Psalms:42-72
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As the hart panteth after the water brooks ,
so panteth my soul after thee ,
O God .
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My soul thirsteth for God ,
for the living God :
when shall I come and appear before God ?
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My tears have been my meat day and night ,
while they continually say unto me ,
Where is thy God ?
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When I remember these things ,
I pour out my soul in me :
for I had gone with the multitude ,
I went with them to the house of God ,
with the voice of joy and praise ,
with a multitude that kept holyday .
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Why art thou cast down ,
O my soul ?
and why art thou disquieted in me ?
hope thou in God :
for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance .
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O my God ,
my soul is cast down within me :
therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan ,
and of the Hermonites ,
from the hill Mizar .
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Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts :
all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me .
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Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime ,
and in the night his song shall be with me ,
and my prayer unto the God of my life .
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I will say unto God my rock ,
Why hast thou forgotten me ?
why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy ?
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As with a sword in my bones ,
mine enemies reproach me ;
while they say daily unto me ,
Where is thy God ?
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Why art thou cast down ,
O my soul ?
and why art thou disquieted within me ?
hope thou in God :
for I shall yet praise him ,
who is the health of my countenance ,
and my God .
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Judge me ,
O God ,
and plead my cause against an ungodly nation :
O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man .
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For thou art the God of my strength :
why dost thou cast me off ?
why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy ?
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O send out thy light and thy truth :
let them lead me ;
let them bring me unto thy holy hill ,
and to thy tabernacles .
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Then will I go unto the altar of God ,
unto God my exceeding joy :
yea ,
upon the harp will I praise thee ,
O God my God .
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Why art thou cast down ,
O my soul ?
and why art thou disquieted within me ?
hope in God :
for I shall yet praise him ,
who is the health of my countenance ,
and my God .
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We have heard with our ears ,
O God ,
our fathers have told us ,
what work thou didst in their days ,
in the times of old .
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How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand ,
and plantedst them ;
how thou didst afflict the people ,
and cast them out .
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For they got not the land in possession by their own sword ,
neither did their own arm save them :
but thy right hand ,
and thine arm ,
and the light of thy countenance ,
because thou hadst a favour unto them .
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Thou art my King ,
O God :
command deliverances for Jacob .
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Through thee will we push down our enemies :
through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us .
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For I will not trust in my bow ,
neither shall my sword save me .
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But thou hast saved us from our enemies ,
and hast put them to shame that hated us .
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In God we boast all the day long ,
and praise thy name for ever .
Selah .
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But thou hast cast off ,
and put us to shame ;
and goest not forth with our armies .
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Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy :
and they which hate us spoil for themselves .
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Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat ;
and hast scattered us among the heathen .
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Thou sellest thy people for nought ,
and dost not increase thy wealth by their price .
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Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours ,
a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us .
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Thou makest us a byword among the heathen ,
a shaking of the head among the people .
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My confusion is continually before me ,
and the shame of my face hath covered me ,
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For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth ;
by reason of the enemy and avenger .
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All this is come upon us ;
yet have we not forgotten thee ,
neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant .
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Our heart is not turned back ,
neither have our steps declined from thy way ;
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Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons ,
and covered us with the shadow of death .
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If we have forgotten the name of our God ,
or stretched out our hands to a strange god ;
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Shall not God search this out ?
for he knoweth the secrets of the heart .
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Yea ,
for thy sake are we killed all the day long ;
we are counted as sheep for the slaughter .
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Awake ,
why sleepest thou ,
O Lord ?
arise ,
cast us not off for ever .
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Wherefore hidest thou thy face ,
and forgettest our affliction and our oppression ?
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For our soul is bowed down to the dust :
our belly cleaveth unto the earth .
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Arise for our help ,
and redeem us for thy mercies '
sake .
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My heart is inditing a good matter :
I speak of the things which I have made touching the king :
my tongue is the pen of a ready writer .
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Thou art fairer than the children of men :
grace is poured into thy lips :
therefore God hath blessed thee for ever .
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Gird thy sword upon thy thigh ,
O most mighty ,
with thy glory and thy majesty .
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And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness ;
and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things .
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Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king '
s enemies ;
whereby the people fall under thee .
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Thy throne ,
O God ,
is for ever and ever :
the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre .
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Thou lovest righteousness ,
and hatest wickedness :
therefore God ,
thy God ,
hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows .
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All thy garments smell of myrrh ,
and aloes ,
and cassia ,
out of the ivory palaces ,
whereby they have made thee glad .
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Kings '
daughters were among thy honourable women :
upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir .
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Hearken ,
O daughter ,
and consider ,
and incline thine ear ;
forget also thine own people ,
and thy father '
s house ;
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So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty :
for he is thy Lord ;
and worship thou him .
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And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift ;
even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour .
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The king '
s daughter is all glorious within :
her clothing is of wrought gold .
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She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework :
the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee .
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With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought :
they shall enter into the king '
s palace .
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Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children ,
whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth .
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I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations :
therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever .
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God is our refuge and strength ,
a very present help in trouble .
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Therefore will not we fear ,
though the earth be removed ,
and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea ;
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Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled ,
though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof .
Selah .
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There is a river ,
the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God ,
the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High .
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God is in the midst of her ;
she shall not be moved :
God shall help her ,
and that right early .
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The heathen raged ,
the kingdoms were moved :
he uttered his voice ,
the earth melted .
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The LORD of hosts is with us ;
the God of Jacob is our refuge .
Selah .
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Come ,
behold the works of the LORD ,
what desolations he hath made in the earth .
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He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth ;
he breaketh the bow ,
and cutteth the spear in sunder ;
he burneth the chariot in the fire .
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Be still ,
and know that I am God :
I will be exalted among the heathen ,
I will be exalted in the earth .
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The LORD of hosts is with us ;
the God of Jacob is our refuge .
Selah .
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O clap your hands ,
all ye people ;
shout unto God with the voice of triumph .
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For the LORD most high is terrible ;
he is a great King over all the earth .
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He shall subdue the people under us ,
and the nations under our feet .
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He shall choose our inheritance for us ,
the excellency of Jacob whom he loved .
Selah .
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God is gone up with a shout ,
the LORD with the sound of a trumpet .
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Sing praises to God ,
sing praises :
sing praises unto our King ,
sing praises .
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For God is the King of all the earth :
sing ye praises with understanding .
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God reigneth over the heathen :
God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness .
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The princes of the people are gathered together ,
even the people of the God of Abraham :
for the shields of the earth belong unto God :
he is greatly exalted .
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Great is the LORD ,
and greatly to be praised in the city of our God ,
in the mountain of his holiness .
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Beautiful for situation ,
the joy of the whole earth ,
is mount Zion ,
on the sides of the north ,
the city of the great King .
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God is known in her palaces for a refuge .
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For ,
lo ,
the kings were assembled ,
they passed by together .
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They saw it ,
and so they marvelled ;
they were troubled ,
and hasted away .
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Fear took hold upon them there ,
and pain ,
as of a woman in travail .
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Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind .
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As we have heard ,
so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts ,
in the city of our God :
God will establish it for ever .
Selah .
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We have thought of thy lovingkindness ,
O God ,
in the midst of thy temple .
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According to thy name ,
O God ,
so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth :
thy right hand is full of righteousness .
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Let mount Zion rejoice ,
let the daughters of Judah be glad ,
because of thy judgments .
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Walk about Zion ,
and go round about her :
tell the towers thereof .
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Mark ye well her bulwarks ,
consider her palaces ;
that ye may tell it to the generation following .
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For this God is our God for ever and ever :
he will be our guide even unto death .
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Hear this ,
all ye people ;
give ear ,
all ye inhabitants of the world :
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Both low and high ,
rich and poor ,
together .
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My mouth shall speak of wisdom ;
and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding .
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I will incline mine ear to a parable :
I will open my dark saying upon the harp .
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Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil ,
when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about ?
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They that trust in their wealth ,
and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches ;
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None of them can by any means redeem his brother ,
nor give to God a ransom for him :
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For the redemption of their soul is precious ,
and it ceaseth for ever :)
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That he should still live for ever ,
and not see corruption .
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For he seeth that wise men die ,
likewise the fool and the brutish person perish ,
and leave their wealth to others .
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Their inward thought is ,
that their houses shall continue for ever ,
and their dwelling places to all generations ;
they call their lands after their own names .
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Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not :
he is like the beasts that perish .
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This their way is their folly :
yet their posterity approve their sayings .
Selah .
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Like sheep they are laid in the grave ;
death shall feed on them ;
and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning ;
and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling .
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But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave :
for he shall receive me .
Selah .
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Be not thou afraid when one is made rich ,
when the glory of his house is increased ;
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For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away :
his glory shall not descend after him .
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Though while he lived he blessed his soul :
and men will praise thee ,
when thou doest well to thyself .
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He shall go to the generation of his fathers ;
they shall never see light .
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Man that is in honour ,
and understandeth not ,
is like the beasts that perish .
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The mighty God ,
even the LORD ,
hath spoken ,
and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof .
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Out of Zion ,
the perfection of beauty ,
God hath shined .
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Our God shall come ,
and shall not keep silence :
a fire shall devour before him ,
and it shall be very tempestuous round about him .
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He shall call to the heavens from above ,
and to the earth ,
that he may judge his people .
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Gather my saints together unto me ;
those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice .
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And the heavens shall declare his righteousness :
for God is judge himself .
Selah .
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Hear ,
O my people ,
and I will speak ;
O Israel ,
and I will testify against thee :
I am God ,
even thy God .
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I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings ,
to have been continually before me .
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I will take no bullock out of thy house ,
nor he goats out of thy folds .
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For every beast of the forest is mine ,
and the cattle upon a thousand hills .
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I know all the fowls of the mountains :
and the wild beasts of the field are mine .
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If I were hungry ,
I would not tell thee :
for the world is mine ,
and the fulness thereof .
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Will I eat the flesh of bulls ,
or drink the blood of goats ?
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Offer unto God thanksgiving ;
and pay thy vows unto the most High :
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And call upon me in the day of trouble :
I will deliver thee ,
and thou shalt glorify me .
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But unto the wicked God saith ,
What hast thou to do to declare my statutes ,
or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth ?
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Seeing thou hatest instruction ,
and castest my words behind thee .
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When thou sawest a thief ,
then thou consentedst with him ,
and hast been partaker with adulterers .
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Thou givest thy mouth to evil ,
and thy tongue frameth deceit .
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Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother ;
thou slanderest thine own mother '
s son .
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These things hast thou done ,
and I kept silence ;
thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself :
but I will reprove thee ,
and set them in order before thine eyes .
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Now consider this ,
ye that forget God ,
lest I tear you in pieces ,
and there be none to deliver .
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Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me :
and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God .
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Have mercy upon me ,
O God ,
according to thy lovingkindness :
according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions .
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Wash me throughly from mine iniquity ,
and cleanse me from my sin .
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For I acknowledge my transgressions :
and my sin is ever before me .
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Against thee ,
thee only ,
have I sinned ,
and done this evil in thy sight :
that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest ,
and be clear when thou judgest .
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Behold ,
I was shapen in iniquity ;
and in sin did my mother conceive me .
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Behold ,
thou desirest truth in the inward parts :
and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom .
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Purge me with hyssop ,
and I shall be clean :
wash me ,
and I shall be whiter than snow .
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Make me to hear joy and gladness ;
that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice .
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Hide thy face from my sins ,
and blot out all mine iniquities .
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Create in me a clean heart ,
O God ;
and renew a right spirit within me .
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Cast me not away from thy presence ;
and take not thy holy spirit from me .
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Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation ;
and uphold me with thy free spirit .
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Then will I teach transgressors thy ways ;
and sinners shall be converted unto thee .
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Deliver me from bloodguiltiness ,
O God ,
thou God of my salvation :
and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness .
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O Lord ,
open thou my lips ;
and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise .
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For thou desirest not sacrifice ;
else would I give it :
thou delightest not in burnt offering .
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The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit :
a broken and a contrite heart ,
O God ,
thou wilt not despise .
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Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion :
build thou the walls of Jerusalem .
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Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness ,
with burnt offering and whole burnt offering :
then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar .
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Why boastest thou thyself in mischief ,
O mighty man ?
the goodness of God endureth continually .
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Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs ;
like a sharp razor ,
working deceitfully .
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Thou lovest evil more than good ;
and lying rather than to speak righteousness .
Selah .
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Thou lovest all devouring words ,
O thou deceitful tongue .
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God shall likewise destroy thee for ever ,
he shall take thee away ,
and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place ,
and root thee out of the land of the living .
Selah .
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The righteous also shall see ,
and fear ,
and shall laugh at him :
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Lo ,
this is the man that made not God his strength ;
but trusted in the abundance of his riches ,
and strengthened himself in his wickedness .
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But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God :
I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever .
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I will praise thee for ever ,
because thou hast done it :
and I will wait on thy name ;
for it is good before thy saints .
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The fool hath said in his heart ,
There is no God .
Corrupt are they ,
and have done abominable iniquity :
there is none that doeth good .
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God looked down from heaven upon the children of men ,
to see if there were any that did understand ,
that did seek God .
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Every one of them is gone back :
they are altogether become filthy ;
there is none that doeth good ,
no ,
not one .
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Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge ?
who eat up my people as they eat bread :
they have not called upon God .
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There were they in great fear ,
where no fear was :
for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee :
thou hast put them to shame ,
because God hath despised them .
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Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion !
When God bringeth back the captivity of his people ,
Jacob shall rejoice ,
and Israel shall be glad .
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Save me ,
O God ,
by thy name ,
and judge me by thy strength .
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Hear my prayer ,
O God ;
give ear to the words of my mouth .
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For strangers are risen up against me ,
and oppressors seek after my soul :
they have not set God before them .
Selah .
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Behold ,
God is mine helper :
the Lord is with them that uphold my soul .
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He shall reward evil unto mine enemies :
cut them off in thy truth .
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I will freely sacrifice unto thee :
I will praise thy name ,
O LORD ;
for it is good .
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For he hath delivered me out of all trouble :
and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies .
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Give ear to my prayer ,
O God ;
and hide not thyself from my supplication .
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Attend unto me ,
and hear me :
I mourn in my complaint ,
and make a noise ;
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Because of the voice of the enemy ,
because of the oppression of the wicked :
for they cast iniquity upon me ,
and in wrath they hate me .
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My heart is sore pained within me :
and the terrors of death are fallen upon me .
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Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me ,
and horror hath overwhelmed me .
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And I said ,
Oh that I had wings like a dove !
for then would I fly away ,
and be at rest .
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Lo ,
then would I wander far off ,
and remain in the wilderness .
Selah .
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I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest .
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Destroy ,
O Lord ,
and divide their tongues :
for I have seen violence and strife in the city .
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Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof :
mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it .
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Wickedness is in the midst thereof :
deceit and guile depart not from her streets .
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For it was not an enemy that reproached me ;
then I could have borne it :
neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ;
then I would have hid myself from him :
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But it was thou ,
a man mine equal ,
my guide ,
and mine acquaintance .
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We took sweet counsel together ,
and walked unto the house of God in company .
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Let death seize upon them ,
and let them go down quick into hell :
for wickedness is in their dwellings ,
and among them .
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As for me ,
I will call upon God ;
and the LORD shall save me .
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Evening ,
and morning ,
and at noon ,
will I pray ,
and cry aloud :
and he shall hear my voice .
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He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me :
for there were many with me .
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God shall hear ,
and afflict them ,
even he that abideth of old .
Selah .
Because they have no changes ,
therefore they fear not God .
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He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him :
he hath broken his covenant .
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The words of his mouth were smoother than butter ,
but war was in his heart :
his words were softer than oil ,
yet were they drawn swords .
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Cast thy burden upon the LORD ,
and he shall sustain thee :
he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved .
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But thou ,
O God ,
shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction :
bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days ;
but I will trust in thee .
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Be merciful unto me ,
O God :
for man would swallow me up ;
he fighting daily oppresseth me .
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Mine enemies would daily swallow me up :
for they be many that fight against me ,
O thou most High .
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What time I am afraid ,
I will trust in thee .
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In God I will praise his word ,
in God I have put my trust ;
I will not fear what flesh can do unto me .
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Every day they wrest my words :
all their thoughts are against me for evil .
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They gather themselves together ,
they hide themselves ,
they mark my steps ,
when they wait for my soul .
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Shall they escape by iniquity ?
in thine anger cast down the people ,
O God .
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Thou tellest my wanderings :
put thou my tears into thy bottle :
are they not in thy book ?
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When I cry unto thee ,
then shall mine enemies turn back :
this I know ;
for God is for me .
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In God will I praise his word :
in the LORD will I praise his word .
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In God have I put my trust :
I will not be afraid what man can do unto me .
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Thy vows are upon me ,
O God :
I will render praises unto thee .
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For thou hast delivered my soul from death :
wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling ,
that I may walk before God in the light of the living ?
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Be merciful unto me ,
O God ,
be merciful unto me :
for my soul trusteth in thee :
yea ,
in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge ,
until these calamities be overpast .
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I will cry unto God most high ;
unto God that performeth all things for me .
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He shall send from heaven ,
and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up .
Selah .
God shall send forth his mercy and his truth .
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My soul is among lions :
and I lie even among them that are set on fire ,
even the sons of men ,
whose teeth are spears and arrows ,
and their tongue a sharp sword .
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Be thou exalted ,
O God ,
above the heavens ;
let thy glory be above all the earth .
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They have prepared a net for my steps ;
my soul is bowed down :
they have digged a pit before me ,
into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves .
Selah .
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My heart is fixed ,
O God ,
my heart is fixed :
I will sing and give praise .
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Awake up ,
my glory ;
awake ,
psaltery and harp :
I myself will awake early .
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I will praise thee ,
O Lord ,
among the people :
I will sing unto thee among the nations .
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For thy mercy is great unto the heavens ,
and thy truth unto the clouds .
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Be thou exalted ,
O God ,
above the heavens :
let thy glory be above all the earth .
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Do ye indeed speak righteousness ,
O congregation ?
do ye judge uprightly ,
O ye sons of men ?
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Yea ,
in heart ye work wickedness ;
ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth .
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The wicked are estranged from the womb :
they go astray as soon as they be born ,
speaking lies .
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Their poison is like the poison of a serpent :
they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear ;
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Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers ,
charming never so wisely .
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Break their teeth ,
O God ,
in their mouth :
break out the great teeth of the young lions ,
O LORD .
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Let them melt away as waters which run continually :
when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows ,
let them be as cut in pieces .
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As a snail which melteth ,
let every one of them pass away :
like the untimely birth of a woman ,
that they may not see the sun .
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Before your pots can feel the thorns ,
he shall take them away as with a whirlwind ,
both living ,
and in his wrath .
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The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance :
he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked .
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So that a man shall say ,
Verily there is a reward for the righteous :
verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth .
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Deliver me from mine enemies ,
O my God :
defend me from them that rise up against me .
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Deliver me from the workers of iniquity ,
and save me from bloody men .
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For ,
lo ,
they lie in wait for my soul :
the mighty are gathered against me ;
not for my transgression ,
nor for my sin ,
O LORD .
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They run and prepare themselves without my fault :
awake to help me ,
and behold .
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Thou therefore ,
O LORD God of hosts ,
the God of Israel ,
awake to visit all the heathen :
be not merciful to any wicked transgressors .
Selah .
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They return at evening :
they make a noise like a dog ,
and go round about the city .
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Behold ,
they belch out with their mouth :
swords are in their lips :
for who ,
say they ,
doth hear ?
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But thou ,
O LORD ,
shalt laugh at them ;
thou shalt have all the heathen in derision .
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Because of his strength will I wait upon thee :
for God is my defence .
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The God of my mercy shall prevent me :
God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies .
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Slay them not ,
lest my people forget :
scatter them by thy power ;
and bring them down ,
O Lord our shield .
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For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride :
and for cursing and lying which they speak .
*
Consume them in wrath ,
consume them ,
that they may not be :
and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth .
Selah .
*
And at evening let them return ;
and let them make a noise like a dog ,
and go round about the city .
*
Let them wander up and down for meat ,
and grudge if they be not satisfied .
*
But I will sing of thy power ;
yea ,
I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning :
for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble .
*
Unto thee ,
O my strength ,
will I sing :
for God is my defence ,
and the God of my mercy .
*
O God ,
thou hast cast us off ,
thou hast scattered us ,
thou hast been displeased ;
O turn thyself to us again .
*
Thou hast made the earth to tremble ;
thou hast broken it :
heal the breaches thereof ;
for it shaketh .
*
Thou hast shewed thy people hard things :
thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment .
*
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee ,
that it may be displayed because of the truth .
Selah .
*
That thy beloved may be delivered ;
save with thy right hand ,
and hear me .
*
God hath spoken in his holiness ;
I will rejoice ,
I will divide Shechem ,
and mete out the valley of Succoth .
*
Gilead is mine ,
and Manasseh is mine ;
Ephraim also is the strength of mine head ;
Judah is my lawgiver ;
*
Moab is my washpot ;
over Edom will I cast out my shoe :
Philistia ,
triumph thou because of me .
*
Who will bring me into the strong city ?
who will lead me into Edom ?
*
Wilt not thou ,
O God ,
which hadst cast us off ?
and thou ,
O God ,
which didst not go out with our armies ?
*
Give us help from trouble :
for vain is the help of man .
*
Through God we shall do valiantly :
for he it is that shall tread down our enemies .
*
Hear my cry ,
O God ;
attend unto my prayer .
*
From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee ,
when my heart is overwhelmed :
lead me to the rock that is higher than I .
*
For thou hast been a shelter for me ,
and a strong tower from the enemy .
*
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever :
I will trust in the covert of thy wings .
Selah .
*
For thou ,
O God ,
hast heard my vows :
thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name .
*
Thou wilt prolong the king '
s life :
and his years as many generations .
*
He shall abide before God for ever :
O prepare mercy and truth ,
which may preserve him .
*
So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever ,
that I may daily perform my vows .
*
Truly my soul waiteth upon God :
from him cometh my salvation .
*
He only is my rock and my salvation ;
he is my defence ;
I shall not be greatly moved .
*
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man ?
ye shall be slain all of you :
as a bowing wall shall ye be ,
and as a tottering fence .
*
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency :
they delight in lies :
they bless with their mouth ,
but they curse inwardly .
Selah .
*
My soul ,
wait thou only upon God ;
for my expectation is from him .
*
He only is my rock and my salvation :
he is my defence ;
I shall not be moved .
*
In God is my salvation and my glory :
the rock of my strength ,
and my refuge ,
is in God .
*
Trust in him at all times ;
ye people ,
pour out your heart before him :
God is a refuge for us .
Selah .
*
Surely men of low degree are vanity ,
and men of high degree are a lie :
to be laid in the balance ,
they are altogether lighter than vanity .
*
Trust not in oppression ,
and become not vain in robbery :
if riches increase ,
set not your heart upon them .
*
God hath spoken once ;
twice have I heard this ;
that power belongeth unto God .
*
Also unto thee ,
O Lord ,
belongeth mercy :
for thou renderest to every man according to his work .
*
O God ,
thou art my God ;
early will I seek thee :
my soul thirsteth for thee ,
my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land ,
where no water is ;
*
To see thy power and thy glory ,
so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary .
*
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life ,
my lips shall praise thee .
*
Thus will I bless thee while I live :
I will lift up my hands in thy name .
*
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness ;
and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips :
*
When I remember thee upon my bed ,
and meditate on thee in the night watches .
*
Because thou hast been my help ,
therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice .
*
My soul followeth hard after thee :
thy right hand upholdeth me .
*
But those that seek my soul ,
to destroy it ,
shall go into the lower parts of the earth .
*
They shall fall by the sword :
they shall be a portion for foxes .
*
But the king shall rejoice in God ;
every one that sweareth by him shall glory :
but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped .
*
Hear my voice ,
O God ,
in my prayer :
preserve my life from fear of the enemy .
*
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked ;
from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity :
*
Who whet their tongue like a sword ,
and bend their bows to shoot their arrows ,
even bitter words :
*
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect :
suddenly do they shoot at him ,
and fear not .
*
They encourage themselves in an evil matter :
they commune of laying snares privily ;
they say ,
Who shall see them ?
*
They search out iniquities ;
they accomplish a diligent search :
both the inward thought of every one of them ,
and the heart ,
is deep .
*
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow ;
suddenly shall they be wounded .
*
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves :
all that see them shall flee away .
*
And all men shall fear ,
and shall declare the work of God ;
for they shall wisely consider of his doing .
*
The righteous shall be glad in the LORD ,
and shall trust in him ;
and all the upright in heart shall glory .
*
Praise waiteth for thee ,
O God ,
in Sion :
and unto thee shall the vow be performed .
*
O thou that hearest prayer ,
unto thee shall all flesh come .
*
Iniquities prevail against me :
as for our transgressions ,
thou shalt purge them away .
*
Blessed is the man whom thou choosest ,
and causest to approach unto thee ,
that he may dwell in thy courts :
we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house ,
even of thy holy temple .
*
By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us ,
O God of our salvation ;
who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth ,
and of them that are afar off upon the sea :
*
Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains ;
being girded with power :
*
Which stilleth the noise of the seas ,
the noise of their waves ,
and the tumult of the people .
*
They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens :
thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice .
*
Thou visitest the earth ,
and waterest it :
thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God ,
which is full of water :
thou preparest them corn ,
when thou hast so provided for it .
*
Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly :
thou settlest the furrows thereof :
thou makest it soft with showers :
thou blessest the springing thereof .
*
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ;
and thy paths drop fatness .
*
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness :
and the little hills rejoice on every side .
*
The pastures are clothed with flocks ;
the valleys also are covered over with corn ;
they shout for joy ,
they also sing .
*
Make a joyful noise unto God ,
all ye lands :
*
Sing forth the honour of his name :
make his praise glorious .
*
Say unto God ,
How terrible art thou in thy works !
through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee .
*
All the earth shall worship thee ,
and shall sing unto thee ;
they shall sing to thy name .
Selah .
*
Come and see the works of God :
he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men .
*
He turned the sea into dry land :
they went through the flood on foot :
there did we rejoice in him .
*
He ruleth by his power for ever ;
his eyes behold the nations :
let not the rebellious exalt themselves .
Selah .
*
O bless our God ,
ye people ,
and make the voice of his praise to be heard :
*
Which holdeth our soul in life ,
and suffereth not our feet to be moved .
*
For thou ,
O God ,
hast proved us :
thou hast tried us ,
as silver is tried .
*
Thou broughtest us into the net ;
thou laidst affliction upon our loins .
*
Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads ;
we went through fire and through water :
but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place .
*
I will go into thy house with burnt offerings :
I will pay thee my vows ,
*
Which my lips have uttered ,
and my mouth hath spoken ,
when I was in trouble .
*
I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings ,
with the incense of rams ;
I will offer bullocks with goats .
Selah .
*
Come and hear ,
all ye that fear God ,
and I will declare what he hath done for my soul .
*
I cried unto him with my mouth ,
and he was extolled with my tongue .
*
If I regard iniquity in my heart ,
the Lord will not hear me :
*
But verily God hath heard me ;
he hath attended to the voice of my prayer .
*
Blessed be God ,
which hath not turned away my prayer ,
nor his mercy from me .
*
God be merciful unto us ,
and bless us ;
and cause his face to shine upon us ;
Selah .
*
That thy way may be known upon earth ,
thy saving health among all nations .
*
Let the people praise thee ,
O God ;
let all the people praise thee .
*
O let the nations be glad and sing for joy :
for thou shalt judge the people righteously ,
and govern the nations upon earth .
Selah .
*
Let the people praise thee ,
O God ;
let all the people praise thee .
*
Then shall the earth yield her increase ;
and God ,
even our own God ,
shall bless us .
*
God shall bless us ;
and all the ends of the earth shall fear him .
*
Let God arise ,
let his enemies be scattered :
let them also that hate him flee before him .
*
As smoke is driven away ,
so drive them away :
as wax melteth before the fire ,
so let the wicked perish at the presence of God .
*
But let the righteous be glad ;
let them rejoice before God :
yea ,
let them exceedingly rejoice .
*
Sing unto God ,
sing praises to his name :
extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH ,
and rejoice before him .
*
A father of the fatherless ,
and a judge of the widows ,
is God in his holy habitation .
*
God setteth the solitary in families :
he bringeth out those which are bound with chains :
but the rebellious dwell in a dry land .
*
O God ,
when thou wentest forth before thy people ,
when thou didst march through the wilderness ;
Selah :
*
The earth shook ,
the heavens also dropped at the presence of God :
even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God ,
the God of Israel .
*
Thou ,
O God ,
didst send a plentiful rain ,
whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance ,
when it was weary .
*
Thy congregation hath dwelt therein :
thou ,
O God ,
hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor .
*
The Lord gave the word :
great was the company of those that published it .
*
Kings of armies did flee apace :
and she that tarried at home divided the spoil .
*
Though ye have lien among the pots ,
yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver ,
and her feathers with yellow gold .
*
When the Almighty scattered kings in it ,
it was white as snow in Salmon .
*
The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan ;
an high hill as the hill of Bashan .
*
Why leap ye ,
ye high hills ?
this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in ;
yea ,
the LORD will dwell in it for ever .
*
The chariots of God are twenty thousand ,
even thousands of angels :
the Lord is among them ,
as in Sinai ,
in the holy place .
*
Thou hast ascended on high ,
thou hast led captivity captive :
thou hast received gifts for men ;
yea ,
for the rebellious also ,
that the LORD God might dwell among them .
*
Blessed be the Lord ,
who daily loadeth us with benefits ,
even the God of our salvation .
Selah .
*
He that is our God is the God of salvation ;
and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death .
*
But God shall wound the head of his enemies ,
and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses .
*
The Lord said ,
I will bring again from Bashan ,
I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea :
*
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies ,
and the tongue of thy dogs in the same .
*
They have seen thy goings ,
O God ;
even the goings of my God ,
my King ,
in the sanctuary .
*
The singers went before ,
the players on instruments followed after ;
among them were the damsels playing with timbrels .
*
Bless ye God in the congregations ,
even the Lord ,
from the fountain of Israel .
*
There is little Benjamin with their ruler ,
the princes of Judah and their council ,
the princes of Zebulun ,
and the princes of Naphtali .
*
Thy God hath commanded thy strength :
strengthen ,
O God ,
that which thou hast wrought for us .
*
Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee .
*
Rebuke the company of spearmen ,
the multitude of the bulls ,
with the calves of the people ,
till every one submit himself with pieces of silver :
scatter thou the people that delight in war .
*
Princes shall come out of Egypt ;
Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God .
*
Sing unto God ,
ye kingdoms of the earth ;
O sing praises unto the Lord ;
Selah :
*
To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens ,
which were of old ;
lo ,
he doth send out his voice ,
and that a mighty voice .
*
Ascribe ye strength unto God :
his excellency is over Israel ,
and his strength is in the clouds .
*
O God ,
thou art terrible out of thy holy places :
the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people .
Blessed be God .
*
Save me ,
O God ;
for the waters are come in unto my soul .
*
I sink in deep mire ,
where there is no standing :
I am come into deep waters ,
where the floods overflow me .
*
I am weary of my crying :
my throat is dried :
mine eyes fail while I wait for my God .
*
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head :
they that would destroy me ,
being mine enemies wrongfully ,
are mighty :
then I restored that which I took not away .
*
O God ,
thou knowest my foolishness ;
and my sins are not hid from thee .
*
Let not them that wait on thee ,
O Lord GOD of hosts ,
be ashamed for my sake :
let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake ,
O God of Israel .
*
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach ;
shame hath covered my face .
*
I am become a stranger unto my brethren ,
and an alien unto my mother '
s children .
*
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up ;
and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me .
*
When I wept ,
and chastened my soul with fasting ,
that was to my reproach .
*
I made sackcloth also my garment ;
and I became a proverb to them .
*
They that sit in the gate speak against me ;
and I was the song of the drunkards .
*
But as for me ,
my prayer is unto thee ,
O LORD ,
in an acceptable time :
O God ,
in the multitude of thy mercy hear me ,
in the truth of thy salvation .
*
Deliver me out of the mire ,
and let me not sink :
let me be delivered from them that hate me ,
and out of the deep waters .
*
Let not the waterflood overflow me ,
neither let the deep swallow me up ,
and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me .
*
Hear me ,
O LORD ;
for thy lovingkindness is good :
turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies .
*
And hide not thy face from thy servant ;
for I am in trouble :
hear me speedily .
*
Draw nigh unto my soul ,
and redeem it :
deliver me because of mine enemies .
*
Thou hast known my reproach ,
and my shame ,
and my dishonour :
mine adversaries are all before thee .
*
Reproach hath broken my heart ;
and I am full of heaviness :
and I looked for some to take pity ,
but there was none ;
and for comforters ,
but I found none .
*
They gave me also gall for my meat ;
and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink .
*
Let their table become a snare before them :
and that which should have been for their welfare ,
let it become a trap .
*
Let their eyes be darkened ,
that they see not ;
and make their loins continually to shake .
*
Pour out thine indignation upon them ,
and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them .
*
Let their habitation be desolate ;
and let none dwell in their tents .
*
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten ;
and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded .
*
Add iniquity unto their iniquity :
and let them not come into thy righteousness .
*
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living ,
and not be written with the righteous .
*
But I am poor and sorrowful :
let thy salvation ,
O God ,
set me up on high .
*
I will praise the name of God with a song ,
and will magnify him with thanksgiving .
*
This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs .
*
The humble shall see this ,
and be glad :
and your heart shall live that seek God .
*
For the LORD heareth the poor ,
and despiseth not his prisoners .
*
Let the heaven and earth praise him ,
the seas ,
and every thing that moveth therein .
*
For God will save Zion ,
and will build the cities of Judah :
that they may dwell there ,
and have it in possession .
*
The seed also of his servants shall inherit it :
and they that love his name shall dwell therein .
*
Make haste ,
O God ,
to deliver me ;
make haste to help me ,
O LORD .
*
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul :
let them be turned backward ,
and put to confusion ,
that desire my hurt .
*
Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say ,
Aha ,
aha .
*
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee :
and let such as love thy salvation say continually ,
Let God be magnified .
*
But I am poor and needy :
make haste unto me ,
O God :
thou art my help and my deliverer ;
O LORD ,
make no tarrying .
*
In thee ,
O LORD ,
do I put my trust :
let me never be put to confusion .
*
Deliver me in thy righteousness ,
and cause me to escape :
incline thine ear unto me ,
and save me .
*
Be thou my strong habitation ,
whereunto I may continually resort :
thou hast given commandment to save me ;
for thou art my rock and my fortress .
*
Deliver me ,
O my God ,
out of the hand of the wicked ,
out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man .
*
For thou art my hope ,
O Lord GOD :
thou art my trust from my youth .
*
By thee have I been holden up from the womb :
thou art he that took me out of my mother '
s bowels :
my praise shall be continually of thee .
*
I am as a wonder unto many ;
but thou art my strong refuge .
*
Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day .
*
Cast me not off in the time of old age ;
forsake me not when my strength faileth .
*
For mine enemies speak against me ;
and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together ,
*
Saying ,
God hath forsaken him :
persecute and take him ;
for there is none to deliver him .
*
O God ,
be not far from me :
O my God ,
make haste for my help .
*
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul ;
let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt .
*
But I will hope continually ,
and will yet praise thee more and more .
*
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day ;
for I know not the numbers thereof .
*
I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD :
I will make mention of thy righteousness ,
even of thine only .
*
O God ,
thou hast taught me from my youth :
and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works .
*
Now also when I am old and grayheaded ,
O God ,
forsake me not ;
until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation ,
and thy power to every one that is to come .
*
Thy righteousness also ,
O God ,
is very high ,
who hast done great things :
O God ,
who is like unto thee !
*
Thou ,
which hast shewed me great and sore troubles ,
shalt quicken me again ,
and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth .
*
Thou shalt increase my greatness ,
and comfort me on every side .
*
I will also praise thee with the psaltery ,
even thy truth ,
O my God :
unto thee will I sing with the harp ,
O thou Holy One of Israel .
*
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee ;
and my soul ,
which thou hast redeemed .
*
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long :
for they are confounded ,
for they are brought unto shame ,
that seek my hurt .
*
Give the king thy judgments ,
O God ,
and thy righteousness unto the king '
s son .
*
He shall judge thy people with righteousness ,
and thy poor with judgment .
*
The mountains shall bring peace to the people ,
and the little hills ,
by righteousness .
*
He shall judge the poor of the people ,
he shall save the children of the needy ,
and shall break in pieces the oppressor .
*
They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure ,
throughout all generations .
*
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass :
as showers that water the earth .
*
In his days shall the righteous flourish ;
and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth .
*
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea ,
and from the river unto the ends of the earth .
*
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him ;
and his enemies shall lick the dust .
*
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents :
the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts .
*
Yea ,
all kings shall fall down before him :
all nations shall serve him .
*
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth ;
the poor also ,
and him that hath no helper .
*
He shall spare the poor and needy ,
and shall save the souls of the needy .
*
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence :
and precious shall their blood be in his sight .
*
And he shall live ,
and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba :
prayer also shall be made for him continually ;
and daily shall he be praised .
*
There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains ;
the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon :
and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth .
*
His name shall endure for ever :
his name shall be continued as long as the sun :
and men shall be blessed in him :
all nations shall call him blessed .
*
Blessed be the LORD God ,
the God of Israel ,
who only doeth wondrous things .
*
And blessed be his glorious name for ever :
and let the whole earth be filled with his glory ;
Amen ,
and Amen .
*
The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended .
*
Truly God is good to Israel ,
even to such as are of a clean heart .
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