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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 . (
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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
s .
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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 ;
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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 .