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A Psalm of David ,
when he feigned madness before Abimelech ,
so that he drove him out ,
and he went away .
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I will bless the LORD at all times ;
his praise shall continually be in my mouth .
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My soul makes its boast in the LORD ;
let the afflicted hear and be glad .
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O magnify the LORD with me ,
and let us exalt his name together !
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I sought the LORD ,
and he answered me ,
and delivered me from all my fears .
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Look to him ,
and be radiant ;
so your faces shall never be ashamed .
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This poor man cried ,
and the LORD heard him ,
and saved him out of all his troubles .
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The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him ,
and delivers them .
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O taste and see that the LORD is good !
Happy is the man who takes refuge in him !
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O fear the LORD ,
you his saints ,
for those who fear him have no want !
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The young lions suffer want and hunger ;
but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing .
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Come ,
O sons ,
listen to me ,
I will teach you the fear of the LORD .
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What man is there who desires life ,
and covets many days ,
that he may enjoy good ?
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Keep your tongue from evil ,
and your lips from speaking deceit .
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Depart from evil ,
and do good ;
seek peace ,
and pursue it .
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The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous ,
and his ears toward their cry .
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The face of the LORD is against evildoers ,
to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth .
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When the righteous cry for help ,
the LORD hears ,
and delivers them out of all their troubles .
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The LORD is near to the brokenhearted ,
and saves the crushed in spirit .
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Many are the afflictions of the righteous ;
but the LORD delivers him out of them all .
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He keeps all his bones ;
not one of them is broken .
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Evil shall slay the wicked ;
and those who hate the righteous will be condemned . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
34:23 )
The LORD redeems the life of his servants ;
none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned . ]
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A Psalm of David .
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Contend ,
O LORD ,
with those who contend with me ;
fight against those who fight against me !
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Take hold of shield and buckler ,
and rise for my help !
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Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers !
Say to my soul , "
I am your deliverance !"
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Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life !
Let them be turned back and confounded who devise evil against me !
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Let them be like chaff before the wind ,
with the angel of the LORD driving them on !
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Let their way be dark and slippery ,
with the angel of the LORD pursuing them !
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For without cause they hid their net for me ;
without cause they dug a pit for my life .
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Let ruin come upon them unawares !
And let the net which they hid ensnare them ;
let them fall therein to ruin !
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Then my soul shall rejoice in the LORD ,
exulting in his deliverance .
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All my bones shall say , "
O LORD ,
who is like thee ,
thou who deliverest the weak from him who is too strong for him ,
the weak and needy from him who despoils him ?"
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Malicious witnesses rise up ;
they ask me of things that I know not .
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They requite me evil for good ;
my soul is forlorn .
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But I ,
when they were sick --
I wore sackcloth ,
I afflicted myself with fasting .
I prayed with head bowed on my bosom ,
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as though I grieved for my friend or my brother ;
I went about as one who laments his mother ,
bowed down and in mourning .
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But at my stumbling they gathered in glee ,
they gathered together against me ;
cripples whom I knew not slandered me without ceasing ;
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they impiously mocked more and more ,
gnashing at me with their teeth .
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How long ,
O LORD ,
wilt thou look on ?
Rescue me from their ravages ,
my life from the lions !
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Then I will thank thee in the great congregation ;
in the mighty throng I will praise thee .
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Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes ,
and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause .
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For they do not speak peace ,
but against those who are quiet in the land they conceive words of deceit .
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They open wide their mouths against me ;
they say , "
Aha ,
Aha !
our eyes have seen it !"
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Thou hast seen ,
O LORD ;
be not silent !
O Lord ,
be not far from me !
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Bestir thyself ,
and awake for my right ,
for my cause ,
my God and my Lord !
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Vindicate me ,
O LORD ,
my God ,
according to thy righteousness ;
and let them not rejoice over me !
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Let them not say to themselves , "
Aha ,
we have our heart '
s desire !"
Let them not say , "
We have swallowed him up ."
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Let them be put to shame and confusion altogether who rejoice at my calamity !
Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me !
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Let those who desire my vindication shout for joy and be glad ,
and say evermore , "
Great is the LORD ,
who delights in the welfare of his servant !" [ (
Psalms strkjv @
35:29 )
Then my tongue shall tell of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long . ]
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To the choirmaster .
A Psalm of David ,
the servant of the LORD .