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| LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
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| Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
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| Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
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| Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
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| Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
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| When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
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| Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
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| But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
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| Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
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| Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
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| I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
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| I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
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| When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
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| I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
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| I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
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| Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
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| Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
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| Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
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| And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
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| For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
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| Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
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| I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
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| I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
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| Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
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| Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
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| Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
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| Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
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| Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
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| And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
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| Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
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| My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
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| LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
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| Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
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| Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
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| Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
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| Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
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| Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
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| I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
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| It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
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| Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
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| That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
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| That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
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| That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
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| Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
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| I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
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| Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
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| Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
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| One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
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| I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
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| And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
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| They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
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| The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
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| The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
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| All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.
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| They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
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| To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
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| Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
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| The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
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| The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
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| Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
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| The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
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| The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
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| He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
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| The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
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| My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
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| Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
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| While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
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| Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
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| His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
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| Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
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| Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
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| Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
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| The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
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| The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
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| The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.
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| Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
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| The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
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| He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
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| He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
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| Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
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| The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
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| Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
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| Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
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| He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
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| He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
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| The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
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| Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
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| For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
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| He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
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| He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
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| He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
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| He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
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| He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
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| He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
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| He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
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| Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
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| Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
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| Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
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| Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
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| Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.
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| He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
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| Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
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| Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
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| Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
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| Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
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| Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:
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| Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
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| Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
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| He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.
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| Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
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| Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
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| Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
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| For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
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| Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
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| Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
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| To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
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| To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
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| To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
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