made the moon for seasons :
the sun knoweth his going down .
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Thou causest darkness ,
and it becometh night ,
wherein creep forth all the beasts of the forest .
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The young lions roar after their prey ,
and ask from God their food .
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The sun ariseth ,
they withdraw ,
and lie down in their dens .
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Man goeth forth unto his work ,
and to his labor until the evening .
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How manifold are thy works ,
O Lord !
in wisdom hast thou made them all :
the earth is full of thy riches .
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Here is this great and wide
extended sea ;
therein are moving things without number ,
living creatures both small and great .
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There the ships make their way :
is the leviathan ,
whom thou hast made to sport therein .
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All of these wait upon thee ,
to give them their food in its due season .
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What thou givest them they gather :
thou openest thy hand ,
they are satisfied with good .
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Thou hidest thy face ,
they suddenly vanish :
thou takest away their spirit ,
they perish ,
and to their dust they return .
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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 will endure for ever ;
the Lord will rejoice in his works :
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He who looketh down on the earth ,
and she trembleth ;
who toucheth the mountains ,
and they smoke .
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I will sing unto the Lord while I live :
I will sing praises to my God while I exist .
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May my speech be agreeable to him :
I will indeed rejoice in the Lord .
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May the sinners cease from off the earth ,
and the wicked be no more .
Bless ,
O my soul ,
the Lord .
Hallelujah .
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O give thanks unto the Lord ;
call on his name :
make known among the people his deeds .
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Sing unto ,
him ,
sing praises unto him :
speak of all his wonderful works .
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Glorify yourselves in his holy name :
let the heart of those rejoice that seek the Lord .
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Inquire after the Lord and his strength :
seek his presence evermore .
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Remember his wonderful works which he hath done ;
his tokens ,
and the decrees of his mouth ;
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O ye seed of Abraham his servant ,
ye children of Jacob ,
his elect .
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He is the Lord our God :
over all the earth are his decrees .
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He remembereth his covenant for ever ,
the word which he hath commanded ,
to the thousandth generation .
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Which he covenanted with Abraham ;
and his oath unto Isaac ;
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And which he established unto Jacob as a statute ,
unto Israel as an everlasting covenant :
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Saying , "
Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan ,
as the portion 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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And when they wandered from one nation to another ,
from one kingdom to another people :
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He suffered no man to oppress them ;
yea ,
he reproved kings for their sake ;
* "
Touch not my anointed ,
and do my prophets no harm ,"
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And he called for a famine over the land ;
every staff of bread he broke .
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He sent a man before them ;
for a servant was Joseph sold ;
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They forced into fetters his feet ;
in iron was his body put :
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Until the time that his word came to pass ,
the saying of the Lord had purified him .
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The king sent and unfettered him ;
the ruler of people ,
and let him go free .
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He appointed him lord of his house ,
and ruler of all his possession :
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That he might bind his princes at his pleasure ;
and teach his ancients wisdom .
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Then came Israel 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 adversaries .
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He turned their heart to hate his people ,
to deal subtilely with his servants .
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He sent Moses his servant ,
Aaron also whom he had made choice of .
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They displayed among them his effective signs ,
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 changed their waters into blood ,
and slew their fish .
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Their land brought forth frogs in abundance ,
in the very chambers of their kings .
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He spoke ,
and there came various wild beasts ,
lice also within all their boundary .
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He gave them as their rain hail ,
and flames of fire in their land .
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And he smote their vines and their fig
trees ,
and broke the trees within their boundary .
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He spoke ,
and the locusts came ,
and crickets ,
and that without number ;
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And they ate up all the herbs in their land ,
and ate up the fruit of their ground .
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And he smote all the first
born in their land ,
the first of all their strength .
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And he brought them forth with silver and gold :
and there was not one that stumbled among his tribes .
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Egypt rejoiced when they departed ;
for the dread of them was fallen upon them .
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He spread out 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 with heavenly bread he satisfied them .
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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 word given to Abraham his servant .
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And he brought forth his people with gladness ,
with joyful song his elect .
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And he gave them the lands of nations ;
and the labor of people they obtained as an inheritance :
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So that they might observe his statutes ,
and keep his laws .
Hallelujah .
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Hallelujah .
Oh give thanks unto the Lord ;
for he is good :
for to eternity endureth his kindness .
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Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord ?
who can publish all his praise ?
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Happy are those that observe justice ,
that execute righteousness at all times .
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Remember me ,
O Lord ,
when thou favorest thy people :
oh visit me with thy salvation ;
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That I may look on the happiness of thy elect ,
that I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation ,
that I may glorify myself with thy inheritance .
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We have sinned together with our fathers ,
we have committed iniquity ,
we have done wickedly .
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Our fathers did not reflect on thy wonders in Egypt :
they remembered not the multitude of thy kindnesses ;
but rebelled at the sea ,
even at the Red Sea .
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Nevertheless he saved them for the sake of his name ,
to make known his might .
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He rebuked the Red Sea also ,
and it was dried up ;
and 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 adversaries :
not one of them was left .
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Then believed they in his words ,
they sang his praise .
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Speedily they forgot his works ,
they waited not for his counsel ;
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And they felt a lustful longing in the wilderness ,
and tempted God in the desert .
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And he gave them what they had asked ;
but sent dryness into their soul .
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Moreover they envied Moses in the camp ,
and Aaron the holy one of the Lord .
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The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan ,
and covered over the company of Abiram .
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And a fire was kindled in their company :
the flame burnt up the wicked .
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They made a calf in Horeb ,
and bowed themselves down to a molten image .
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And they exchanged their glory for the similitude of an ox that eateth herbs .
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They forgot God their saviour ,
who had done great things in Egypt ,
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Wonders in the land of Ham ,
terrible things by the Red Sea .
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He therefore spoke of destroying them :
had not Moses his elect stood in the breach before him ,
to turn away his fury ,
that he might not destroy .
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And they despised the pleasant land ,
they believed not in his word ;
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But they murmured in their tents ,
they hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord .
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He therefore lifted up his hand against them ,
to cause them to fall in the wilderness ;
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And to let their seed fall among the nations ,
and to scatter them in the lands .
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And they joined themselves unto Ba
al
pe
or ,
and ate the sacrifices of the dead .
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And they provoked him to anger with their deeds :
and there broke in among them the plague .
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Then stood up Phinehas ,
and executed judgment :
and the plague was stayed .
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And it was accounted unto him for righteousness ,
unto all generations for evermore .
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They angered him also at the waters of Meribah ,
and evil happened to Moses for their sake ;
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Because they had embittered his spirit ,
and so he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips .
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They did not exterminate the nations ,
that the Lord had indicated to them ;
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But they mingled themselves among the nations ,
and learned their doings .
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And they served their idols ,
and these became unto them a snare .
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Yea ,
they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto the evil spirits ;
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And they shed innocent blood ,
the blood of their sons and of their daughters ,
whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan :
and the land was polluted with blood
guiltiness .
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Thus were they made unclean through their own doings ,
and went astray with their own deeds .
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therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people ,
and be felt disgust for his own inheritance .
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And he gave them up into the hand of the nations :
and there ruled over them those that hated them .
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And their enemies also oppressed them :
and they were subdued under their hand .
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Many times did he deliver them ;
but they rebelled with their counsel ,
and they were brought low through their iniquity .
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Nevertheless he looked on when they were in distress ,
when he heard their entreaty .
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And he remembered unto them his covenant ,
and he bethought himself according to the abundance of his kindnesses ;
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And be caused them to find mercy before all those that had carried them away captive .
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Save us ,
O Lord our God ,
and gather us from among the nations ,
to give thanks unto thy holy name ,
to triumph in thy praise .
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Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from everlasting even to everlasting :
and let all the people say ,
Amen ,
Hallelujah .
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BOOK FIFTH :
Oh give thanks unto the Lord ;
for he is good ;
for unto eternity endureth his kindness .
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Thus let the Lord
s redeemed say ,
even those whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary ;
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And whom he hath gathered out of the lands ,
from the east ,
and from the west ,
from the north ,
and from the sea .
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They wandered about in the wilderness ,
in the desert path ;
they could not find an inhabited city :
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Hungry and thirsty ,
their soul within them fainted .
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Then they cried unto the Lord when they were in distress ,
out of their afflictions he delivered them .
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And he led them forth on the right way ,
that they might go to an inhabited city .
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They shall give thanks unto the Lord for his kindness ,
and his wonders to the children of men !
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For he satisfied the longing soul ,
and the hungry soul he filled with good .
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Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death ,
bound in misery and iron ;
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Because they have rebelled against the words of God ,
and have contemned the counsel of the Most High ;
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And he humbled with trouble their heart ;
they stumbled ,
and there was none to help ;
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But when they cry unto the Lord when they are in distress ,
he saveth them out of their afflictions ;
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He bringeth them out of darkness and the shadow of death ,
and teareth their bands asunder .
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They shall give thanks unto the Lord for his kindness ,
and his wonders to the children of men !
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For he hath broken the doors of copper ,
and the bolts of iron hath he hewn asunder .
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Fools ,
because of their transgression ,
and because of their iniquities ,
are afflicted .
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All manner of food their soul abhorreth ;
and they draw near unto the gates of death ;
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But when they cry unto the Lord when they are in distress ,
he saveth them out of their afflictions .
*
He sendeth his word and healeth them ,
and delivereth them from their graves .
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They shall give thanks unto the Lord for his kindness ,
and his wonders to the children of men !
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They shall also sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving ,
and relate his deeds with joyful song .
*
They who go down to the sea in ships ,
who do business on great waters ;
*
These have seen the works of the Lord ,
and his wonders on the deep .
*
For he spoke ,
and he raised the stormy wind ,
which lifteth up its waves .
*
They would mount up to heaven ,
they would go down to the depths :
their soul was melted because of their danger .
*
They would reel to and fro ,
and stagger like a drunken man ,
and all their wisdom was exhausted .
*
And they cried unto the Lord when they were in distress ,
and he brought them out of their afflictions .
*
He calmed the storm into a whisper ,
and stilled were the waves of the sea .
*
And they were rejoiced because they were silent :
and then he guided them unto their desired haven .
*
They shall give thanks unto the Lord for his kindness ,
and his wonders to the children of men !
*
And they must exalt him in the congregation of the people ,
and in the assembly of the elders must they praise him .
*
He changeth rivers into a wilderness ,
and water
springs into parched ground ;
*
A fruitful land into a salty waste ,
for the wickedness of those that dwell therein .
*
He changeth the wilderness into a pool of water ,
and desert land into water
springs .
*
And there he causeth to dwell the hungry ,
that they may found an inhabited city ;
*
And they sow fields ,
and plant vineyards ,
that they may yield the fruits of the product .
*
He also blesseth them ,
and they multiply greatly ,
and he suffereth not their cattle to diminish .
*
They were also diminished and bowed low through oppression ,
misfortune ,
and sorrow :
*
He poureth contempt upon princes ,
and causeth them to wander in a pathless wilderness .
*
And he exalteth the needy from misery ,
and maketh families like flocks .
*
The righteous shall see it ,
and rejoice ;
but all wickedness shall stop her mouth .
*
Whoever is wise ,
let him observe these things ,
and let understand the kindness of the Lord .
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O God of my praise ,
do not keep silence .
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For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit are opened against me :
they have spoken with me with the tongue of falsehood .
*
Also with words of hatred have they encompassed me ,
and they fight against me without a cause .
*
In recompense for my love are they my accusers ,
while I have nothing but prayer .
*
And they impose evil on me in recompense for good ,
and hatred in lieu of my love .
*
Appoint thou a wicked man over him :
and let an accuser stand at his right hand .
*
When he is to be judged ,
let him go forth guilty ,
and let his prayer become sin .
*
Let his days be few ,
and let another take his office .
*
Let his children be fatherless ,
and his wife a widow .
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Let his children be continually moving about ,
and beg ,
and let them seek out of their ruined places .
*
Let the creditor lay snares after all that he hath ,
and let strangers plunder his labor .
*
Let him have none that extendeth kindness ,
and let there be none that is gracious to his fatherless children .
*
Let his posterity be cut off :
in another generation let their name be blotted out .
*
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the Lord ,
and let the sin of his mother not be blotted out .
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Let them be before the Lord continually ,
that he may cut off from the earth their memory .
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For the reason that he remembered not to show kindness ;
but persecuted the poor and needy man ,
and the grieved in heart to put him to death .
*
As he loved cursing ,
so let it come over him :
and as he delighted not in blessing ,
so let it be far from him .
*
And he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment ,
and it cometh like water within him ,
and like oil into his bones .
*
Let it be unto him as a garment in which he wrappeth himself ,
and for a girdle let him be continually girded with it .
*
Let this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord ,
and of those that speak evil against my soul .
*
But thou ,
O Eternal Lord ,
deal with me for the sake of thy name :
because thy kindness is good ,
deliver thou me .
*
For poor and needy am I ,
and my heart is deeply wounded within me .
*
Like the shadow when it declineth do I hasten away :
I am driven suddenly off like the locusts .
*
My knees stumble through fasting ,
and my flesh faileth of fatness .
*
And I am become a reproach unto them :
when they see me ,
they shake their head .
*
Help me ,
O Lord my God :
O save me according to thy kindness :
*
That they may know that this is thy hand :
that thou ,
Lord ,
hast truly done it .
*
Let them then curse ,
but do thou bless :
when they arise ,
let them be made ashamed ;
but let thy servant rejoice .
*
Let my accusers be clothed with confusion ,
and let them wrap themselves ,
as with a mantle ,
in their own shame .
*
I will thank the Lord greatly with my mouth ,
and in the midst of many will I praise him .
*
For he ever standeth at the right hand of the needy ,
to save him from those that judge his soul .
*
The Eternal saith unto my Lord ,
Sit thou at my right hand ,
until I place thy enemies as a stool for thy feet .
*
The staff of thy strength will the Eternal stretch forth out of Zion :
rule thou in the midst of thy enemies .
*
Thy people will bring freewill
gifts on the day of thy power ,
in the ornaments of holiness :
as out of the bosom of the morning
dawn so is thine the dew of thy youth .
*
The Lord hath sworn ,
and will not repent of it ,
Thou shalt be a priest for ever after the order of Malki
zedek .
*
The Lord at thy right hand crusheth kings on the day of his wrath .
*
He will judge among the nations
there shall be a fulness of corpses
he crusheth heads on a wide
spread land .
*
From the brook will he drink on the way :
therefore will he lift up the head .
*
Hallelujah .
I will thank the Lord with all heart ,
in the council of the upright ,
and in the congregation .
*
Great are the works of the Lord ,
they are sought for in all their desires .
*
Glorious and majestic is his doing ,
and his righteousness endureth for ever .
*
He hath made a memorial for his wonderful works :
gracious and merciful is the Lord .
*
He hath given sustenance unto those that fear him :
he will for ever be mindful of his covenant .
*
The power of his works hath he told unto his people ,
that he might give them the heritage of nations .
*
The works of his hands are truth and justice :
faultless are all his precepts .
*
They are well supported for ever and eternally :
they are framed in truth and uprightness .
*
Redemption hath he sent unto his people :
he hath commanded his covenant for ever :
holy and to be feared is his name .
*
The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord ;
a good understanding have all that fulfill :
his praise endureth for ever .
*
Hallelujah .
Happy is the man that feareth the Lord ,
that greatly delighteth in his commandments .
*
His seed shall be mighty upon earth :
the generation of the upright shall be blessed .
*
Plenty and riches shall be in his house ,
and his righteousness shall endure for ever .
*
There ariseth in the darkness a light to the upright :
he is gracious ,
and merciful ,
and righteous .
*
Well will it be with the man who is kind ,
and lendeth :
he will guide his affairs with justice .
*
Surely unto eternity shall he not be moved :
in everlasting remembrance shall the righteous be held .
*
Of an evil report shall he not be afraid :
his heart is firm ,
trusting in the Lord .
*
Well supported is his heart ,
he shall not be afraid ,
until he looketh on his assailants .
*
He distributeth ,
he giveth to the needy :
his righteousness endureth for ever ;
his horn shall be exalted in honor .
*
The wicked shall see it ,
and be vexed ;
he will gnash with his teeth ,
and melt away :
the longing of the wicked shall perish .
*
Hallelujah .
Praise ,
O ye servants of the Lord ,
praise ye the name of the Lord .
*
Let the name of the Lord be blessed from this time forth and for evermore .
*
From the rising of the sun unto his going down the name of the Lord is praised .
*
High above all nations is the Lord ,
above the heavens is his glory .
*
Who is like the Lord our God ,
who dwelleth on high ?
*
Who condescendeth to view what is done in the heavens ,
and on the earth ?
*
He raiseth up out of the dust the poor ,
from the dunghill he lifteth up the needy :
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That he may set him with princes ,
even with the princes of his people .
*
He causeth the barren woman to dwell in the midst of household ,
the joyful mother of children .
Hallelujah .
*
When Israel went forth out of Egypt ,
the house of Jacob from a people of a strange language :
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Judah became his sanctuary ,
Israel his dominion .
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The sea beheld it ,
and fled :
the Jordan was driven backward .
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The mountains skipped like wethers ,
the hills like lambs .
*
What aileth thee ,
O sea ,
that thou fleest ?
thou ,
O Jordan ,
that thou art driven backward ?
*
Ye mountains ,
that ye skip like wethers ?
ye hills ,
like lambs ?
*
At the presence of the Lord tremble ,
O earth ,
at the presence of the God of Jacob ;
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Who changeth the rock into a pool of water ,
the flint into a fountain of water .
*
Not for our sake ,
O Lord ,
not for our sake ,
but unto thy name give glory ,
for the sake of thy kindness ,
for the sake of thy truth .
*
Wherefore should the nations say ,
Where now is their God ?
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Whereas our God is in the heavens :
whatsoever he desireth hath he done .
*
Their idols are sliver and gold ,
the work of the hands of man .
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A mouth they have ,
but speak not ;
eyes they have ,
but see not ;
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Ears they have ,
but hear not ;
a nose they have ,
but smell not .
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They have hands ,
but they touch not ;
they have feet ,
but they walk not :
nor do they give any utterance by their throat .
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Like them are those that make them ,
every one that trusteth in them .
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O Israel ,
trust thou in the Lord
he is their help and their shield .
*
O house of Aaron ,
trust ye in the Lord
he is their help and their shield .
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Ye that fear the Lord ,
trust ye in the Lord
he is their help and their shield .
*
The Lord hath even been mindful of us ,
he will bless ;
he will bless the house of Israel ;
he will bless the house of Aaron ;
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He will bless those that fear the Lord ,
the small together with the great .
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May the Lord increase you more and more ,
you and your children .
*
Blessed are ye of the Lord ,
who made heaven and earth .
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The heavens are the heavens of the Lord ;
but the earth hath he given to the children of men .
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Not the dead can praise the Lord ,
nor all those that go down into the silence .
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But as for us ,
we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore .
Hallelujah .
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It is lovely to me that the Lord heareth my voice ,
my supplications .
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For he hath inclined his ear unto me :
therefore throughout all my days will I call on him .
*
The bands of death had compassed me ,
and the pangs of the nether world had overtaken me ;
I had met with distress and sorrow :
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I then called on the name of the Lord ,
I beseech thee ,
O Lord ,
release my soul .
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Gracious is the Lord ,
and righteous ;
and our God is merciful .
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The Lord preserveth the simple :
I was in misery ,
and he helped me .
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Return ,
O my soul ,
unto thy rest ;
for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee .
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For thou hast delivered my soul from death ,
my eyes from tears ,
my feet from falling .
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I will walk before the Lord in the land of life .
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I believe ,
therefore will I speak :
I was greatly afflicted ;
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I indeed said in my despondency ,
Every man is a liar .
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What shall I give in return unto the Lord for all his bounties toward me ?
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The cup of salvation will I lift up ,
and on the name of the Lord will I call .
*
My vows will I pay unto the Lord ,
yea ,
in the presence of all his people .
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Grievous in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his pious ones .
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O Lord ,
truly am I thy servant ,
I am thy servant ,
the son of thy handmaid :
thou hast loosened my fetters .
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Unto thee will I offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving ,
and on the name of the Lord will I call .
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My vows will I pay unto the Lord ,
yea ,
in the presence of all his people ,
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In the courts of the house of the Lord ,
in thy midst ,
O Jerusalem .
Hallelujah .
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Praise the Lord ,
all ye nations :
praise him ,
all ye people .
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For mighty is his kindness over us :
and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever .
Hallelujah .
*
O give thanks unto the Lord ;
for he is good ;
because unto eternity endureth his kindness .
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Let Israel then say so ;
because to eternity endureth his kindness .
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Let the house of Aaron then say so ;
because to eternity endureth his kindness .
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Let those who fear the Lord then say so ;
because to eternity endureth his kindness .
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From the midst of distress I called on the Lord ;
the Lord answered me with enlargement .
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The Lord is for me ;
I will not fear :
what can a man do unto me ?
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The Lord is for me ,
among those that help me :
therefore shall I indeed look on those that hate me .
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It is better to seek shelter with the Lord than to trust in man .
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It is better to seek shelter with the Lord than to trust in princes .
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All nations encompassed me about ;
but in the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off .
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They encompassed me about :
yea ,
they compassed about ,
but in the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off .
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They encompassed me about like bees ;
they blazed up like the fire of thorns ;
but in the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off .
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Thou hast thrust violently at me that I might fall ;
but the Lord assisted me .
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My strength and song is the Lord ,
and he is become my salvation .
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The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous :
the right hand of the Lord doth valiantly .
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The right hand of the Lord is exalted :
the right hand of the Lord doth valiantly .
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I shall not die ,
but I shall live ,
and relate the works of the Lord .
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Severely hath the Lord chastised me ;
but unto death hath he not given me up .
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Open to me the gates of righteousness :
I will enter into them .
I will give thanks unto the Lord .
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This is the gate which belongeth unto the Lord ,
the righteous shall enter thereby .
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I will thank thee :
for thou but answered me ,
and art become my salvation .
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The stone which the builders rejected is become the chief corner
stone .
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From the Lord is this come to pass ,
it is marvelous in our eyes .
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This is the day which the Lord hath made ,
we will be glad and rejoice thereon .
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We beseech thee ,
O Lord ,
save now :
we beseech thee ,
O Lord ,
send now prosperity .
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Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord :
we bless you out of the house of the Lord .
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God is the Lord ,
and he giveth us light :
bind the festive sacrifice with cords ,
up to the horns of the altar .
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Thou art my God ,
and I will thank thee :
my God ,
I will exalt thee .
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Oh give thanks unto the Lord ;
for he is good ;
because to eternity endureth his kindness .
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ALEPH .
Happy are they whose way is perfect ,
who walk in the law of the Lord .
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Happy are they who keep his testimonies ,
that seek him with all their heart .
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They also commit no injustice ;
in his ways do they walk .
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Thou thyself hast commanded us thy precepts ,
that we might keep diligently .
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Oh that my ways were firmly directed to observe thy statutes !
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Then would I not be made ashamed ,
while I look at all thy commandments .
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I will thank thee with uprightness of heart ,
when I learn thy righteous ordinances .
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Thy statutes will I observe :
oh forsake me not too greatly .
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BETH .
Wherewithal shall a youth keep his way pure ?
by guarding it according to thy word .
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With all my heart have I sought thee :
oh let me not wander astray from thy commandments .
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In my heart have I treasured up thy saying ,
in order that I may not sin against thee .
*
Blessed art thou ,
O Lord :
teach me thy statutes .
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With my lips have I related all the ordinances of thy mouth .
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On the way of thy testimonies have I been glad ,
as over all wealth .
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On thy precepts will I meditate ,
and direct my look unto thy paths .
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In thy statutes will I seek my delight :
I will not forget thy word .
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GIMEL .
Deal bountifully with thy servant :
let me live ,
that I may observe thy word .
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Open thou my eyes ,
that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law .
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A stranger am I on the earth :
hide not from me thy commandments .
*
My soul is broken from longing for thy ordinances at all times .
*
Thou hast rebuked the accursed proud ,
who go erringly astray from thy commandments .
*
Roll away from me reproach and contempt ;
for thy testimonies have I kept .
*
Although even princes should sit and speak against me ,
thy servant would still meditate on thy statutes .
*
Also thy testimonies are my delight ,
my counsellors .
*
DALETH .
My soul cleaveth unto the dust :
revive thou me according to thy word .
*
My ways do I relate ,
and thou answerest me :
teach me thy statutes .
*
Cause me to understand the way of thy precepts ,
that I may meditate on thy wonders .
*
My soul droppeth away from grief :
sustain me according to thy word .
*
The way of falsehood do thou remove from me ,
and grant me graciously thy law .
*
The way of truth have I chosen :
thy ordinances have I set .
*
I have adhered unto thy testimonies :
O Lord ,
put me not to shame .
*
The way of thy commandments will I run ;
for thou wilt enlarge my heart .
*
HE .
Teach me ,
O Lord ,
the way of thy statutes ,
and I shall keep it in all its windings .
*
Give me understanding ,
that I may keep thy law ,
and I will observe it with all heart .
*
Guide me on the path of thy commandments ;
for therein do I find my delight .
*
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies ,
and not to desire for gain .
*
Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity :
on thy way do thou give me life .
*
Fulfill unto thy servant thy promise for those who are devoted to thy fear .
*
Cause to pass away my disgrace of which I have dread ;
for thy ordinances are good .
*
Behold ,
I have longed after thy precepts :
through thy righteousness do thou give my life .
*
VAV .
And let thy kindness come unto me ,
O Lord ,
thy salvation ,
according to thy promise .
*
Then shall I have a word to answer the one that reproacheth me ;
for I trust in thy word .
*
And snatch not the word of truth out of my mouth too greatly ;
for I wait for thy ordinances .
*
So shall I observe thy law continually for ever and ever .
*
And I will walk in an open space ;
for thy precepts have I sought .
*
And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings ,
and will not be ashamed .
*
And I will delight myself in thy commandments ,
which I love .
*
And so will I lift up my hands unto thy commandments ,
which I love ,
and I will meditate on thy statutes .
*
ZAYIN .
Remember thy word unto thy servant ,
upon which thou hast caused me to wait .
*
This is my comfort in my affliction ,
that thy promise hath revived me .
*
The presumptuous have held me too greatly in derision :
yet have I not departed away from thy law .
*
I remembered thy decrees from olden times ,
O Lord ,
and thus comforted myself .
*
Horror seized on me because of the wicked that forsake thy law .
*
Songs have thy statutes been unto me in the house of my pilgrimage .
*
I remembered in the night thy name ,
O Lord ,
and observed thy law .
*
This came to pass unto me ,
because I had kept thy precepts .
*
CHETH .
My portion is the Lord ,
have I said ,
that I might observe thy words .
*
I make entreaty before thee with all my heart :
be gracious unto me according to thy promise .
*
I have thought over my ways ,
and made my feet return unto thy testimonies .
*
I hastened ,
and delayed not to observe thy commandments .
*
Companies of wicked men have surrounded me ;
but I have not forgotten thy law .
*
At midnights do I constantly rise to give thanks unto thee ,
because of thy righteous decrees .
*
An associate am I unto all that fear thee ,
and unto those that keep thy precepts .
*
Of thy kindness ,
O Lord ,
is the earth full :
teach me thy statutes .
*
TETH .
Thou hast shown goodness on thy servant ,
O Lord ,
according to thy word .
*
The best of discernment and knowledge do thou teach me ;
for in thy commandments do I believe .
*
Before I was afflicted I was in error ;
but now I observe thy saying .
*
Thou art good ,
and doing good :
teach me thy statutes .
*
The presumptuous have invented falsehoods against me ;
but I will with all my heart indeed keep thy precepts .
*
Gross as fat is their heart ;
but I take truly delight in thy law .
*
It is well for me that I have been afflicted ,
in order that I might learn thy statutes .
*
Better is unto me the law of thy mouth than thousands of gold and silver .
*
YOD .
Thy hands have made me and established me :
give me understanding ,
that I may learn thy commandments .
*
Those that fear thee will see me and be rejoiced ;
because I have waited for thy word .
*
I know ,
O Lord ,
that thy decrees are righteous ,
and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me .
*
Let ,
I pray thee ,
thy kindness come to comfort me ,
according to thy promise unto thy servant .
*
Let thy mercies come unto me ,
that I may live ;
for thy law is my delight .
*
Let the presumptuous be made ashamed ;
because they have without a cause dealt perversely with me ;
but I will indeed meditate on thy precepts .
*
Let those that fear thee return unto me ,
and those that know thy testimonies .
*
Let my heart be entire in thy statutes ,
in order that I may not be put to shame .
*
CAPH .
My soul ardently desireth for thy salvation :
for thy word do I wait .
*
My eyes look eagerly for thy promise ,
saying ,
When wilt thou comfort me ?
*
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke :
do I not forget thy statutes .
*
How many are the days of thy servant ?
when wilt thou execute justice on my persecutors ?
*
The presumptuous have dug pits for me ,
which is not in accordance with thy law .
*
All thy commandments are founded on truth :
without cause they persecute me ;
help thou me .
*
But little was wanting that they had consumed me upon earth ;
but I have truly not forsaken thy precepts .
*
According to thy kindness give me life ,
that I may observe the testimony of thy mouth .
*
LAMED .
To eternity ,
O Lord ,
standeth firm thy word with the heavens .
*
Unto all generations endureth thy faithfulness :
thou hast established the earth ,
and she standeth .
*
According to thy ordinances they exist this day :
for all are thy servants .
*
Unless thy law had been my delights ,
I should long since have been lost in my affliction .
*
Never will I forget thy precepts ;
for with them thou hast kept me alive .
*
Thine am I ,
save me ;
for thy precepts have I sought .
*
Wicked men have waited for me to destroy me ;
I will reflect on thy testimonies .
*
Of all perfection have I seen the end ;
thy commandment is exceedingly extended .
*
MEM .
Oh how do I love thy law !
all the day is it my meditation .
*
Wiser than my enemy doth thy commandment make me ;
for it is perpetually with me .
*
Above all my teachers have I obtained intelligence ;
for thy testimonies are my meditation .
*
More than the elders do I possess understanding ;
because thy precepts do I keep .
*
From every evil path have I withholden my feet ,
in order that I might observe thy word .
*
From thy ordinances have I not departed ;
for thou hast instructed me .
*
How much sweeter are to my palate thy sayings than honey to my mouth !
*
Through thy precepts shall I obtain understanding :
therefore do I hate every path of falsehood .
*
NUN .
A lamp unto my feet is thy word ,
and a light unto my path .
*
I have sworn ,
and I will perform it ,
to observe thy righteous ordinances .
*
I am afflicted exceedingly much :
O Lord ,
revive me ,
according to thy word .
*
Receive in favor the freewill
offerings of my mouth ,
I beseech thee ,
O Lord ,
and teach me thy ordinances .
*
My life is in my hand continually :
yet thy law do I not forget .
*
The wicked have laid a snare for me :
yet have I not erred from thy precepts .
*
I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage to eternity ;
for they are the joy of my heart .
*
I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes always ,
in all their ways .
*
SAMECH .
Those of divided thoughts I hate ;
but thy law do I love .
*
My shelter and my shield art thou :
for thy word do I wait .
*
Depart from me ,
ye evildoers ,
that I may keep the commandments of God .
*
Uphold me according to thy promise ,
that I may live ,
and let me not be made ashamed of my hope .
*
Support me that I may be placed in safety ,
and I will direct my regard unto thy statutes continually .
*
Thou hast trodden down all that erringly stray from thy statutes ;
for falsehood is their deceit .
*
Like dross dost thou put away all the wicked of the earth :
therefore do I love thy testimonies .
*
My flesh trembleth shudderingly from dread of thee ,
and of thy decrees am I afraid .
*
AYIN .
I have executed justice and righteousness :
leave me not to those who oppress me .
*
Protect thy servant for good :
let not the presumptuous oppress me .
*
My eyes look eagerly for thy salvation ,
and for thy righteous promise .
*
Deal with thy servant according to thy kindness ,
and thy statutes do thou teach me .
*
I am thy servant :
give me understanding ,
that I may know thy testimonies .
*
It is time to act for the Lord :
they have broken thy law .
*
Therefore do I love thy commandments more than gold ,
and more than fine gold .
*
Therefore do I esteem all thy precepts in all things as right :
every path of falsehood do I hate .
*
PE .
Wonderful are thy testimonies :
therefore doth my soul keep them .
*
The opening of thy words giveth light ,
it giveth understanding unto the simple .
*
I opened my mouth ,
and panted for breath ;
because for thy commandments did I long .
*
Turn thou unto me ,
and be gracious unto me ,
as is thy wont unto those that love thy name .
*
My steps establish thou through thy promise ,
and suffer not any wrong to have dominion over me .
*
Deliver me from the oppression of man ,
and I will observe thy precepts .
*
Let thy face shine upon thy servant ,
and teach me thy statutes .
*
Streams of water have run down my eyes ;
because they had not observed thy law .
*
TZADDE .
Righteous art thou ,
O Lord ,
and upright are thy decrees .
*
Thou hast commanded thy testimonies ,
as righteous and faithful exceedingly .
*
My zeal destroyeth me ;
because my assailants have forgotten thy words .
*
Thy promise is greatly refined ,
and thy servant loveth it .
*
I am little and despised :
yet thy precepts have I not forgotten .
*
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness ,
and thy law is the truth .
*
Distress and trouble have overtaken me :
are thy commandments my delights .
*
Righteous are thy testimonies for everlasting :
give me understanding ,
that I may live .
*
KOPH .
I have called with all my heart :
answer me ,
O Lord :
thy statutes will I keep .
*
I have called on thee ,
save me ,
and I will observe thy testimonies .
*
I come before thee in the dawn of morning ,
and cry :
for thy word do I wait .
*
My eyes are awake before the night
watches ,
that I may meditate in thy saying .
*
Hear my voice according to thy kindness :
O Lord ,
according to thy decree do thou grant me life .
*
They that pursue mischievous devices draw nigh :
from thy law are they far .
*
Near art thou ,
O Lord ;
and all thy commandments are the truth .
*
Of old already I knew of thy testimonies ;
because for eternity hast thou founded them .
*
RESH .
Look on my affliction ,
and release me ;
for thy law have I not forgotten .
*
Plead my cause ,
and deliver me :
according to thy promise do thou revive me .
*
Far from the wicked is salvation ;
because thy statutes have they not sought for .
*
Thy mercies are abundant ,
O Lord ;
according to thy decrees do thou revive me .
*
Many are my persecutors and my assailants :
yet from thy testimonies do I not turn away .
*
I beheld the treacherous ,
and felt disgust ;
because they observed not thy saying .
*
Behold that I love thy precepts :
O Lord ,
according to thy kindness do thou revive me .
*
The summit of thy word is truth :
and the whole of thy righteous judgment endureth for ever .
*
SHIN .
Princes have persecuted me without a cause ;
but of thy word standeth my heart in dread .
*
I am rejoiced over thy promise ,
as one that findeth great spoil .
*
Falsehood I hate and abhor :
but thy law do I love .
*
Seven times in the day do I praise thee because of thy righteous decrees .
*
Abundant peace have they who love thy law ;
and thee is nothing that causeth them to stumble .
*
I have hoped for thy salvation ,
O Lord ,
and thy commandments have I fulfilled .
*
My soul hath observed thy testimonies ,
and I love them exceedingly .
*
I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies ;
because all my ways are before thee .
*
TAV .
Let my entreaty come near before thee ,
O Lord :
according to thy word grant me understanding .
*
Let my supplication come before thee :
according to thy promise do thou deliver me .
*
My lips shall utter praise ;
because thou wilt teach me thy statutes .
*
My tongue shall speak loudly of thy promise ;
for all thy commandments are righteous .
*
Let thy hand be to help me ;
for thy precepts have I chosen .
*
I have longed for thy salvation ,
O Lord ;
and thy law is my delights .
*
Let my soul live ,
and it shall praise thee :
and let thy decrees help me .
*
I have gone erringly astray like a lost sheep :
seek thy servant ;
for thy commandments have I not forgotten .
*
Unto the Lord ,
when I was in distress ,
did I call ,
and he hath answered me .
*
O Lord ,
deliver my soul from lips of falsehood ,
and from a tongue of deceit .
*
What will give unto thee ?
or what will he add unto thee ,
thou tongue of deceit ?
*
Sharpened arrows of the mighty ,
with coals of the broom
bush .
*
Woe is me ,
that I sojourn in Meshech ,
that I dwell in the tents of Kedar !
*
Too long for herself hath my soul dwelt with him that hateth peace .
*
I am for peace ;
but when I speak ,
they are for war .
*
I lift up my eyes unto the mountains :
whence shall come my help ?
*
My help is from the Lord ,
the maker of heaven and earth .
*
He will not suffer thy foot to slip :
thy keeper doth not slumber .
*
Behold ,
he slumbereth not ,
and he sleepeth not
the keeper of Israel .
*
The Lord is thy keeper :
the Lord is thy shade ,
he is on thy right hand .
*
By day the sun shall not strike thee ,
nor the moon by night .
*
The Lord will guard thee against all evil :
he will guard thy soul .
*
The Lord will guard thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth and for evermore .
*
I was rejoiced when they said unto me ,
Unto the house of the Lord let us go .
*
Our feet are now standing within thy gates ,
O Jerusalem !
*
Jerusalem ,
which art built as a city wherein all associate together .
*
For thither go up the tribes of the Lord ,
as a testimony for Israel ,
to give thanks unto the name of the Lord .
*
For there are placed chairs for judgment ,
the chairs for the house of David .
*
Pray ye for the peace of Jerusalem ;
may those that love thee prosper .
*
May there be peace within thy walls ,
prosperity within thy palaces ,
*
For the sake of my brethren and my friends ,
let me now speak ,
Peace be within thee .
*
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God ,
will I seek thy good .
*
Unto thee do I lift up my eyes ,
O thou that dwellest in the heavens .
*
Behold ,
as the eyes of servants are directed unto the hand of their masters ,
as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress :
thus are our eyes directed unto the Lord our God ,
until he be gracious unto us .
*
Be gracious unto us ,
O Lord !
be gracious unto us ;
for we are overburdened with contempt .
*
Our soul is overburdened with the scorn of those who are at ease ,
with the contempt of the proud oppressors .
*
If it had not been the Lord who was for us ,
so should Israel say ;
*
If it had not been the Lord who was for us ,
when men rose up against us :
*
Then would they have swallowed us up alive ,
when their wrath was kindled against us ;
*
Then would the waters have overwhelmed us ,
the stream would have passed over our soul ;
*
Then would have passed over our soul the presumptuous waters .
*
Blessed be the Lord ,
who hath not given us up as a prey to their teeth .
*
Our soul is escaped like a bird out of the snare of the fowlers :
the snare is broken ,
and we are escaped .
*
Our help is in the name of the Lord ,
the maker of heaven and earth .
*
Those who trust in the Lord are like mount Zion ,
which will not he moved ,
which endureth for ever .
*
Jerusalem hath mountains round about her :
and is the Lord round about his people ,
from this time forth and for evermore .
*
For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous :
in order that the righteous may not stretch forth their hands unto wrong
doing .
*
Do good ,
O Lord ,
unto the good ,
and to those that are upright in their hearts .
*
But as for those who turn aside unto their crooked ways ,
them will the Lord drive away with the workers of wickedness ;
but peace shall be upon Israel .
*
When the Lord bringeth back again the captivity of Zion ,
then shall we be like dreamers .
*
Then shall our mouth be filled with laughter ,
and our tongue with singing :
then shall they say among the nations ,
Great things hath the Lord done for these .
*
Great things would the Lord have done for us ,
we should be joyful .
*
Bring back again ,
O Lord ,
our captivity ,
like rivulets in arid land .
*
Those that sow in tears shall reap with joyful song .
*
He goeth forth indeed and weepeth ,
that beareth the seed for sowing ;
but he will surely come with joyful song when he beareth his sheaves .
*
Unless the Lord do build the house ,
in vain labor they that build on it :
unless the Lord guard the city ,
in vain is the watchman wakeful .
*
It is in vain for you to be early in rising ,
to be late in sitting up ,
eating the bread of painful toils ;
so doth he give unto his beloved during sleep .
*
Lo ,
children are an inheritance from the Lord :
a reward is the fruit of the body .
*
Like arrows in the hand of a mighty man ,
so are the children of youth .
*
Happy is the man that hath his quiver filled with them :
they shall not be put to shame ,
when they do speak with the enemies in the gate .
*
Happy is every one that feareth the Lord ,
that walketh in his ways .
*
When thou eatest the labor of thy hands :
wilt thou be happy ,
and it shall be well with thee .
*
Thy wife is as a fruitful vine in the recesses of thy house :
thy children ,
like olive
plants round about thy table .
*
Behold ,
truly thus shall be blessed the man that feareth the Lord .
*
May the Lord bless thee out of Zion :
and see thou the happiness of Jerusalem all the days of thy life .
*
And see thou thy children
s children :
may there be peace upon Israel .
*
Many a time have they assailed me from my youth ,
so should Israel say ;
*
Many a time have they assailed me from my youth :
yet have they not prevailed against me .
*
Upon my back have ploughmen ploughed ;
they have drawn long their furrows :
*
the Lord is righteous ;
he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked .
*
May all be put to shame and turned backward that hate Zion ;
*
May they become like the grass of the roofs ,
which withereth before it is pulled up ;
*
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand ;
nor his arm he that bindeth sheaves .
*
Nor do they who pass by say ,
The blessing of the Lord be with you :
we bless you in the name of the Lord .
*
Out of the depths have I called thee ,
O Lord .
*
Lord ,
listen to my voice :
let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications .
*
If thou ,
Lord ,
shouldst treasure up iniquities ,
O Lord ,
who would be able to stand ?
*
But with thee there is forgiveness ,
in order that thou mayest be feared .
*
I hope for the Lord ,
my soul doth hope ,
and for his word do I wait .
*
My soul for the Lord ,
more than they that watch for the morning expect the morning .
*
Let Israel wait for the Lord ;
for with the Lord there is kindness ,
and with him is redemption in abundance ;
*
And he wilt surely redeem Israel from all his iniquities .
*
O Lord ,
my heart was not haughty ,
nor were my eyes lofty :
neither have I walked after matters too great ,
or those too wonderful for me .
*
Surely I have pacified and stilled my soul ,
like the suckling on its mother
s breast :
like a suckling is in me my soul .
*
Let Israel wait for the Lord from this time forth and for ever more .
*
Remember ,
O Lord ,
unto David all his afflictions ;
*
How he swore unto the Lord ;
how he vowed unto the mighty One of Jacob :
*
Surely ,
I will not enter into the tent of my house ,
nor ascend the couch of my repose ;
*
I will not grant any sleep to my eyes ,
nor to my eyelids any slumber :
*
Until I shall have found out a place for the Lord ,
a dwelling
place for the mighty One of Jacob .
* "
Lo ,
we heard of it at Ephratah :
we met with it in the fields of the forest :
*
let us then go into his dwelling :
let us prostrate ourselves before his footstool ."
*
Arise ,
O Lord ,
unto thy resting
place :
thou ,
and the ark of thy strength .
*
Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness ;
and let thy pious servants shout for joy .
*
For the sake of David thy servant turn not away the face of thy anointed .
*
The Lord hath sworn unto David in truth ;
he will not turn from it : "
From the fruit of thy body will I set on the throne to succeed thee .
*
If thy children will observe my covenant and this my testimony which I teach them :
then also shall their children sit for evermore upon the throne to succeed thee ."
*
For the Lord hath made choice of Zion :
he hath desired it as a habitation for himself .
*
This is my resting
place for evermore :
here will I dwell ;
for I have desired it .
*
Her provision will I bless abundantly :
her needy ones will I satisfy with bread .
*
And her priests will I clothe with salvation :
and her pious ones shall shout aloud for joy .
*
There will I cause to grow a horn unto David :
I arrange a lamp for my anointed .
*
His enemies will I clothe with shame ;
but upon himself shall his crown shine brilliantly .
*
Behold ,
how good and how pleasant it is when brethren dwell closely together !
*
like the precious oil upon the head ,
running down upon the beard ,
yea ,
Aaron
s beard ,
which runneth down upon the upper border of his garments ;
*
Like the dew of Chermon ,
running down upon the mountains of Zion ;
for there hath the Lord commanded the blessing ,
even life for evermore .
*
Arise !
bless ye the Lord ,
all ye servants of the Lord that stand in the house of the Lord in the nights .
*
Lift up your hands toward the sanctuary ,
and bless the Lord .
*
May the Lord bless thee out of Zion ,
he that is the maker of heaven and earth .
*
Hallelujah .
Praise ye the name of the Lord ;
praise him ,
O ye servants of the Lord ;
*
Ye that stand in the house of the Lord ,
in the courts of the house of our God .
*
Hallelujah ;
for the Lord is good :
sing praises unto his name ;
for it is lovely .
*
For Jacob hath the Lord chosen unto himself ,
Israel ,
as his peculiar treasure .
*
For I well know that the Lord is great ,
and that our Lord is above all gods .
*
Whatsoever the Lord willeth ,
hath he done in the heavens ,
and on the earth ,
in the seas ,
and in all the deeps .
*
He causeth clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth ;
he maketh lightnings with the rain ;
he bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries .
*
who smote the first
born of Egypt ,
both of man and of cattle ;
*
Who sent signs and wonderful tokens into the midst of thee ,
O Egypt ,
against Pharaoh ,
and against all his servants ;
*
Who smote many nations ,
and slew mighty kings ;
*
Sichon the king of the Emorites ,
and
Og the king of Bashan ,
and all the kingdoms of Canaan ;
*
And gave their land as an inheritance ,
an inheritance unto Israel his people .
*
O Lord ,
thy name for ever :
O Lord ,
thy memorial is throughout all generations .
*
For the Lord will espouse the cause of his people ,
and concerning his servants will he bethink himself .
*
The idols of the nations are silver and gold ,
the work of the hands of men .
*
Mouths they have ,
but they speak not ;
eyes they have ,
but they see not ;
*
Ears they have ,
but they hear not ;
neither is there any breath in their mouth .
*
Like them are those that make them ,
every one that trusteth in them .
*
O house of Israel ,
bless ye the Lord ;
O house of Aaron ,
bless ye the Lord .
*
O house of Levi ,
bless ye the Lord ;
ye that fear the Lord ,
bless the Lord .
*
Blessed be the Lord out of Zion ,
even he that resideth at Jerusalem .
Hallelujah .
*
O give thanks unto the Lord ;
for he is good ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness .
*
O give thanks unto the God of gods ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness .
*
O give thanks to the Lord of lords ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness .
*
To him who doth great wonders alone ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness .
*
To him that made the heavens with understanding ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness .
*
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness .
*
To him that made great lights ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness ;
*
The sun for the rule by day ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness ;
*
The moon and stars for the rule by night ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness .
*
To him that smote Egypt in their first
born ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness ;
*
And brought out Israel from the midst of them ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness ;
*
With a strong hand ,
and with an outstretched arm ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness .
*
To him who divided the Red Sea into parts ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness ;
*
And caused Israel to pass through the midst of it ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness ;
*
But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness .
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To him who led his people through the wilderness ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness .
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To him who smote great kings ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness ;
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And slew mighty kings ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness .
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Even Sichon the king of the Emorites ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness ;
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And
Og the king of Bashan ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness ;
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And gave their land as an inheritance ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness ;
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As an inheritance unto Israel his servant ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness ;
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Who hath in our low estate remembered us ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness ;
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And hath freed us from our assailants ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness ;
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Who giveth food unto all flesh ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness .
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O give thanks unto the God of the heavens ;
for to eternity endureth his kindness .
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By the rivers of Babylon ,
there we sat ,
and we also wept when we remembered Zion .
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Upon the willows in her midst had we hung up our harps .
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For there our captors demanded of us the words of song ;
and those that mocked us ,
joy ,
Sing for us one of the songs of Zion .
*
How should we sing the song of the Lord on the soil of the stranger ?
*
If I forget thee ,
O Jerusalem ,
may my right hand forget .
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May my tongue cleave to my palate if I do not remember thee :
if I recall not Jerusalem at the head of my joy .
*
Remember ,
O Lord ,
unto the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem ;
who said ,
Raze it ,
raze it ,
even to her very foundation .
*
O daughter of Babylon ,
who art wasted :
happy he ,
that repayeth thee thy recompense for what thou hast done to us .
*
Happy he ,
that seizeth and dasheth thy babes against the rock .
*
I will praise thee with my whole heart :
before ,
O God ,
will I sing praise unto thee .
*
I will bow myself down before thy holy temple ,
and I will thank thy name for thy kindness and for thy truth ;
for thou hast magnified above all thy name thy promise .
*
On the day when I called didst thou answer me ,
and raise me up with strength in my soul .
*
All the kings of the earth will give thanks unto thee ,
O Lord ,
when they hear the promises of thy mouth .
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And they will sing on the ways of the Lord ;
for great is the glory of the Lord .
*
For exalted is the Lord ,
yet doth he regard the lowly ;
but the proud he punisheth from afar .
*
If I should walk in the midst of distress ,
thou wilt revive me :
against the wrath of my enemies wilt thou stretch forth thy hand ,
and thy right hand will save me .
*
The Lord will accomplish in my behalf ;
O Lord ,
thy kindness endureth for ever :
the works of thy own hands do not abandon .
*
O Lord !
thou hast searched me through ,
and thou knowest .
*
Thou indeed knowest my sitting down and my rising up ,
thou understandest my thinking while yet afar off .
*
My walking and my lying down hast thou limited ,
and with all my ways art thou acquainted .
*
For ,
while there is not a word on my tongue ,
lo ,
thou ,
O Lord ,
knowest it entirely .
*
Behind and before hast thou hedged me in ,
and thou placest upon me thy hand .
*
Too wonderful is such knowledge for me :
it is too exalted ,
I cannot attain unto it .
*
Whither shall I go from thy spirit ?
or whither shall I flee away from thy presence ?
*
If I should ascend into heaven ,
thou art there ;
and if I should make my bed in the nether world ,
behold ,
thou art there .
*
If I should lift up the wings of the morning
dawn ,
if I should dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea :
*
Even there would thy hand lead me ,
and thy right hand would seize hold of me .
*
If I said ,
Surely darkness shall enshroud me ,
and into night the light about me :
*
Yet even darkness can obscure nothing from thee ;
but the night will shine like the day ;
both the darkness and the light are alike .
*
For thou possessest my reins :
thou hast covered me in my mother
s womb .
*
I will thank thee therefore ,
that I am fearfully wonderfully made :
wonderful are thy works ;
and that my soul knoweth right well .
*
My being was not concealed from thee ,
when I was made in secret ,
when I was embroidered in the lowest parts of the earth .
*
My undeveloped substance did thy eyes see ;
and in thy book were all of them written down
the days which have been formed ,
while yet not one of them was here .
*
And how precious are unto me thy thoughts ,
O God !
how mightily great is their sum !
*
Should I count them ,
they would be more numerous than the sand :
I awake ,
and I am still with thee .
*
If thou wouldst but slay the wicked ,
O God !
and ye men of blood ,
depart from me .
*
Who speak of thee for a wicked end ,
thy enemies ,
that bear for a vain purpose .
*
Behold ,
those that hate thee I ever hate ,
O Lord ;
and for those that rise up against thee do I feel loathing .
*
With the utmost hatred do I hate them :
enemies are they become unto me .
*
Search me through ,
O God ,
and know my heart ;
probe me ,
and know my thoughts :
*
And see if there be a way of perverseness in me ,
and lead me on the way of eternity .
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O Lord ,
I call thee ,
hasten unto me :
give ear unto my voice ,
when I call unto thee .
*
May my prayer be valued as incense before thee ,
the lifting up of my hands ,
as the evening offering .
*
Set ,
O Lord ,
a watch unto my mouth :
keep a guard at the door of my lips .
*
Permit not my heart to incline after any evil thing ,
to practise deeds in wickedness with men that are doers of wrong :
and let me not eat of their dainties .
*
If the righteous strike me ,
it is a kindness ;
and if he reprove me ,
it is oil poured on the head ,
my head shall not refuse it ;
for yet my prayer also in their sufferings .
*
Are their judges fallen down through means of a rock :
then will they listen to my words ;
for they are pleasant .
*
As when one cutteth in and splitteth open the earth :
so are our bones scattered for the mouth of the grave .
*
For unto thee ,
O Eternal Lord ,
are my eyes directed ;
in thee do I trust :
pour not out my life .
*
Guard me from the power of the snare which they have laid for me ,
and the traps of the wrong
doers .
*
Let the wicked fall into their own nets ,
altogether
while I pass safely by .
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O Lord ,
hear my prayer ,
give ear to my supplications :
in thy faithfulness answer me ,
in thy righteousness .
*
And enter not into judgment with thy servant ;
for no living man can be regarded righteous before thee .
*
For the enemy hath pursued my soul ;
he hath crushed to the ground my life ;
he hath made me dwell in darkness ,
as those that are dead eternally .
*
And my spirit within me is overwhelmed :
in my bosom is my heart astounded .
*
I remember the days of olden times :
I meditate on all thy doings :
on the work of thy hands do I reflect .
*
I spread forth my hands unto thee :
my soul for thee ,
as a thirsty land .
Selah .
*
Hasten ,
answer me ,
O Lord ,
my spirit falleth :
hide not thy face from me ,
that I may not become like those that go down into the pit .
*
Cause me to hear in the morning thy kindness ;
for in thee do I trust :
cause me to know the way whereon I should walk ;
for unto thee do I lift up my soul .
*
Deliver me ,
O Lord ,
from my enemies :
by thee do I seek shelter .
*
Teach me to do thy will ;
for thou art my God :
thy spirit is good ;
guide me on a level land .
*
For thy sake ,
O Lord ,
revive me :
in thy righteousness bring forth out of distress my soul .
*
And in thy kindness destroy my enemies ,
and annihilate all the adversaries of my soul ;
far I am thy servant .
*
Blessed be the Lord my Rock ,
who exerciseth my hands for the battle ,
my fingers for the war :
*
My kindness ,
and my strong
hold ;
my high tower ,
and my deliverer ;
my shield ,
and he in whom I trust ;
who subdueth my people under me .
*
Lord ,
what is man ,
that thou takest cognizance of him :
the son of a mortal ,
that thou regardest him !
*
Man is like the breath :
his days are like a passing shadow .
*
O Lord ,
bend thy heavens ,
and come down :
touch the mountains ,
that they may smoke .
*
Cast forth lightning ,
and scatter them :
send out thy arrows ,
and confound them .
*
Stretch out thy hands from above ;
rid me ,
and deliver me out of great waters ,
from the hand of the children of the stranger .
*
Whose mouth speaketh vanity ,
and whose right hand is the right hand of falsehood .
*
O God ,
a new song will I sing unto thee :
upon the ten
stringed psaltery will I sing praises unto thee .
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that giveth victory unto kings :
who riddeth David his servant from the evil
bringing sword .
*
Rid me ,
and deliver me from the hand of the children of the stranger ,
whose mouth speaketh vanity ,
and whose right hand is the right hand of falsehood .
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So that our sons may be like plants ,
grown up in their youth :
our daughters ,
like corner
pillars ,
sculptured in the model of a palace .
*
May our garners be full ,
furnishing all manner of store :
our sheep bringing forth thousands and ten thousands in our open pastures .
*
May our oxen be strong to labor :
may there be no breach ,
nor migration ,
nor loud complaint in our streets .
*
Happy the people ,
that fare thus :
happy the people ,
whose God is the Lord .
*
I will extol thee ,
my God ,
O king ;
and I will bless thy name for ever and ever .
*
Every day will I bless thee ,
and I will praise thy name for ever and ever .
*
Great is the Lord ,
and greatly praised ,
and his greatness is unsearchable .
*
One generation shall praise thy works to the other ,
and thy mighty acts shall they declare .
*
On the majestic glory of thy excellence ,
and on thy wondrous deeds will I meditate .
*
And of the might of thy terrible acts shall men converse :
and thy greatness will I relate .
*
The memorial of thy abundant goodness shall they loudly proclaim ,
and they shall sing joyfully of thy righteousness .
*
Gracious and merciful is the Lord ,
long
suffering ,
and great in kindness .
*
The Lord is good to all ,
and his mercies are over all his works .
*
All thy works shall thank thee ,
O Lord ;
and thy pious servants shall bless thee .
*
Of the glory of thy kingdom shall they converse ,
and of thy might shall they speak :
*
To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts ,
and the glorious majesty of his kingdom .
*
Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all eternities ,
and thy dominion throughout all generations .
*
The Lord upholdeth all who are falling ,
and raiseth up all those who are bowed down .
*
The eyes of all wait hopefully upon thee ,
and thou givest them their food in its due season .
*
Thou openest thy hand ,
and satisfiest the desire of every living thing .
*
Righteous is the Lord in all his ways ,
and beneficent in all his works .
*
The Lord is nigh unto all those who call on him ,
to all who call on him in truth .
*
The desire of those who fear him will he fulfill ,
and their cry will he hear ,
and save them .
*
The Lord preserveth all those who love him ;
but all the wicked will he destroy .
*
The praise of the Lord shall my mouth speak :
and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever .
*
Hallelujah .
Praise ,
O my soul ,
the Lord .
*
I will praise the Lord throughout my life :
I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being .
*
Put not your trust in princes ,
in the son of man ,
in whom there is no salvation .
*
When his spirit goeth forth ,
he returneth to his earth :
on that very day perish his thoughts .
*
happy is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help ,
whose hope is on the Lord his God ;
*
Who hath made heaven ,
and earth ,
the sea ,
and all that is therein ;
who keepeth truth for ever ;
*
Who executeth justice for the oppressed :
who giveth bread to the hungry :
the Lord looseneth the prisoners ;
*
The Lord causeth the blind to see ;
the Lord raiseth up those who are bowed down ;
the Lord loveth the righteous :
*
The Lord guardeth the strangers ;
the fatherless and widow he helpeth up ;
but the way of the wicked he maketh crooked .
*
The Lord will reign for ever ,
even thy God ,
O Zion ,
unto all generations .
Hallelujah .
*
Hallelujah ;
for it is good to sing praises unto our God ;
for it is comely ;
becometh praise .
*
The Lord buildeth up Jerusalem :
the outcasts of Israel will he gather together ;
*
He that healeth the broken
hearted ,
and bindeth up their hurts ;
*
Who counteth the number of the stars ;
who calleth them all by names .
*
Great is our Lord ,
and abundant in power :
his understanding is immeasurable .
*
The Lord helpeth up the meek :
he bringeth down the wicked to the ground .
*
Lift up a song unto the Lord with thanksgiving ;
sing praises unto our God with the harp ;
*
Who covereth the heaven with clouds ,
who prepareth rain for the earth ,
who causeth grass to grow upon the mountains ;
*
Who giveth to the beast its food ,
to the young ravens which cry .
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Not in the strength of the horse hath he delight :
nor in the legs of man taketh he pleasure .
*
The Lord taketh pleasure in those that fear him ,
that wait for his kindness .
*
Glorify ,
O Jerusalem ,
the Lord :
praise thy God ,
O Zion .
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For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates ;
he hath blessed thy children in the midst of thee ;
*
He who bestoweth peace in thy borders ,
who satisfieth thee with the best of wheat ;
*
He who sendeth forth his decree unto the earth :
how swiftly speedeth his word along !
*
He who dispenseth snow like wool ;
who streweth about the hoarfrost like ashes ;
*
He who casteth down his ice like pieces :
before his cold who can stand ?
*
He sendeth out his word ,
and melteth them :
he causeth his wind to blow ,
and waters run along .
*
He declareth his word unto Jacob ,
his statutes and his ordinances unto Israel .
*
He hath not done so unto any nation :
and ordinances
these they know not .
Hallelujah .
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Hallelujah .
Praise ye the Lord from the heavens :
praise him in the heights .
*
Praise ye him ,
all his angels :
praise ye him ,
all his hosts .
*
Praise ye him ,
sun and moon :
praise him ,
all ye stars of light .
*
Praise him ,
ye heavens of heavens ,
and ye waters that are above the heavens .
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Let them praise the name of the Lord ;
for he commanded and they were created .
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And he established them for ever and to eternity :
he gave a decree which none shall transgress .
*
Praise the Lord from the earth ,
ye sea
monsters ,
and all deeps ;
*
Fire ,
and hail ,
snow ,
and vapor ;
thou storm
wind that fulfillest his word ;
*
Ye mountains ,
and all hills ;
fruitful trees ,
and all cedars ;
*
Ye beasts ,
and all cattle ;
creeping things ,
and winged birds ;
*
Ye kings of the earth ,
and all nations ;
ye princes ,
and all judges of the earth ;
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Young men and also virgins ;
old men ,
together with boys :
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Let them praise the name of the Lord ;
for his name alone is exalted ;
his majesty is above earth and heaven .
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He also exalteth the horn of his people ,
a praise unto all his pious servants ,
unto the children of Israel ,
a people near unto him .
Hallelujah .
*
Hallelujah .
Sing unto the Lord a new song ,
his praise in the congregation of the pious .
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Let Israel rejoice in his Maker :
let the children of Zion exult in their King .
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Let them praise his name in the dance :
with the timbrel and harp let them sing praises unto him .
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For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people ;
he will adorn the meek with salvation .
*
Let the pious be joyful in glory :
let them sing aloud upon their couches .
*
The exalted praises of God are in their mouth ,
and a two
edged sword is in their hand ;
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To execute vengeance on the nations ,
and chastisements on the people :
*
To bind their kings with chains ,
and their nobles with fetters of iron :
*
To execute upon them the judgment written :
this is an honor for all his pious servants .
Hallelujah .
*
Hallelujah .
Praise ye God in his sanctuary :
praise him in the expansion of his power .
*
Praise him for his acts of might :
praise him according to the abundance of his greatness .
*
Praise him with the blowing of the cornet :
praise him with the psaltery and harp .
*
Praise him with the timbrel and dance :
praise him with stringed instruments and pipe .
*
Praise him upon the clear
ringing cymbals :
praise him upon the high
sounding cymbals .
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Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord .
Hallelujah .
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