Psalms:51-65
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And at evening let them return ;
and let them make a noise like a dog ,
and go round about the city .
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Let them wander up and down for meat ,
and grudge if they be not satisfied .
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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 .
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Unto thee ,
O my strength ,
will I sing :
for God is my defence ,
and the God of my mercy .
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O God ,
thou hast cast us off ,
thou hast scattered us ,
thou hast been displeased ;
O turn thyself to us again .
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Thou hast made the earth to tremble ;
thou hast broken it :
heal the breaches thereof ;
for it shaketh .
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Thou hast shewed thy people hard things :
thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment .
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Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee ,
that it may be displayed because of the truth .
Selah .
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That thy beloved may be delivered ;
save with thy right hand ,
and hear me .
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God hath spoken in his holiness ;
I will rejoice ,
I will divide Shechem ,
and mete out the valley of Succoth .
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Gilead is mine ,
and Manasseh is mine ;
Ephraim also is the strength of mine head ;
Judah is my lawgiver ;
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Moab is my washpot ;
over Edom will I cast out my shoe :
Philistia ,
triumph thou because of me .
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Who will bring me into the strong city ?
who will lead me into Edom ?
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Wilt not thou ,
O God ,
which hadst cast us off ?
and thou ,
O God ,
which didst not go out with our armies ?
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Give us help from trouble :
for vain is the help of man .
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Through God we shall do valiantly :
for he it is that shall tread down our enemies .
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Hear my cry ,
O God ;
attend unto my prayer .
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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 .
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For thou hast been a shelter for me ,
and a strong tower from the enemy .
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I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever :
I will trust in the covert of thy wings .
Selah .
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For thou ,
O God ,
hast heard my vows :
thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name .
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Thou wilt prolong the king '
s life :
and his years as many generations .
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He shall abide before God for ever :
O prepare mercy and truth ,
which may preserve him .
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So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever ,
that I may daily perform my vows .
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Truly my soul waiteth upon God :
from him cometh my salvation .
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He only is my rock and my salvation ;
he is my defence ;
I shall not be greatly moved .
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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 .
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They only consult to cast him down from his excellency :
they delight in lies :
they bless with their mouth ,
but they curse inwardly .
Selah .
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My soul ,
wait thou only upon God ;
for my expectation is from him .
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He only is my rock and my salvation :
he is my defence ;
I shall not be moved .
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In God is my salvation and my glory :
the rock of my strength ,
and my refuge ,
is in God .
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Trust in him at all times ;
ye people ,
pour out your heart before him :
God is a refuge for us .
Selah .
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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 .
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Trust not in oppression ,
and become not vain in robbery :
if riches increase ,
set not your heart upon them .
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God hath spoken once ;
twice have I heard this ;
that power belongeth unto God .
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Also unto thee ,
O Lord ,
belongeth mercy :
for thou renderest to every man according to his work .
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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 ;
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To see thy power and thy glory ,
so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary .
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Because thy lovingkindness is better than life ,
my lips shall praise thee .
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Thus will I bless thee while I live :
I will lift up my hands in thy name .
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My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness ;
and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips :
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When I remember thee upon my bed ,
and meditate on thee in the night watches .
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Because thou hast been my help ,
therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice .
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My soul followeth hard after thee :
thy right hand upholdeth me .
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But those that seek my soul ,
to destroy it ,
shall go into the lower parts of the earth .
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They shall fall by the sword :
they shall be a portion for foxes .
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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 .
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Hear my voice ,
O God ,
in my prayer :
preserve my life from fear of the enemy .
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Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked ;
from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity :
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Who whet their tongue like a sword ,
and bend their bows to shoot their arrows ,
even bitter words :
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That they may shoot in secret at the perfect :
suddenly do they shoot at him ,
and fear not .
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They encourage themselves in an evil matter :
they commune of laying snares privily ;
they say ,
Who shall see them ?
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They search out iniquities ;
they accomplish a diligent search :
both the inward thought of every one of them ,
and the heart ,
is deep .
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But God shall shoot at them with an arrow ;
suddenly shall they be wounded .
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So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves :
all that see them shall flee away .
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And all men shall fear ,
and shall declare the work of God ;
for they shall wisely consider of his doing .
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The righteous shall be glad in the LORD ,
and shall trust in him ;
and all the upright in heart shall glory .
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Praise waiteth for thee ,
O God ,
in Sion :
and unto thee shall the vow be performed .
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O thou that hearest prayer ,
unto thee shall all flesh come .
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Iniquities prevail against me :
as for our transgressions ,
thou shalt purge them away .
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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 .
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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 :
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Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains ;
being girded with power :
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Which stilleth the noise of the seas ,
the noise of their waves ,
and the tumult of the people .
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They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens :
thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice .
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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 .
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Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly :
thou settlest the furrows thereof :
thou makest it soft with showers :
thou blessest the springing thereof .
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Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ;
and thy paths drop fatness .
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They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness :
and the little hills rejoice on every side .
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The pastures are clothed with flocks ;
the valleys also are covered over with corn ;
they shout for joy ,
they also sing .
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Make a joyful noise unto God ,
all ye lands :