Psalms:1-41
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Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly ,
nor standeth in the way of sinners ,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful .
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But his delight is in the law of the LORD ;
and in his law doth he meditate day and night .
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And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water ,
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season ;
his leaf also shall not wither ;
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper .
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The ungodly are not so :
but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away .
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Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment ,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous .
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For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous :
but the way of the ungodly shall perish .
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Why do the heathen rage ,
and the people imagine a vain thing ?
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The kings of the earth set themselves ,
and the rulers take counsel together ,
against the LORD ,
and against his anointed ,
saying ,
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Let us break their bands asunder ,
and cast away their cords from us .
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He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh :
the Lord shall have them in derision .
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Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath ,
and vex them in his sore displeasure .
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Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion .
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I will declare the decree :
the LORD hath said unto me ,
Thou art my Son ;
this day have I begotten thee .
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Ask of me ,
and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance ,
and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession .
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Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron ;
thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter '
s vessel .
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Be wise now therefore ,
O ye kings :
be instructed ,
ye judges of the earth .
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Serve the LORD with fear ,
and rejoice with trembling .
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Kiss the Son ,
lest he be angry ,
and ye perish from the way ,
when his wrath is kindled but a little .
Blessed are all they that put their trust in him .
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LORD ,
how are they increased that trouble me !
many are they that rise up against me .
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Many there be which say of my soul ,
There is no help for him in God .
Selah .
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But thou ,
O LORD ,
art a shield for me ;
my glory ,
and the lifter up of mine head .
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I cried unto the LORD with my voice ,
and he heard me out of his holy hill .
Selah .
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I laid me down and slept ;
I awaked ;
for the LORD sustained me .
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I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people ,
that have set themselves against me round about .
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Arise ,
O LORD ;
save me ,
O my God :
for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone ;
thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly .
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Salvation belongeth unto the LORD :
thy blessing is upon thy people .
Selah .
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Hear me when I call ,
O God of my righteousness :
thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress ;
have mercy upon me ,
and hear my prayer .
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O ye sons of men ,
how long will ye turn my glory into shame ?
how long will ye love vanity ,
and seek after leasing ?
Selah .
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But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself :
the LORD will hear when I call unto him .
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Stand in awe ,
and sin not :
commune with your own heart upon your bed ,
and be still .
Selah .
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Offer the sacrifices of righteousness ,
and put your trust in the LORD .
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There be many that say ,
Who will shew us any good ?
LORD ,
lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us .
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Thou hast put gladness in my heart ,
more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased .
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I will both lay me down in peace ,
and sleep :
for thou ,
LORD ,
only makest me dwell in safety .
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Give ear to my words ,
O LORD ,
consider my meditation .
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Hearken unto the voice of my cry ,
my King ,
and my God :
for unto thee will I pray .
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My voice shalt thou hear in the morning ,
O LORD ;
in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee ,
and will look up .
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For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness :
neither shall evil dwell with thee .
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The foolish shall not stand in thy sight :
thou hatest all workers of iniquity .
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Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing :
the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man .
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But as for me ,
I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy :
and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple .
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Lead me ,
O LORD ,
in thy righteousness because of mine enemies ;
make thy way straight before my face .
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For there is no faithfulness in their mouth ;
their inward part is very wickedness ;
their throat is an open sepulchre ;
they flatter with their tongue .
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Destroy thou them ,
O God ;
let them fall by their own counsels ;
cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions ;
for they have rebelled against thee .
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But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice :
let them ever shout for joy ,
because thou defendest them :
let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee .
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For thou ,
LORD ,
wilt bless the righteous ;
with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield .
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O LORD ,
rebuke me not in thine anger ,
neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure .
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Have mercy upon me ,
O LORD ;
for I am weak :
O LORD ,
heal me ;
for my bones are vexed .
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My soul is also sore vexed :
but thou ,
O LORD ,
how long ?
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Return ,
O LORD ,
deliver my soul :
oh save me for thy mercies '
sake .
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For in death there is no remembrance of thee :
in the grave who shall give thee thanks ?
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I am weary with my groaning ;
all the night make I my bed to swim ;
I water my couch with my tears .
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Mine eye is consumed because of grief ;
it waxeth old because of all mine enemies .
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Depart from me ,
all ye workers of iniquity ;
for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping .
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The LORD hath heard my supplication ;
the LORD will receive my prayer .
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Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed :
let them return and be ashamed suddenly .
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O LORD my God ,
in thee do I put my trust :
save me from all them that persecute me ,
and deliver me :
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Lest he tear my soul like a lion ,
rending it in pieces ,
while there is none to deliver .
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O LORD my God ,
if I have done this ;
if there be iniquity in my hands ;
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If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me ; (
yea ,
I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy :)
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Let the enemy persecute my soul ,
and take it ;
yea ,
let him tread down my life upon the earth ,
and lay mine honour in the dust .
Selah .
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Arise ,
O LORD ,
in thine anger ,
lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies :
and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded .
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So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about :
for their sakes therefore return thou on high .
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The LORD shall judge the people :
judge me ,
O LORD ,
according to my righteousness ,
and according to mine integrity that is in me .
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Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end ;
but establish the just :
for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins .
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My defence is of God ,
which saveth the upright in heart .
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God judgeth the righteous ,
and God is angry with the wicked every day .
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If he turn not ,
he will whet his sword ;
he hath bent his bow ,
and made it ready .
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He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death ;
he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors .
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Behold ,
he travaileth with iniquity ,
and hath conceived mischief ,
and brought forth falsehood .
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He made a pit ,
and digged it ,
and is fallen into the ditch which he made .
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His mischief shall return upon his own head ,
and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate .
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I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness :
and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high .
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O LORD our Lord ,
how excellent is thy name in all the earth !
who hast set thy glory above the heavens .
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Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies ,
that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger .
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When I consider thy heavens ,
the work of thy fingers ,
the moon and the stars ,
which thou hast ordained ;
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What is man ,
that thou art mindful of him ?
and the son of man ,
that thou visitest him ?
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For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels ,
and hast crowned him with glory and honour .
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Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands ;
thou hast put all things under his feet :
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All sheep and oxen ,
yea ,
and the beasts of the field ;
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The fowl of the air ,
and the fish of the sea ,
and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas .
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O LORD our Lord ,
how excellent is thy name in all the earth !
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I will praise thee ,
O LORD ,
with my whole heart ;
I will shew forth all thy marvellous works .
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I will be glad and rejoice in thee :
I will sing praise to thy name ,
O thou most High .
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When mine enemies are turned back ,
they shall fall and perish at thy presence .
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For thou hast maintained my right and my cause ;
thou satest in the throne judging right .
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Thou hast rebuked the heathen ,
thou hast destroyed the wicked ,
thou hast put out their name for ever and ever .
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O thou enemy ,
destructions are come to a perpetual end :
and thou hast destroyed cities ;
their memorial is perished with them .
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But the LORD shall endure for ever :
he hath prepared his throne for judgment .
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And he shall judge the world in righteousness ,
he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness .
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The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed ,
a refuge in times of trouble .
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And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee :
for thou ,
LORD ,
hast not forsaken them that seek thee .
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Sing praises to the LORD ,
which dwelleth in Zion :
declare among the people his doings .
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When he maketh inquisition for blood ,
he remembereth them :
he forgetteth not the cry of the humble .
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Have mercy upon me ,
O LORD ;
consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me ,
thou that liftest me up from the gates of death :
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That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion :
I will rejoice in thy salvation .
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The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made :
in the net which they hid is their own foot taken .
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The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth :
the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands .
Higgaion .
Selah .
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The wicked shall be turned into hell ,
and all the nations that forget God .
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For the needy shall not alway be forgotten :
the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever .
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Arise ,
O LORD ;
let not man prevail :
let the heathen be judged in thy sight .
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Put them in fear ,
O LORD :
that the nations may know themselves to be but men .
Selah .
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Why standest thou afar off ,
O LORD ?
why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble ?
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The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor :
let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined .
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For the wicked boasteth of his heart '
s desire ,
and blesseth the covetous ,
whom the LORD abhorreth .
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The wicked ,
through the pride of his countenance ,
will not seek after God :
God is not in all his thoughts .
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His ways are always grievous ;
thy judgments are far above out of his sight :
as for all his enemies ,
he puffeth at them .
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He hath said in his heart ,
I shall not be moved :
for I shall never be in adversity .
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His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud :
under his tongue is mischief and vanity .
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He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages :
in the secret places doth he murder the innocent :
his eyes are privily set against the poor .
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He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den :
he lieth in wait to catch the poor :
he doth catch the poor ,
when he draweth him into his net .
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He croucheth ,
and humbleth himself ,
that the poor may fall by his strong ones .
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He hath said in his heart ,
God hath forgotten :
he hideth his face ;
he will never see it .
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Arise ,
O LORD ;
O God ,
lift up thine hand :
forget not the humble .
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Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God ?
he hath said in his heart ,
Thou wilt not require it .
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Thou hast seen it ;
for thou beholdest mischief and spite ,
to requite it with thy hand :
the poor committeth himself unto thee ;
thou art the helper of the fatherless .
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Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man :
seek out his wickedness till thou find none .
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The LORD is King for ever and ever :
the heathen are perished out of his land .
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LORD ,
thou hast heard the desire of the humble :
thou wilt prepare their heart ,
thou wilt cause thine ear to hear :
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To judge the fatherless and the oppressed ,
that the man of the earth may no more oppress .
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In the LORD put I my trust :
how say ye to my soul ,
Flee as a bird to your mountain ?
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For ,
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the wicked bend their bow ,
they make ready their arrow upon the string ,
that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart .
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If the foundations be destroyed ,
what can the righteous do ?
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The LORD is in his holy temple ,
the LORD '
S throne is in heaven :
his eyes behold ,
his eyelids try ,
the children of men .
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The LORD trieth the righteous :
but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth .
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Upon the wicked he shall rain snares ,
fire and brimstone ,
and an horrible tempest :
this shall be the portion of their cup .
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For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness ;
his countenance doth behold the upright .
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Help ,
LORD ;
for the godly man ceaseth ;
for the faithful fail from among the children of men .
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They speak vanity every one with his neighbour :
with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak .
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The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips ,
and the tongue that speaketh proud things :
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Who have said ,
With our tongue will we prevail ;
our lips are our own :
who is lord over us ?
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For the oppression of the poor ,
for the sighing of the needy ,
now will I arise ,
saith the LORD ;
I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him .
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The words of the LORD are pure words :
as silver tried in a furnace of earth ,
purified seven times .
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Thou shalt keep them ,
O LORD ,
thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever .
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The wicked walk on every side ,
when the vilest men are exalted .
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How long wilt thou forget me ,
O LORD ?
for ever ?
how long wilt thou hide thy face from me ?
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How long shall I take counsel in my soul ,
having sorrow in my heart daily ?
how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me ?
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Consider and hear me ,
O LORD my God :
lighten mine eyes ,
lest I sleep the sleep of death ;
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Lest mine enemy say ,
I have prevailed against him ;
and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved .
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But I have trusted in thy mercy ;
my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation .
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I will sing unto the LORD ,
because he hath dealt bountifully with me .
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The fool hath said in his heart ,
There is no God .
They are corrupt ,
they have done abominable works ,
there is none that doeth good .
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The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men ,
to see if there were any that did understand ,
and seek God .
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They are all gone aside ,
they are all together become filthy :
there is none that doeth good ,
no ,
not one .
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Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge ?
who eat up my people as they eat bread ,
and call not upon the LORD .
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There were they in great fear :
for God is in the generation of the righteous .
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Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor ,
because the LORD is his refuge .
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Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion !
when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people ,
Jacob shall rejoice ,
and Israel shall be glad .
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LORD ,
who shall abide in thy tabernacle ?
who shall dwell in thy holy hill ?
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He that walketh uprightly ,
and worketh righteousness ,
and speaketh the truth in his heart .
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He that backbiteth not with his tongue ,
nor doeth evil to his neighbour ,
nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour .
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In whose eyes a vile person is contemned ;
but he honoureth them that fear the LORD .
He that sweareth to his own hurt ,
and changeth not .
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He that putteth not out his money to usury ,
nor taketh reward against the innocent .
He that doeth these things shall never be moved .
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Preserve me ,
O God :
for in thee do I put my trust .
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O my soul ,
thou hast said unto the LORD ,
Thou art my Lord :
my goodness extendeth not to thee ;
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But to the saints that are in the earth ,
and to the excellent ,
in whom is all my delight .
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Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god :
their drink offerings of blood will I not offer ,
nor take up their names into my lips .
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The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup :
thou maintainest my lot .
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The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places ;
yea ,
I have a goodly heritage .
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I will bless the LORD ,
who hath given me counsel :
my reins also instruct me in the night seasons .
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I have set the LORD always before me :
because he is at my right hand ,
I shall not be moved .
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Therefore my heart is glad ,
and my glory rejoiceth :
my flesh also shall rest in hope .
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For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ;
neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption .
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Thou wilt shew me the path of life :
in thy presence is fulness of joy ;
at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore .
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Hear the right ,
O LORD ,
attend unto my cry ,
give ear unto my prayer ,
that goeth not out of feigned lips .
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Let my sentence come forth from thy presence ;
let thine eyes behold the things that are equal .
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Thou hast proved mine heart ;
thou hast visited me in the night ;
thou hast tried me ,
and shalt find nothing ;
I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress .
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Concerning the works of men ,
by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer .
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Hold up my goings in thy paths ,
that my footsteps slip not .
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I have called upon thee ,
for thou wilt hear me ,
O God :
incline thine ear unto me ,
and hear my speech .
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Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness ,
O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them .
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Keep me as the apple of the eye ,
hide me under the shadow of thy wings ,
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From the wicked that oppress me ,
from my deadly enemies ,
who compass me about .
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They are inclosed in their own fat :
with their mouth they speak proudly .
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They have now compassed us in our steps :
they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth ;
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Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey ,
and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places .
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Arise ,
O LORD ,
disappoint him ,
cast him down :
deliver my soul from the wicked ,
which is thy sword :
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From men which are thy hand ,
O LORD ,
from men of the world ,
which have their portion in this life ,
and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure :
they are full of children ,
and leave the rest of their substance to their babes .
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As for me ,
I will behold thy face in righteousness :
I shall be satisfied ,
when I awake ,
with thy likeness .
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I will love thee ,
O LORD ,
my strength .
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The LORD is my rock ,
and my fortress ,
and my deliverer ;
my God ,
my strength ,
in whom I will trust ;
my buckler ,
and the horn of my salvation ,
and my high tower .
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I will call upon the LORD ,
who is worthy to be praised :
so shall I be saved from mine enemies .
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The sorrows of death compassed me ,
and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid .
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The sorrows of hell compassed me about :
the snares of death prevented me .
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In my distress I called upon the LORD ,
and cried unto my God :
he heard my voice out of his temple ,
and my cry came before him ,
even into his ears .
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Then the earth shook and trembled ;
the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken ,
because he was wroth .
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There went up a smoke out of his nostrils ,
and fire out of his mouth devoured :
coals were kindled by it .
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He bowed the heavens also ,
and came down :
and darkness was under his feet .
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And he rode upon a cherub ,
and did fly :
yea ,
he did fly upon the wings of the wind .
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He made darkness his secret place ;
his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies .
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At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed ,
hail stones and coals of fire .
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The LORD also thundered in the heavens ,
and the Highest gave his voice ;
hail stones and coals of fire .
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Yea ,
he sent out his arrows ,
and scattered them ;
and he shot out lightnings ,
and discomfited them .
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Then the channels of waters were seen ,
and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke ,
O LORD ,
at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils .
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He sent from above ,
he took me ,
he drew me out of many waters .
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He delivered me from my strong enemy ,
and from them which hated me :
for they were too strong for me .
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They prevented me in the day of my calamity :
but the LORD was my stay .
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He brought me forth also into a large place ;
he delivered me ,
because he delighted in me .
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The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness ;
according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me .
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For I have kept the ways of the LORD ,
and have not wickedly departed from my God .
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For all his judgments were before me ,
and I did not put away his statutes from me .
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I was also upright before him ,
and I kept myself from mine iniquity .
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Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness ,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight .
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With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful ;
with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright ;
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With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure ;
and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward .
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For thou wilt save the afflicted people ;
but wilt bring down high looks .
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For thou wilt light my candle :
the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness .
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For by thee I have run through a troop ;
and by my God have I leaped over a wall .
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As for God ,
his way is perfect :
the word of the LORD is tried :
he is a buckler to all those that trust in him .
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For who is God save the LORD ?
or who is a rock save our God ?
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It is God that girdeth me with strength ,
and maketh my way perfect .
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He maketh my feet like hinds '
feet ,
and setteth me upon my high places .
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He teacheth my hands to war ,
so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms .
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Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation :
and thy right hand hath holden me up ,
and thy gentleness hath made me great .
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Thou hast enlarged my steps under me ,
that my feet did not slip .
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I have pursued mine enemies ,
and overtaken them :
neither did I turn again till they were consumed .
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I have wounded them that they were not able to rise :
they are fallen under my feet .
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For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle :
thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me .
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Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies ;
that I might destroy them that hate me .
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They cried ,
but there was none to save them :
even unto the LORD ,
but he answered them not .
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Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind :
I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets .
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Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people ;
and thou hast made me the head of the heathen :
a people whom I have not known shall serve me .
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As soon as they hear of me ,
they shall obey me :
the strangers shall submit themselves unto me .
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The strangers shall fade away ,
and be afraid out of their close places .
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The LORD liveth ;
and blessed be my rock ;
and let the God of my salvation be exalted .
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It is God that avengeth me ,
and subdueth the people under me .
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He delivereth me from mine enemies :
yea ,
thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me :
thou hast delivered me from the violent man .
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Therefore will I give thanks unto thee ,
O LORD ,
among the heathen ,
and sing praises unto thy name .
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Great deliverance giveth he to his king ;
and sheweth mercy to his anointed ,
to David ,
and to his seed for evermore .
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The heavens declare the glory of God ;
and the firmament sheweth his handywork .
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Day unto day uttereth speech ,
and night unto night sheweth knowledge .
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There is no speech nor language ,
where their voice is not heard .
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Their line is gone out through all the earth ,
and their words to the end of the world .
In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun ,
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Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber ,
and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race .
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His going forth is from the end of the heaven ,
and his circuit unto the ends of it :
and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof .
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The law of the LORD is perfect ,
converting the soul :
the testimony of the LORD is sure ,
making wise the simple .
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The statutes of the LORD are right ,
rejoicing the heart :
the commandment of the LORD is pure ,
enlightening the eyes .
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The fear of the LORD is clean ,
enduring for ever :
the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether .
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More to be desired are they than gold ,
yea ,
than much fine gold :
sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb .
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Moreover by them is thy servant warned :
and in keeping of them there is great reward .
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Who can understand his errors ?
cleanse thou me from secret faults .
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Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins ;
let them not have dominion over me :
then shall I be upright ,
and I shall be innocent from the great transgression .
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Let the words of my mouth ,
and the meditation of my heart ,
be acceptable in thy sight ,
O LORD ,
my strength ,
and my redeemer .
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The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble ;
the name of the God of Jacob defend thee ;
*
Send thee help from the sanctuary ,
and strengthen thee out of Zion ;
*
Remember all thy offerings ,
and accept thy burnt sacrifice ;
Selah .
*
Grant thee according to thine own heart ,
and fulfil all thy counsel .
*
We will rejoice in thy salvation ,
and in the name of our God we will set up our banners :
the LORD fulfil all thy petitions .
*
Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed ;
he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand .
*
Some trust in chariots ,
and some in horses :
but we will remember the name of the LORD our God .
*
They are brought down and fallen :
but we are risen ,
and stand upright .
*
Save ,
LORD :
let the king hear us when we call .
*
The king shall joy in thy strength ,
O LORD ;
and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice !
*
Thou hast given him his heart '
s desire ,
and hast not withholden the request of his lips .
Selah .
*
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness :
thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head .
*
He asked life of thee ,
and thou gavest it him ,
even length of days for ever and ever .
*
His glory is great in thy salvation :
honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him .
*
For thou hast made him most blessed for ever :
thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance .
*
For the king trusteth in the LORD ,
and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved .
*
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies :
thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee .
*
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger :
the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath ,
and the fire shall devour them .
*
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth ,
and their seed from among the children of men .
*
For they intended evil against thee :
they imagined a mischievous device ,
which they are not able to perform .
*
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back ,
when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them .
*
Be thou exalted ,
LORD ,
in thine own strength :
so will we sing and praise thy power .
*
My God ,
my God ,
why hast thou forsaken me ?
why art thou so far from helping me ,
and from the words of my roaring ?
*
O my God ,
I cry in the daytime ,
but thou hearest not ;
and in the night season ,
and am not silent .
*
But thou art holy ,
O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel .
*
Our fathers trusted in thee :
they trusted ,
and thou didst deliver them .
*
They cried unto thee ,
and were delivered :
they trusted in thee ,
and were not confounded .
*
But I am a worm ,
and no man ;
a reproach of men ,
and despised of the people .
*
All they that see me laugh me to scorn :
they shoot out the lip ,
they shake the head ,
saying ,
*
He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him :
let him deliver him ,
seeing he delighted in him .
*
But thou art he that took me out of the womb :
thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother '
s breasts .
*
I was cast upon thee from the womb :
thou art my God from my mother '
s belly .
*
Be not far from me ;
for trouble is near ;
for there is none to help .
*
Many bulls have compassed me :
strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round .
*
They gaped upon me with their mouths ,
as a ravening and a roaring lion .
*
I am poured out like water ,
and all my bones are out of joint :
my heart is like wax ;
it is melted in the midst of my bowels .
*
My strength is dried up like a potsherd ;
and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws ;
and thou hast brought me into the dust of death .
*
For dogs have compassed me :
the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me :
they pierced my hands and my feet .
*
I may tell all my bones :
they look and stare upon me .
*
They part my garments among them ,
and cast lots upon my vesture .
*
But be not thou far from me ,
O LORD :
O my strength ,
haste thee to help me .
*
Deliver my soul from the sword ;
my darling from the power of the dog .
*
Save me from the lion '
s mouth :
for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns .
*
I will declare thy name unto my brethren :
in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee .
*
Ye that fear the LORD ,
praise him ;
all ye the seed of Jacob ,
glorify him ;
and fear him ,
all ye the seed of Israel .
*
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted ;
neither hath he hid his face from him ;
but when he cried unto him ,
he heard .
*
My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation :
I will pay my vows before them that fear him .
*
The meek shall eat and be satisfied :
they shall praise the LORD that seek him :
your heart shall live for ever .
*
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD :
and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee .
*
For the kingdom is the LORD '
S :
and he is the governor among the nations .
*
All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship :
all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him :
and none can keep alive his own soul .
*
A seed shall serve him ;
it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation .
*
They shall come ,
and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born ,
that he hath done this .
*
The LORD is my shepherd ;
I shall not want .
*
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures :
he leadeth me beside the still waters .
*
He restoreth my soul :
he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name '
s sake .
*
Yea ,
though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death ,
I will fear no evil :
for thou art with me ;
thy rod and thy staff they comfort me .
*
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies :
thou anointest my head with oil ;
my cup runneth over .
*
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life :
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever .
*
The earth is the LORD '
S ,
and the fulness thereof ;
the world ,
and they that dwell therein .
*
For he hath founded it upon the seas ,
and established it upon the floods .
*
Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD ?
or who shall stand in his holy place ?
*
He that hath clean hands ,
and a pure heart ;
who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity ,
nor sworn deceitfully .
*
He shall receive the blessing from the LORD ,
and righteousness from the God of his salvation .
*
This is the generation of them that seek him ,
that seek thy face ,
O Jacob .
Selah .
*
Lift up your heads ,
O ye gates ;
and be ye lift up ,
ye everlasting doors ;
and the King of glory shall come in .
*
Who is this King of glory ?
The LORD strong and mighty ,
the LORD mighty in battle .
*
Lift up your heads ,
O ye gates ;
even lift them up ,
ye everlasting doors ;
and the King of glory shall come in .
*
Who is this King of glory ?
The LORD of hosts ,
he is the King of glory .
Selah .
*
Unto thee ,
O LORD ,
do I lift up my soul .
*
O my God ,
I trust in thee :
let me not be ashamed ,
let not mine enemies triumph over me .
*
Yea ,
let none that wait on thee be ashamed :
let them be ashamed which transgress without cause .
*
Shew me thy ways ,
O LORD ;
teach me thy paths .
*
Lead me in thy truth ,
and teach me :
for thou art the God of my salvation ;
on thee do I wait all the day .
*
Remember ,
O LORD ,
thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses ;
for they have been ever of old .
*
Remember not the sins of my youth ,
nor my transgressions :
according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness '
sake ,
O LORD .
*
Good and upright is the LORD :
therefore will he teach sinners in the way .
*
The meek will he guide in judgment :
and the meek will he teach his way .
*
All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies .
*
For thy name '
s sake ,
O LORD ,
pardon mine iniquity ;
for it is great .
*
What man is he that feareth the LORD ?
him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose .
*
His soul shall dwell at ease ;
and his seed shall inherit the earth .
*
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him ;
and he will shew them his covenant .
*
Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD ;
for he shall pluck my feet out of the net .
*
Turn thee unto me ,
and have mercy upon me ;
for I am desolate and afflicted .
*
The troubles of my heart are enlarged :
O bring thou me out of my distresses .
*
Look upon mine affliction and my pain ;
and forgive all my sins .
*
Consider mine enemies ;
for they are many ;
and they hate me with cruel hatred .
*
O keep my soul ,
and deliver me :
let me not be ashamed ;
for I put my trust in thee .
*
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me ;
for I wait on thee .
*
Redeem Israel ,
O God ,
out of all his troubles .
*
Judge me ,
O LORD ;
for I have walked in mine integrity :
I have trusted also in the LORD ;
therefore I shall not slide .
*
Examine me ,
O LORD ,
and prove me ;
try my reins and my heart .
*
For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes :
and I have walked in thy truth .
*
I have not sat with vain persons ,
neither will I go in with dissemblers .
*
I have hated the congregation of evil doers ;
and will not sit with the wicked .
*
I will wash mine hands in innocency :
so will I compass thine altar ,
O LORD :
*
That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving ,
and tell of all thy wondrous works .
*
LORD ,
I have loved the habitation of thy house ,
and the place where thine honour dwelleth .
*
Gather not my soul with sinners ,
nor my life with bloody men :
*
In whose hands is mischief ,
and their right hand is full of bribes .
*
But as for me ,
I will walk in mine integrity :
redeem me ,
and be merciful unto me .
*
My foot standeth in an even place :
in the congregations will I bless the LORD .
*
The LORD is my light and my salvation ;
whom shall I fear ?
the LORD is the strength of my life ;
of whom shall I be afraid ?
*
When the wicked ,
even mine enemies and my foes ,
came upon me to eat up my flesh ,
they stumbled and fell .
*
Though an host should encamp against me ,
my heart shall not fear :
though war should rise against me ,
in this will I be confident .
*
One thing have I desired of the LORD ,
that will I seek after ;
that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life ,
to behold the beauty of the LORD ,
and to enquire in his temple .
*
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion :
in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me ;
he shall set me up upon a rock .
*
And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me :
therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy ;
I will sing ,
yea ,
I will sing praises unto the LORD .
*
Hear ,
O LORD ,
when I cry with my voice :
have mercy also upon me ,
and answer me .
*
When thou saidst ,
Seek ye my face ;
my heart said unto thee ,
Thy face ,
LORD ,
will I seek .
*
Hide not thy face far from me ;
put not thy servant away in anger :
thou hast been my help ;
leave me not ,
neither forsake me ,
O God of my salvation .
*
When my father and my mother forsake me ,
then the LORD will take me up .
*
Teach me thy way ,
O LORD ,
and lead me in a plain path ,
because of mine enemies .
*
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies :
for false witnesses are risen up against me ,
and such as breathe out cruelty .
*
I had fainted ,
unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living .
*
Wait on the LORD :
be of good courage ,
and he shall strengthen thine heart :
wait ,
I say ,
on the LORD .
*
Unto thee will I cry ,
O LORD my rock ;
be not silent to me :
lest ,
if thou be silent to me ,
I become like them that go down into the pit .
*
Hear the voice of my supplications ,
when I cry unto thee ,
when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle .
*
Draw me not away with the wicked ,
and with the workers of iniquity ,
which speak peace to their neighbours ,
but mischief is in their hearts .
*
Give them according to their deeds ,
and according to the wickedness of their endeavours :
give them after the work of their hands ;
render to them their desert .
*
Because they regard not the works of the LORD ,
nor the operation of his hands ,
he shall destroy them ,
and not build them up .
*
Blessed be the LORD ,
because he hath heard the voice of my supplications .
*
The LORD is my strength and my shield ;
my heart trusted in him ,
and I am helped :
therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth ;
and with my song will I praise him .
*
The LORD is their strength ,
and he is the saving strength of his anointed .
*
Save thy people ,
and bless thine inheritance :
feed them also ,
and lift them up for ever .
*
Give unto the LORD ,
O ye mighty ,
give unto the LORD glory and strength .
*
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name ;
worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness .
*
The voice of the LORD is upon the waters :
the God of glory thundereth :
the LORD is upon many waters .
*
The voice of the LORD is powerful ;
the voice of the LORD is full of majesty .
*
The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars ;
yea ,
the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon .
*
He maketh them also to skip like a calf ;
Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn .
*
The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire .
*
The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness ;
the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh .
*
The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve ,
and discovereth the forests :
and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory .
*
The LORD sitteth upon the flood ;
yea ,
the LORD sitteth King for ever .
*
The LORD will give strength unto his people ;
the LORD will bless his people with peace .
*
I will extol thee ,
O LORD ;
for thou hast lifted me up ,
and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me .
*
O LORD my God ,
I cried unto thee ,
and thou hast healed me .
*
O LORD ,
thou hast brought up my soul from the grave :
thou hast kept me alive ,
that I should not go down to the pit .
*
Sing unto the LORD ,
O ye saints of his ,
and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness .
*
For his anger endureth but a moment ;
in his favour is life :
weeping may endure for a night ,
but joy cometh in the morning .
*
And in my prosperity I said ,
I shall never be moved .
*
LORD ,
by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong :
thou didst hide thy face ,
and I was troubled .
*
I cried to thee ,
O LORD ;
and unto the LORD I made supplication .
*
What profit is there in my blood ,
when I go down to the pit ?
Shall the dust praise thee ?
shall it declare thy truth ?
*
Hear ,
O LORD ,
and have mercy upon me :
LORD ,
be thou my helper .
*
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing :
thou hast put off my sackcloth ,
and girded me with gladness ;
*
To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee ,
and not be silent .
O LORD my God ,
I will give thanks unto thee for ever .
*
In thee ,
O LORD ,
do I put my trust ;
let me never be ashamed :
deliver me in thy righteousness .
*
Bow down thine ear to me ;
deliver me speedily :
be thou my strong rock ,
for an house of defence to save me .
*
For thou art my rock and my fortress ;
therefore for thy name '
s sake lead me ,
and guide me .
*
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me :
for thou art my strength .
*
Into thine hand I commit my spirit :
thou hast redeemed me ,
O LORD God of truth .
*
I have hated them that regard lying vanities :
but I trust in the LORD .
*
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy :
for thou hast considered my trouble ;
thou hast known my soul in adversities ;
*
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy :
thou hast set my feet in a large room .
*
Have mercy upon me ,
O LORD ,
for I am in trouble :
mine eye is consumed with grief ,
yea ,
my soul and my belly .
*
For my life is spent with grief ,
and my years with sighing :
my strength faileth because of mine iniquity ,
and my bones are consumed .
*
I was a reproach among all mine enemies ,
but especially among my neighbours ,
and a fear to mine acquaintance :
they that did see me without fled from me .
*
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind :
I am like a broken vessel .
*
For I have heard the slander of many :
fear was on every side :
while they took counsel together against me ,
they devised to take away my life .
*
But I trusted in thee ,
O LORD :
I said ,
Thou art my God .
*
My times are in thy hand :
deliver me from the hand of mine enemies ,
and from them that persecute me .
*
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant :
save me for thy mercies '
sake .
*
Let me not be ashamed ,
O LORD ;
for I have called upon thee :
let the wicked be ashamed ,
and let them be silent in the grave .
*
Let the lying lips be put to silence ;
which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous .
*
Oh how great is thy goodness ,
which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee ;
which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men !
*
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man :
thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues .
*
Blessed be the LORD :
for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city .
*
For I said in my haste ,
I am cut off from before thine eyes :
nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee .
*
O love the LORD ,
all ye his saints :
for the LORD preserveth the faithful ,
and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer .
*
Be of good courage ,
and he shall strengthen your heart ,
all ye that hope in the LORD .
*
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven ,
whose sin is covered .
*
Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity ,
and in whose spirit there is no guile .
*
When I kept silence ,
my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long .
*
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me :
my moisture is turned into the drought of summer .
Selah .
*
I acknowledged my sin unto thee ,
and mine iniquity have I not hid .
I said ,
I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD ;
and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin .
Selah .
*
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found :
surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him .
*
Thou art my hiding place ;
thou shalt preserve me from trouble ;
thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance .
Selah .
*
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go :
I will guide thee with mine eye .
*
Be ye not as the horse ,
or as the mule ,
which have no understanding :
whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle ,
lest they come near unto thee .
*
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked :
but he that trusteth in the LORD ,
mercy shall compass him about .
*
Be glad in the LORD ,
and rejoice ,
ye righteous :
and shout for joy ,
all ye that are upright in heart .
*
Rejoice in the LORD ,
O ye righteous :
for praise is comely for the upright .
*
Praise the LORD with harp :
sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings .
*
Sing unto him a new song ;
play skilfully with a loud noise .
*
For the word of the LORD is right ;
and all his works are done in truth .
*
He loveth righteousness and judgment :
the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD .
*
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made ;
and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth .
*
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap :
he layeth up the depth in storehouses .
*
Let all the earth fear the LORD :
let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him .
*
For he spake ,
and it was done ;
he commanded ,
and it stood fast .
*
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought :
he maketh the devices of the people of none effect .
*
The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever ,
the thoughts of his heart to all generations .
*
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD ;
and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance .
*
The LORD looketh from heaven ;
he beholdeth all the sons of men .
*
From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth .
*
He fashioneth their hearts alike ;
he considereth all their works .
*
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host :
a mighty man is not delivered by much strength .
*
An horse is a vain thing for safety :
neither shall he deliver any by his great strength .
*
Behold ,
the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him ,
upon them that hope in his mercy ;
*
To deliver their soul from death ,
and to keep them alive in famine .
*
Our soul waiteth for the LORD :
he is our help and our shield .
*
For our heart shall rejoice in him ,
because we have trusted in his holy name .
*
Let thy mercy ,
O LORD ,
be upon us ,
according as we hope in thee .
*
I will bless the LORD at all times :
his praise shall continually be in my mouth .
*
My soul shall make her boast in the LORD :
the humble shall hear thereof ,
and be glad .
*
O magnify the LORD with me ,
and let us exalt his name together .
*
I sought the LORD ,
and he heard me ,
and delivered me from all my fears .
*
They looked unto him ,
and were lightened :
and their faces were not ashamed .
*
This poor man cried ,
and the LORD heard him ,
and saved him out of all his troubles .
*
The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him ,
and delivereth them .
*
O taste and see that the LORD is good :
blessed is the man that trusteth in him .
*
O fear the LORD ,
ye his saints :
for there is no want to them that fear him .
*
The young lions do lack ,
and suffer hunger :
but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing .
*
Come ,
ye children ,
hearken unto me :
I will teach you the fear of the LORD .
*
What man is he that desireth life ,
and loveth many days ,
that he may see good ?
*
Keep thy tongue from evil ,
and thy lips from speaking guile .
*
Depart from evil ,
and do good ;
seek peace ,
and pursue it .
*
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous ,
and his ears are open unto their cry .
*
The face of the LORD is against them that do evil ,
to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth .
*
The righteous cry ,
and the LORD heareth ,
and delivereth them out of all their troubles .
*
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart ;
and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit .
*
Many are the afflictions of the righteous :
but the LORD delivereth him out of them all .
*
He keepeth all his bones :
not one of them is broken .
*
Evil shall slay the wicked :
and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate .
*
The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants :
and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate .
*
Plead my cause ,
O LORD ,
with them that strive with me :
fight against them that fight against me .
*
Take hold of shield and buckler ,
and stand up for mine help .
*
Draw out also the spear ,
and stop the way against them that persecute me :
say unto my soul ,
I am thy salvation .
*
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul :
let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt .
*
Let them be as chaff before the wind :
and let the angel of the LORD chase them .
*
Let their way be dark and slippery :
and let the angel of the LORD persecute them .
*
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit ,
which without cause they have digged for my soul .
*
Let destruction come upon him at unawares ;
and let his net that he hath hid catch himself :
into that very destruction let him fall .
*
And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD :
it shall rejoice in his salvation .
*
All my bones shall say ,
LORD ,
who is like unto thee ,
which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him ,
yea ,
the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him ?
*
False witnesses did rise up ;
they laid to my charge things that I knew not .
*
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul .
*
But as for me ,
when they were sick ,
my clothing was sackcloth :
I humbled my soul with fasting ;
and my prayer returned into mine own bosom .
*
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother :
I bowed down heavily ,
as one that mourneth for his mother .
*
But in mine adversity they rejoiced ,
and gathered themselves together :
yea ,
the abjects gathered themselves together against me ,
and I knew it not ;
they did tear me ,
and ceased not :
*
With hypocritical mockers in feasts ,
they gnashed upon me with their teeth .
*
Lord ,
how long wilt thou look on ?
rescue my soul from their destructions ,
my darling from the lions .
*
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation :
I will praise thee among much people .
*
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me :
neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause .
*
For they speak not peace :
but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land .
*
Yea ,
they opened their mouth wide against me ,
and said ,
Aha ,
aha ,
our eye hath seen it .
*
This thou hast seen ,
O LORD :
keep not silence :
O Lord ,
be not far from me .
*
Stir up thyself ,
and awake to my judgment ,
even unto my cause ,
my God and my Lord .
*
Judge me ,
O LORD my God ,
according to thy righteousness ;
and let them not rejoice over me .
*
Let them not say in their hearts ,
Ah ,
so would we have it :
let them not say ,
We have swallowed him up .
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Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt :
let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me .
*
Let them shout for joy ,
and be glad ,
that favour my righteous cause :
yea ,
let them say continually ,
Let the LORD be magnified ,
which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant .
*
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long .
*
The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart ,
that there is no fear of God before his eyes .
*
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes ,
until his iniquity be found to be hateful .
*
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit :
he hath left off to be wise ,
and to do good .
*
He deviseth mischief upon his bed ;
he setteth himself in a way that is not good ;
he abhorreth not evil .
*
Thy mercy ,
O LORD ,
is in the heavens ;
and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds .
*
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains ;
thy judgments are a great deep :
O LORD ,
thou preservest man and beast .
*
How excellent is thy lovingkindness ,
O God !
therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings .
*
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house ;
and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures .
*
For with thee is the fountain of life :
in thy light shall we see light .
*
O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee ;
and thy righteousness to the upright in heart .
*
Let not the foot of pride come against me ,
and let not the hand of the wicked remove me .
*
There are the workers of iniquity fallen :
they are cast down ,
and shall not be able to rise .
*
Fret not thyself because of evildoers ,
neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity .
*
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass ,
and wither as the green herb .
*
Trust in the LORD ,
and do good ;
so shalt thou dwell in the land ,
and verily thou shalt be fed .
*
Delight thyself also in the LORD ;
and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart .
*
Commit thy way unto the LORD ;
trust also in him ;
and he shall bring it to pass .
*
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light ,
and thy judgment as the noonday .
*
Rest in the LORD ,
and wait patiently for him :
fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way ,
because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass .
*
Cease from anger ,
and forsake wrath :
fret not thyself in any wise to do evil .
*
For evildoers shall be cut off :
but those that wait upon the LORD ,
they shall inherit the earth .
*
For yet a little while ,
and the wicked shall not be :
yea ,
thou shalt diligently consider his place ,
and it shall not be .
*
But the meek shall inherit the earth ;
and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace .
*
The wicked plotteth against the just ,
and gnasheth upon him with his teeth .
*
The Lord shall laugh at him :
for he seeth that his day is coming .
*
The wicked have drawn out the sword ,
and have bent their bow ,
to cast down the poor and needy ,
and to slay such as be of upright conversation .
*
Their sword shall enter into their own heart ,
and their bows shall be broken .
*
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked .
*
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken :
but the LORD upholdeth the righteous .
*
The LORD knoweth the days of the upright :
and their inheritance shall be for ever .
*
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time :
and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied .
*
But the wicked shall perish ,
and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs :
they shall consume ;
into smoke shall they consume away .
*
The wicked borroweth ,
and payeth not again :
but the righteous sheweth mercy ,
and giveth .
*
For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth ;
and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off .
*
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD :
and he delighteth in his way .
*
Though he fall ,
he shall not be utterly cast down :
for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand .
*
I have been young ,
and now am old ;
yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken ,
nor his seed begging bread .
*
He is ever merciful ,
and lendeth ;
and his seed is blessed .
*
Depart from evil ,
and do good ;
and dwell for evermore .
*
For the LORD loveth judgment ,
and forsaketh not his saints ;
they are preserved for ever :
but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off .
*
The righteous shall inherit the land ,
and dwell therein for ever .
*
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom ,
and his tongue talketh of judgment .
*
The law of his God is in his heart ;
none of his steps shall slide .
*
The wicked watcheth the righteous ,
and seeketh to slay him .
*
The LORD will not leave him in his hand ,
nor condemn him when he is judged .
*
Wait on the LORD ,
and keep his way ,
and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land :
when the wicked are cut off ,
thou shalt see it .
*
I have seen the wicked in great power ,
and spreading himself like a green bay tree .
*
Yet he passed away ,
and ,
lo ,
he was not :
yea ,
I sought him ,
but he could not be found .
*
Mark the perfect man ,
and behold the upright :
for the end of that man is peace .
*
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together :
the end of the wicked shall be cut off .
*
But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD :
he is their strength in the time of trouble .
*
And the LORD shall help them ,
and deliver them :
he shall deliver them from the wicked ,
and save them ,
because they trust in him .
*
O LORD ,
rebuke me not in thy wrath :
neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure .
*
For thine arrows stick fast in me ,
and thy hand presseth me sore .
*
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger ;
neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin .
*
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head :
as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me .
*
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness .
*
I am troubled ;
I am bowed down greatly ;
I go mourning all the day long .
*
For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease :
and there is no soundness in my flesh .
*
I am feeble and sore broken :
I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart .
*
Lord ,
all my desire is before thee ;
and my groaning is not hid from thee .
*
My heart panteth ,
my strength faileth me :
as for the light of mine eyes ,
it also is gone from me .
*
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore ;
and my kinsmen stand afar off .
*
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me :
and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things ,
and imagine deceits all the day long .
*
But I ,
as a deaf man ,
heard not ;
and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth .
*
Thus I was as a man that heareth not ,
and in whose mouth are no reproofs .
*
For in thee ,
O LORD ,
do I hope :
thou wilt hear ,
O Lord my God .
*
For I said ,
Hear me ,
lest otherwise they should rejoice over me :
when my foot slippeth ,
they magnify themselves against me .
*
For I am ready to halt ,
and my sorrow is continually before me .
*
For I will declare mine iniquity ;
I will be sorry for my sin .
*
But mine enemies are lively ,
and they are strong :
and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied .
*
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries ;
because I follow the thing that good is .
*
Forsake me not ,
O LORD :
O my God ,
be not far from me .
*
Make haste to help me ,
O Lord my salvation .
*
I said ,
I will take heed to my ways ,
that I sin not with my tongue :
I will keep my mouth with a bridle ,
while the wicked is before me .
*
I was dumb with silence ,
I held my peace ,
even from good ;
and my sorrow was stirred .
*
My heart was hot within me ,
while I was musing the fire burned :
then spake I with my tongue ,
*
LORD ,
make me to know mine end ,
and the measure of my days ,
what it is ;
that I may know how frail I am .
*
Behold ,
thou hast made my days as an handbreadth ;
and mine age is as nothing before thee :
verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity .
Selah .
*
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew :
surely they are disquieted in vain :
he heapeth up riches ,
and knoweth not who shall gather them .
*
And now ,
Lord ,
what wait I for ?
my hope is in thee .
*
Deliver me from all my transgressions :
make me not the reproach of the foolish .
*
I was dumb ,
I opened not my mouth ;
because thou didst it .
*
Remove thy stroke away from me :
I am consumed by the blow of thine hand .
*
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity ,
thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth :
surely every man is vanity .
Selah .
*
Hear my prayer ,
O LORD ,
and give ear unto my cry ;
hold not thy peace at my tears :
for I am a stranger with thee ,
and a sojourner ,
as all my fathers were .
*
O spare me ,
that I may recover strength ,
before I go hence ,
and be no more .
*
I waited patiently for the LORD ;
and he inclined unto me ,
and heard my cry .
*
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit ,
out of the miry clay ,
and set my feet upon a rock ,
and established my goings .
*
And he hath put a new song in my mouth ,
even praise unto our God :
many shall see it ,
and fear ,
and shall trust in the LORD .
*
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust ,
and respecteth not the proud ,
nor such as turn aside to lies .
*
Many ,
O LORD my God ,
are thy wonderful works which thou hast done ,
and thy thoughts which are to us-ward :
they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee :
if I would declare and speak of them ,
they are more than can be numbered .
*
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire ;
mine ears hast thou opened :
burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required .
*
Then said I ,
Lo ,
I come :
in the volume of the book it is written of me ,
*
I delight to do thy will ,
O my God :
yea ,
thy law is within my heart .
*
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation :
lo ,
I have not refrained my lips ,
O LORD ,
thou knowest .
*
I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart ;
I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation :
I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation .
*
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me ,
O LORD :
let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me .
*
For innumerable evils have compassed me about :
mine iniquities have taken hold upon me ,
so that I am not able to look up ;
they are more than the hairs of mine head :
therefore my heart faileth me .
*
Be pleased ,
O LORD ,
to deliver me :
O LORD ,
make haste to help me .
*
Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it ;
let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil .
*
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me ,
Aha ,
aha .
*
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee :
let such as love thy salvation say continually ,
The LORD be magnified .
*
But I am poor and needy ;
yet the Lord thinketh upon me :
thou art my help and my deliverer ;
make no tarrying ,
O my God .
*
Blessed is he that considereth the poor :
the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble .
*
The LORD will preserve him ,
and keep him alive ;
and he shall be blessed upon the earth :
and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies .
*
The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing :
thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness .
*
I said ,
LORD ,
be merciful unto me :
heal my soul ;
for I have sinned against thee .
*
Mine enemies speak evil of me ,
When shall he die ,
and his name perish ?
*
And if he come to see me ,
he speaketh vanity :
his heart gathereth iniquity to itself ;
when he goeth abroad ,
he telleth it .
*
All that hate me whisper together against me :
against me do they devise my hurt .
*
An evil disease ,
say they ,
cleaveth fast unto him :
and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more .
*
Yea ,
mine own familiar friend ,
in whom I trusted ,
which did eat of my bread ,
hath lifted up his heel against me .
*
But thou ,
O LORD ,
be merciful unto me ,
and raise me up ,
that I may requite them .
*
By this I know that thou favourest me ,
because mine enemy doth not triumph over me .
*
And as for me ,
thou upholdest me in mine integrity ,
and settest me before thy face for ever .
*
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting ,
and to everlasting .
Amen ,
and Amen .
*
As the hart panteth after the water brooks ,
so panteth my soul after thee ,
O God .
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