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In You ,
O LORD ,
I put my trust ;
Let me never be put to shame .
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Deliver me in Your righteousness ,
and cause me to escape ;
Incline Your ear to me ,
and save me .
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Be my strong refuge ,
To which I may resort continually ;
You have given the commandment to save me ,
For You are my rock and my fortress .
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Deliver me ,
O my God ,
out of the hand of the wicked ,
Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man .
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For You are my hope ,
O Lord GOD ;
You are my trust from my youth .
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By You I have been upheld from birth ;
You are He who took me out of my mother '
s womb .
My praise shall be continually of You .
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I have become as a wonder to many ,
But You are my strong refuge .
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Let my mouth be filled with Your praise And with Your glory all the day .
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Do not cast me off in the time of old age ;
Do not forsake me when my strength fails .
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For my enemies speak against me ;
And those who lie in wait for my life take counsel together ,
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Saying , "
God has forsaken him ;
Pursue and take him ,
for there is none to deliver him ."
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O God ,
do not be far from me ;
O my God ,
make haste to help me !
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Let them be confounded and consumed Who are adversaries of my life ;
Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor Who seek my hurt .
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But I will hope continually ,
And will praise You yet more and more .
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My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And Your salvation all the day ,
For I do not know their limits .
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I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD ;
I will make mention of Your righteousness ,
of Yours only .
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O God ,
You have taught me from my youth ;
And to this day I declare Your wondrous works .
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Now also when I am old and grayheaded ,
O God ,
do not forsake me ,
Until I declare Your strength to this generation ,
Your power to everyone who is to come .
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Also Your righteousness ,
O God ,
is very high ,
You who have done great things ;
O God ,
who is like You ?
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You ,
who have shown me great and severe troubles ,
Shall revive me again ,
And bring me up again from the depths of the earth .
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You shall increase my greatness ,
And comfort me on every side .
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Also with the lute I will praise You --
And Your faithfulness ,
O my God !
To You I will sing with the harp ,
O Holy One of Israel .
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My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You ,
And my soul ,
which You have redeemed .
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My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long ;
For they are confounded ,
For they are brought to shame Who seek my hurt .
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Give the king Your judgments ,
O God ,
And Your righteousness to the king '
s Son .
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He will judge Your people with righteousness ,
And Your poor with justice .
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The mountains will bring peace to the people ,
And the little hills ,
by righteousness .
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He will bring justice to the poor of the people ;
He will save the children of the needy ,
And will break in pieces the oppressor .
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They shall fear You As long as the sun and moon endure ,
Throughout all generations .
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He shall come down like rain upon the grass before mowing ,
Like showers that water the earth .
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In His days the righteous shall flourish ,
And abundance of peace ,
Until the moon is no more .
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He shall have dominion also from sea to sea ,
And from the River to the ends of the earth .
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Those who dwell in the wilderness will bow before Him ,
And His enemies will lick the dust .
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The kings of Tarshish and of the isles Will bring presents ;
The kings of Sheba and Seba Will offer gifts .
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Yes ,
all kings shall fall down before Him ;
All nations shall serve Him .
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For He will deliver the needy when he cries ,
The poor also ,
and him who has no helper .
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He will spare the poor and needy ,
And will save the souls of the needy .
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He will redeem their life from oppression and violence ;
And precious shall be their blood in His sight .
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And He shall live ;
And the gold of Sheba will be given to Him ;
Prayer also will be made for Him continually ,
And daily He shall be praised .
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There will be an abundance of grain in the earth ,
On the top of the mountains ;
Its fruit shall wave like Lebanon ;
And those of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth .
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His name shall endure forever ;
His name shall continue as long as the sun .
And men shall be blessed in Him ;
All nations shall call Him blessed .
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Blessed be the LORD God ,
the God of Israel ,
Who only does wondrous things !
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And blessed be His glorious name forever !
And let the whole earth be filled with His glory .
Amen and Amen .
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The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended .
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Truly God is good to Israel ,
To such as are pure in heart .
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But as for me ,
my feet had almost stumbled ;
My steps had nearly slipped .
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For I was envious of the boastful ,
When I saw the prosperity of the wicked .
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For there are no pangs in their death ,
But their strength is firm .
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They are not in trouble as other men ,
Nor are they plagued like other men .
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Therefore pride serves as their necklace ;
Violence covers them like a garment .
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Their eyes bulge with abundance ;
They have more than heart could wish .
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They scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression ;
They speak loftily .
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They set their mouth against the heavens ,
And their tongue walks through the earth .
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Therefore his people return here ,
And waters of a full cup are drained by them .
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And they say , "
How does God know ?
And is there knowledge in the Most High ?"
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Behold ,
these are the ungodly ,
Who are always at ease ;
They increase in riches .
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Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain ,
And washed my hands in innocence .
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For all day long I have been plagued ,
And chastened every morning .
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If I had said , "
I will speak thus ,"
Behold ,
I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children .
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When I thought how to understand this ,
It was too painful for me --
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Until I went into the sanctuary of God ;
Then I understood their end .
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Surely You set them in slippery places ;
You cast them down to destruction .
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Oh ,
how they are brought to desolation ,
as in a moment !
They are utterly consumed with terrors .
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As a dream when one awakes ,
So ,
Lord ,
when You awake ,
You shall despise their image .
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Thus my heart was grieved ,
And I was vexed in my mind .
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I was so foolish and ignorant ;
I was like a beast before You .
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Nevertheless I am continually with You ;
You hold me by my right hand .
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You will guide me with Your counsel ,
And afterward receive me to glory .
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Whom have I in heaven but You ?
And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You .
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My flesh and my heart fail ;
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever .
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For indeed ,
those who are far from You shall perish ;
You have destroyed all those who desert You for harlotry .
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But it is good for me to draw near to God ;
I have put my trust in the Lord GOD ,
That I may declare all Your works .
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O God ,
why have You cast us off forever ?
Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture ?
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Remember Your congregation ,
which You have purchased of old ,
The tribe of Your inheritance ,
which You have redeemed --
This Mount Zion where You have dwelt .
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Lift up Your feet to the perpetual desolations .
The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary .
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Your enemies roar in the midst of Your meeting place ;
They set up their banners for signs .
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They seem like men who lift up Axes among the thick trees .
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And now they break down its carved work ,
all at once ,
With axes and hammers .
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They have set fire to Your sanctuary ;
They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground .
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They said in their hearts , "
Let us destroy them altogether ."
They have burned up all the meeting places of God in the land .
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We do not see our signs ;
There is no longer any prophet ;
Nor is there any among us who knows how long .
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O God ,
how long will the adversary reproach ?
Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever ?
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Why do You withdraw Your hand ,
even Your right hand ?
Take it out of Your bosom and destroy them .
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For God is my King from of old ,
Working salvation in the midst of the earth .
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You divided the sea by Your strength ;
You broke the heads of the sea serpents in the waters .
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You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces ,
And gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness .
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You broke open the fountain and the flood ;
You dried up mighty rivers .
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The day is Yours ,
the night also is Yours ;
You have prepared the light and the sun .
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You have set all the borders of the earth ;
You have made summer and winter .
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Remember this ,
that the enemy has reproached ,
O LORD ,
And that a foolish people has blasphemed Your name .
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Oh ,
do not deliver the life of Your turtledove to the wild beast !
Do not forget the life of Your poor forever .
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Have respect to the covenant ;
For the dark places of the earth are full of the haunts of cruelty .
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Oh ,
do not let the oppressed return ashamed !
Let the poor and needy praise Your name .
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Arise ,
O God ,
plead Your own cause ;
Remember how the foolish man reproaches You daily .
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Do not forget the voice of Your enemies ;
The tumult of those who rise up against You increases continually .
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We give thanks to You ,
O God ,
we give thanks !
For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near .
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When I choose the proper time ,
I will judge uprightly .
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The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved ;
I set up its pillars firmly .
Selah
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I said to the boastful , "
Do not deal boastfully ,'
And to the wicked , "
Do not lift up the horn .
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Do not lift up your horn on high ;
Do not speak with a stiff neck ."'
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For exaltation comes neither from the east Nor from the west nor from the south .
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But God is the Judge :
He puts down one ,
And exalts another .
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For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup ,
And the wine is red ;
It is fully mixed ,
and He pours it out ;
Surely its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth Drain and drink down .
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But I will declare forever ,
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob .
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All the horns of the wicked I will also cut off ,
But the horns of the righteous shall be exalted ."
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In Judah God is known ;
His name is great in Israel .
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In Salem also is His tabernacle ,
And His dwelling place in Zion .
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There He broke the arrows of the bow ,
The shield and sword of battle .
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You are more glorious and excellent Than the mountains of prey .
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The stouthearted were plundered ;
They have sunk into their sleep ;
And none of the mighty men have found the use of their hands .
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At Your rebuke ,
O God of Jacob ,
Both the chariot and horse were cast into a dead sleep .
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You ,
Yourself ,
are to be feared ;
And who may stand in Your presence When once You are angry ?
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You caused judgment to be heard from heaven ;
The earth feared and was still ,
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When God arose to judgment ,
To deliver all the oppressed of the earth .
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Surely the wrath of man shall praise You ;
With the remainder of wrath You shall gird Yourself .
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Make vows to the LORD your God ,
and pay them ;
Let all who are around Him bring presents to Him who ought to be feared .
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He shall cut off the spirit of princes ;
He is awesome to the kings of the earth .
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I cried out to God with my voice --
To God with my voice ;
And He gave ear to me .
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In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord ;
My hand was stretched out in the night without ceasing ;
My soul refused to be comforted .
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I remembered God ,
and was troubled ;
I complained ,
and my spirit was overwhelmed .
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You hold my eyelids open ;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak .
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I have considered the days of old ,
The years of ancient times .
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I call to remembrance my song in the night ;
I meditate within my heart ,
And my spirit makes diligent search .
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Will the Lord cast off forever ?
And will He be favorable no more ?
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Has His mercy ceased forever ?
Has His promise failed forevermore ?
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Has God forgotten to be gracious ?
Has He in anger shut up His tender mercies ?
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And I said , "
This is my anguish ;
But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High ."
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I will remember the works of the LORD ;
Surely I will remember Your wonders of old .
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I will also meditate on all Your work ,
And talk of Your deeds .
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Your way ,
O God ,
is in the sanctuary ;
Who is so great a God as our God ?
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You are the God who does wonders ;
You have declared Your strength among the peoples .
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You have with Your arm redeemed Your people ,
The sons of Jacob and Joseph .
Selah
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The waters saw You ,
O God ;
The waters saw You ,
they were afraid ;
The depths also trembled .
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The clouds poured out water ;
The skies sent out a sound ;
Your arrows also flashed about .
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The voice of Your thunder was in the whirlwind ;
The lightnings lit up the world ;
The earth trembled and shook .
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Your way was in the sea ,
Your path in the great waters ,
And Your footsteps were not known .
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You led Your people like a flock By the hand of Moses and Aaron .
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Give ear ,
O my people ,
to my law ;
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth .
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I will open my mouth in a parable ;
I will utter dark sayings of old ,
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Which we have heard and known ,
And our fathers have told us .
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We will not hide them from their children ,
Telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD ,
And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done .
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For He established a testimony in Jacob ,
And appointed a law in Israel ,
Which He commanded our fathers ,
That they should make them known to their children ;
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That the generation to come might know them ,
The children who would be born ,
That they may arise and declare them to their children ,
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That they may set their hope in God ,
And not forget the works of God ,
But keep His commandments ;
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And may not be like their fathers ,
A stubborn and rebellious generation ,
A generation that did not set its heart aright ,
And whose spirit was not faithful to God .
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The children of Ephraim ,
being armed and carrying bows ,
Turned back in the day of battle .
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They did not keep the covenant of God ;
They refused to walk in His law ,
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And forgot His works And His wonders that He had shown them .
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Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers ,
In the land of Egypt ,
in the field of Zoan .
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He divided the sea and caused them to pass through ;
And He made the waters stand up like a heap .
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In the daytime also He led them with the cloud ,
And all the night with a light of fire .
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He split the rocks in the wilderness ,
And gave them drink in abundance like the depths .
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He also brought streams out of the rock ,
And caused waters to run down like rivers .
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But they sinned even more against Him By rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness .
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And they tested God in their heart By asking for the food of their fancy .
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Yes ,
they spoke against God :
They said , "
Can God prepare a table in the wilderness ?
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Behold ,
He struck the rock ,
So that the waters gushed out ,
And the streams overflowed .
Can He give bread also ?
Can He provide meat for His people ?
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Therefore the LORD heard this and was furious ;
So a fire was kindled against Jacob ,
And anger also came up against Israel ,
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Because they did not believe in God ,
And did not trust in His salvation .
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Yet He had commanded the clouds above ,
And opened the doors of heaven ,
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Had rained down manna on them to eat ,
And given them of the bread of heaven .
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Men ate angels '
food ;
He sent them food to the full .
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He caused an east wind to blow in the heavens ;
And by His power He brought in the south wind .
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He also rained meat on them like the dust ,
Feathered fowl like the sand of the seas ;
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And He let them fall in the midst of their camp ,
All around their dwellings .
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So they ate and were well filled ,
For He gave them their own desire .
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They were not deprived of their craving ;
But while their food was still in their mouths ,
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The wrath of God came against them ,
And slew the stoutest of them ,
And struck down the choice men of Israel .
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In spite of this they still sinned ,
And did not believe in His wondrous works .
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Therefore their days He consumed in futility ,
And their years in fear .
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When He slew them ,
then they sought Him ;
And they returned and sought earnestly for God .
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Then they remembered that God was their rock ,
And the Most High God their Redeemer .
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Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouth ,
And they lied to Him with their tongue ;
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For their heart was not steadfast with Him ,
Nor were they faithful in His covenant .
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But He ,
being full of compassion ,
forgave their iniquity ,
And did not destroy them .
Yes ,
many a time He turned His anger away ,
And did not stir up all His wrath ;
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For He remembered that they were but flesh ,
A breath that passes away and does not come again .
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How often they provoked Him in the wilderness ,
And grieved Him in the desert !
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Yes ,
again and again they tempted God ,
And limited the Holy One of Israel .
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They did not remember His power :
The day when He redeemed them from the enemy ,
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When He worked His signs in Egypt ,
And His wonders in the field of Zoan ;
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Turned their rivers into blood ,
And their streams ,
that they could not drink .
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He sent swarms of flies among them ,
which devoured them ,
And frogs ,
which destroyed them .
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He also gave their crops to the caterpillar ,
And their labor to the locust .
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He destroyed their vines with hail ,
And their sycamore trees with frost .
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He also gave up their cattle to the hail ,
And their flocks to fiery lightning .
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He cast on them the fierceness of His anger ,
Wrath ,
indignation ,
and trouble ,
By sending angels of destruction among them .
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He made a path for His anger ;
He did not spare their soul from death ,
But gave their life over to the plague ,
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And destroyed all the firstborn in Egypt ,
The first of their strength in the tents of Ham .
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But He made His own people go forth like sheep ,
And guided them in the wilderness like a flock ;
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And He led them on safely ,
so that they did not fear ;
But the sea overwhelmed their enemies .
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And He brought them to His holy border ,
This mountain which His right hand had acquired .
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He also drove out the nations before them ,
Allotted them an inheritance by survey ,
And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents .
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Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God ,
And did not keep His testimonies ,
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But turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers ;
They were turned aside like a deceitful bow .
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For they provoked Him to anger with their high places ,
And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images .
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When God heard this ,
He was furious ,
And greatly abhorred Israel ,
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So that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh ,
The tent He had placed among men ,
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And delivered His strength into captivity ,
And His glory into the enemy '
s hand .
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He also gave His people over to the sword ,
And was furious with His inheritance .
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The fire consumed their young men ,
And their maidens were not given in marriage .
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Their priests fell by the sword ,
And their widows made no lamentation .
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Then the Lord awoke as from sleep ,
Like a mighty man who shouts because of wine .
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And He beat back His enemies ;
He put them to a perpetual reproach .
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Moreover He rejected the tent of Joseph ,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim ,
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But chose the tribe of Judah ,
Mount Zion which He loved .
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And He built His sanctuary like the heights ,
Like the earth which He has established forever .
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He also chose David His servant ,
And took him from the sheepfolds ;
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From following the ewes that had young He brought him ,
To shepherd Jacob His people ,
And Israel His inheritance .
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So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart ,
And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands .
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O God ,
the nations have come into Your inheritance ;
Your holy temple they have defiled ;
They have laid Jerusalem in heaps .
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The dead bodies of Your servants They have given as food for the birds of the heavens ,
The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth .
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Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem ,
And there was no one to bury them .
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We have become a reproach to our neighbors ,
A scorn and derision to those who are around us .
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How long ,
LORD ?
Will You be angry forever ?
Will Your jealousy burn like fire ?
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Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You ,
And on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name .
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For they have devoured Jacob ,
And laid waste his dwelling place .
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Oh ,
do not remember former iniquities against us !
Let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us ,
For we have been brought very low .
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Help us ,
O God of our salvation ,
For the glory of Your name ;
And deliver us ,
and provide atonement for our sins ,
For Your name '
s sake !
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Why should the nations say , "
Where is their God ?"
Let there be known among the nations in our sight The avenging of the blood of Your servants which has been shed .
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Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You ;
According to the greatness of Your power Preserve those who are appointed to die ;
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And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach with which they have reproached You ,
O Lord .
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So we ,
Your people and sheep of Your pasture ,
Will give You thanks forever ;
We will show forth Your praise to all generations .
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Give ear ,
O Shepherd of Israel ,
You who lead Joseph like a flock ;
You who dwell between the cherubim ,
shine forth !
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Before Ephraim ,
Benjamin ,
and Manasseh ,
Stir up Your strength ,
And come and save us !
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Restore us ,
O God ;
Cause Your face to shine ,
And we shall be saved !
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O LORD God of hosts ,
How long will You be angry Against the prayer of Your people ?
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You have fed them with the bread of tears ,
And given them tears to drink in great measure .
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You have made us a strife to our neighbors ,
And our enemies laugh among themselves .
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Restore us ,
O God of hosts ;
Cause Your face to shine ,
And we shall be saved !
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You have brought a vine out of Egypt ;
You have cast out the nations ,
and planted it .
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You prepared room for it ,
And caused it to take deep root ,
And it filled the land .
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The hills were covered with its shadow ,
And the mighty cedars with its boughs .
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She sent out her boughs to the Sea ,
And her branches to the River .
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Why have You broken down her hedges ,
So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit ?
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The boar out of the woods uproots it ,
And the wild beast of the field devours it .
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Return ,
we beseech You ,
O God of hosts ;
Look down from heaven and see ,
And visit this vine
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And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted ,
And the branch that You made strong for Yourself .
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It is burned with fire ,
it is cut down ;
They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance .
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Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand ,
Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself .
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Then we will not turn back from You ;
Revive us ,
and we will call upon Your name .
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Restore us ,
O LORD God of hosts ;
Cause Your face to shine ,
And we shall be saved !
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Sing aloud to God our strength ;
Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob .