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To the choirmaster :
according to The Gittith .
A Psalm of the Sons of Korah .
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How lovely is thy dwelling place ,
O LORD of hosts !
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My soul longs ,
yea ,
faints for the courts of the LORD ;
my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God .
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Even the sparrow finds a home ,
and the swallow a nest for herself ,
where she may lay her young ,
at thy altars ,
O LORD of hosts ,
my King and my God .
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Blessed are those who dwell in thy house ,
ever singing thy praise ! [
Selah ]
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Blessed are the men whose strength is in thee ,
in whose heart are the highways to Zion .
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As they go through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs ;
the early rain also covers it with pools .
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They go from strength to strength ;
the God of gods will be seen in Zion .
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O LORD God of hosts ,
hear my prayer ;
give ear ,
O God of Jacob ! [
Selah ]
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Behold our shield ,
O God ;
look upon the face of thine anointed !
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For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand elsewhere .
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness .
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For the LORD God is a sun and shield ;
he bestows favor and honor .
No good thing does the LORD withhold from those who walk uprightly . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
84:13 )
O LORD of hosts ,
blessed is the man who trusts in thee ! ]
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To the choirmaster .
A Psalm of the Sons of Korah .
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LORD ,
thou wast favorable to thy land ;
thou didst restore the fortunes of Jacob .
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Thou didst forgive the iniquity of thy people ;
thou didst pardon all their sin . [
Selah ]
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Thou didst withdraw all thy wrath ;
thou didst turn from thy hot anger .
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Restore us again ,
O God of our salvation ,
and put away thy indignation toward us !
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Wilt thou be angry with us for ever ?
Wilt thou prolong thy anger to all generations ?
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Wilt thou not revive us again ,
that thy people may rejoice in thee ?
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Show us thy steadfast love ,
O LORD ,
and grant us thy salvation .
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Let me hear what God the LORD will speak ,
for he will speak peace to his people ,
to his saints ,
to those who turn to him in their hearts .
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Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him ,
that glory may dwell in our land .
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Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet ;
righteousness and peace will kiss each other .
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Faithfulness will spring up from the ground ,
and righteousness will look down from the sky .
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Yea ,
the LORD will give what is good ,
and our land will yield its increase . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
85:14 )
Righteousness will go before him ,
and make his footsteps a way . ]
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A Prayer of David .
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Incline thy ear ,
O LORD ,
and answer me ,
for I am poor and needy .
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Preserve my life ,
for I am godly ;
save thy servant who trusts in thee .
Thou art my God ;
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be gracious to me ,
O Lord ,
for to thee do I cry all the day .
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Gladden the soul of thy servant ,
for to thee ,
O Lord ,
do I lift up my soul .
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For thou ,
O Lord ,
art good and forgiving ,
abounding in steadfast love to all who call on thee .
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Give ear ,
O LORD ,
to my prayer ;
hearken to my cry of supplication .
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In the day of my trouble I call on thee ,
for thou dost answer me .
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There is none like thee among the gods ,
O Lord ,
nor are there any works like thine .
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All the nations thou hast made shall come and bow down before thee ,
O Lord ,
and shall glorify thy name .
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For thou art great and doest wondrous things ,
thou alone art God .
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Teach me thy way ,
O LORD ,
that I may walk in thy truth ;
unite my heart to fear thy name .
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I give thanks to thee ,
O Lord my God ,
with my whole heart ,
and I will glorify thy name for ever .
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For great is thy steadfast love toward me ;
thou hast delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol .
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O God ,
insolent men have risen up against me ;
a band of ruthless men seek my life ,
and they do not set thee before them .
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But thou ,
O Lord ,
art a God merciful and gracious ,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness .
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Turn to me and take pity on me ;
give thy strength to thy servant ,
and save the son of thy handmaid . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
86:18 )
Show me a sign of thy favor ,
that those who hate me may see and be put to shame because thou ,
LORD ,
hast helped me and comforted me . ]
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A Psalm of the Sons of Korah .
A Songs .
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On the holy mount stands the city he founded ;
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the LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob .
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Glorious things are spoken of you ,
O city of God . [
Selah ]
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Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon ;
behold ,
Philistia and Tyre ,
with Ethiopia -- "
This one was born there ,"
they say .
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And of Zion it shall be said , "
This one and that one were born in her ";
for the Most High himself will establish her .
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The LORD records as he registers the peoples , "
This one was born there ." [
Selah ] [ (
Psalms strkjv @
87:8 )
Singers and dancers alike say , "
All my springs are in you ." ]
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A Songs .
A Psalm of the Sons of Korah .
To the choirmaster :
according to Mahalath Leannoth .
A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite .
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O LORD ,
my God ,
I call for help by day ;
I cry out in the night before thee .
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Let my prayer come before thee ,
incline thy ear to my cry !
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For my soul is full of troubles ,
and my life draws near to Sheol .
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I am reckoned among those who go down to the Pit ;
I am a man who has no strength ,
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like one forsaken among the dead ,
like the slain that lie in the grave ,
like those whom thou dost remember no more ,
for they are cut off from thy hand .
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Thou hast put me in the depths of the Pit ,
in the regions dark and deep .
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Thy wrath lies heavy upon me ,
and thou dost overwhelm me with all thy waves . [
Selah ]
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Thou hast caused my companions to shun me ;
thou hast made me a thing of horror to them .
I am shut in so that I cannot escape ;
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my eye grows dim through sorrow .
Every day I call upon thee ,
O LORD ;
I spread out my hands to thee .
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Dost thou work wonders for the dead ?
Do the shades rise up to praise thee ? [
Selah ]
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Is thy steadfast love declared in the grave ,
or thy faithfulness in Abaddon ?
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Are thy wonders known in the darkness ,
or thy saving help in the land of forgetfulness ?
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But I ,
O LORD ,
cry to thee ;
in the morning my prayer comes before thee .
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O LORD ,
why dost thou cast me off ?
Why dost thou hide thy face from me ?
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Afflicted and close to death from my youth up ,
I suffer thy terrors ;
I am helpless .
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Thy wrath has swept over me ;
thy dread assaults destroy me .
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They surround me like a flood all day long ;
they close in upon me together . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
88:19 )
Thou hast caused lover and friend to shun me ;
my companions are in darkness . ]
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A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite .
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I will sing of thy steadfast love ,
O LORD ,
for ever ;
with my mouth I will proclaim thy faithfulness to all generations .
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For thy steadfast love was established for ever ,
thy faithfulness is firm as the heavens .
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Thou hast said , "
I have made a covenant with my chosen one ,
I have sworn to David my servant :
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your descendants for ever ,
and build your throne for all generations .'" [
Selah ]
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Let the heavens praise thy wonders ,
O LORD ,
thy faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones !
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For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD ?
Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD ,
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a God feared in the council of the holy ones ,
great and terrible above all that are round about him ?
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O LORD God of hosts ,
who is mighty as thou art ,
O LORD ,
with thy faithfulness round about thee ?
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Thou dost rule the raging of the sea ;
when its waves rise ,
thou stillest them .
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Thou didst crush Rahab like a carcass ,
thou didst scatter thy enemies with thy mighty arm .
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The heavens are thine ,
the earth also is thine ;
the world and all that is in it ,
thou hast founded them .
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The north and the south ,
thou hast created them ;
Tabor and Hermon joyously praise thy name .
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Thou hast a mighty arm ;
strong is thy hand ,
high thy right hand .
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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne ;
steadfast love and faithfulness go before thee .
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Blessed are the people who know the festal shout ,
who walk ,
O LORD ,
in the light of thy countenance ,
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who exult in thy name all the day ,
and extol thy righteousness .
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For thou art the glory of their strength ;
by thy favor our horn is exalted .
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For our shield belongs to the LORD ,
our king to the Holy One of Israel .
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Of old thou didst speak in a vision to thy faithful one ,
and say : "
I have set the crown upon one who is mighty ,
I have exalted one chosen from the people .
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I have found David ,
my servant ;
with my holy oil I have anointed him ;
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so that my hand shall ever abide with him ,
my arm also shall strengthen him .
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The enemy shall not outwit him ,
the wicked shall not humble him .
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I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him .
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My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him ,
and in my name shall his horn be exalted .
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I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers .
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He shall cry to me , `
ou art my Father ,
my God ,
and the Rock of my salvation .'
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And I will make him the first-born ,
the highest of the kings of the earth .
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My steadfast love I will keep for him for ever ,
and my covenant will stand firm for him .
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I will establish his line for ever and his throne as the days of the heavens .
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If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my ordinances ,
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if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments ,
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then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with scourges ;
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but I will not remove from him my steadfast love ,
or be false to my faithfulness .
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I will not violate my covenant ,
or alter the word that went forth from my lips .
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Once for all I have sworn by my holiness ;
I will not lie to David .
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His line shall endure for ever ,
his throne as long as the sun before me .
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Like the moon it shall be established for ever ;
it shall stand firm while the skies endure ." [
Selah ]
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But now thou hast cast off and rejected ,
thou art full of wrath against thy anointed .
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Thou hast renounced the covenant with thy servant ;
thou hast defiled his crown in the dust .
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Thou hast breached all his walls ;
thou hast laid his strongholds in ruins .
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All that pass by despoil him ;
he has become the scorn of his neighbors .
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Thou hast exalted the right hand of his foes ;
thou hast made all his enemies rejoice .
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Yea ,
thou hast turned back the edge of his sword ,
and thou hast not made him stand in battle .
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Thou hast removed the scepter from his hand ,
and cast his throne to the ground .
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Thou hast cut short the days of his youth ;
thou hast covered him with shame . [
Selah ]
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How long ,
O LORD ?
Wilt thou hide thyself for ever ?
How long will thy wrath burn like fire ?
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Remember ,
O Lord ,
what the measure of life is ,
for what vanity thou hast created all the sons of men !
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What man can live and never see death ?
Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol ? [
Selah ]
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Lord ,
where is thy steadfast love of old ,
which by thy faithfulness thou didst swear to David ?
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Remember ,
O Lord ,
how thy servant is scorned ;
how I bear in my bosom the insults of the peoples ,
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with which thy enemies taunt ,
O LORD ,
with which they mock the footsteps of thy anointed . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
89:53 )
Blessed be the LORD for ever !
Amen and Amen . ]
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A Prayer of Moses ,
the man of God .